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How crunch is more than a labor issue in the video game industry
How crunch is more than a labor issue in the video game industry
A piece by Game Informer features interviews from various people working in the game industry, discussing a massive labor problem that has been plaguing developers for years: crunch.
Jan. 18, 2018
PlayStation's VP of dev relations Florian Hunzicker departs Sony
PlayStation's VP of dev relations Florian Hunzicker departs Sony
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that head of third-party developer relations Floarian Hunziker has parted ways with the company.
Jan. 18, 2018
How Shooty Skies dev Mighty Games aims to do serious games right
How Shooty Skies dev Mighty Games aims to do serious games right
Contributor Katherine Cross chats with the team at Australian indie Mighty Games about their new serious games branch, Mighty Serious, and the ethics of making F2P games about real-world issues.
Jan. 18, 2018
Minecraft chief Matt Booty taking charge of Xbox game dev and publishing
Minecraft chief Matt Booty taking charge of Xbox game dev and publishing
Minecraft team leader Matt Booty has been named as the new head of Microsoft Studios, and will fill the gap left by the recently promoted Phil Spencer.
Jan. 18, 2018
Factor 5 reflects on the dev decisions that doomed Lair
Factor 5 reflects on the dev decisions that doomed Lair
How did a title backed by Sony, and developed over three years to the tune of $25 million, wind up so disjointed? The Factor 5 team have told their side of the story.
Jan. 18, 2018
New Oculus Start program aims to provide support for new VR devs
New Oculus Start program aims to provide support for new VR devs
Oculus announced today the launch of Oculus Start, a developer program aimed at providing funding, access to hardware/software, and support to help jumpstart qualifying devs who are new to VR.
Jan. 18, 2018
Mythic founder's new MMO game studio nets $7.5M in funding
Mythic founder's new MMO game studio nets $7.5M in funding
Developers of the MMO Camelot Unchained City State Entertainment announced today that it has secured a $7.5 million minority investment.
Jan. 18, 2018
GDC 2018 welcomes back the Shut Up & Sit Down board game lounge!
GDC 2018 welcomes back the Shut Up & Sit Down board game lounge!
The exhibit, curated by the minds behind board game enthusiast hub Shut Up & Sit Down, will offer GDC 2018 attendees a space to relax and play some of the best card and board games in recent memory.
Jan. 18, 2018
Get a job: Jam City is hiring a Platform Engineer
Get a job: Jam City is hiring a Platform Engineer
Jam City is looking for software engineers to work on the platform side of its future games.
Jan. 18, 2018
Learn to build better, more accessible games for PC and VR at GDC 2018
Learn to build better, more accessible games for PC and VR at GDC 2018
Funomena chief Robin Hunicke will take the stage at GDC 2018 to share tips on making games for both PC and VR, based on Funomena's own experience shipping Luna on both VR and non-VR platforms,
Jan. 18, 2018
The cost of games
The cost of games
Take a dataset of over 250 games, their development costs, their year of release, what they sold for and big they were. What can we learn about the trends and what it means for the industry?
Jan. 18, 2018
More Introspection, Please: Why We Should All Make Time to Not Make Things
More Introspection, Please: Why We Should All Make Time to Not Make Things
After a recent creative break, I grapple with how rest and introspection are not championed in the industry, even they can be a huge boon to creative work.
Jan. 18, 2018