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Multiplayer-centric Manticore Games secures $15M in funding
Multiplayer-centric Manticore Games secures $15M in funding
Manticore was founded in 2016 by industry veterans Frederic Descamps and Jordan Maynard, who have worked at a number of high profile companies including Zynga, Trion Worlds, and EA.
Dec. 13, 2017
Investors sink $25M into mobile eSports platform Skillz
Investors sink $25M into mobile eSports platform Skillz
Skillz has hosted over 100 million mobile tournaments over the past six years, and currently hosts over 500,000 tournaments each and every day.
Dec. 13, 2017
Opinion: How Robot House bridges divides with Rumu
Opinion: How Robot House bridges divides with Rumu
Gamasutra contributor Katherine Cross examines how Robot House's emotional robot vacuum adventure game Rumu gets at the true nature of love.
Dec. 13, 2017
Get a job: QC Games is hiring a Software Engineer
Get a job: QC Games is hiring a Software Engineer
Texas-based QC Games is hiring a Software Engineer to be responsible for owning the implementation and support of features for games, the creation of games, and game services.
Dec. 13, 2017
Come to GDC 2018 for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Hellblade
Come to GDC 2018 for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Hellblade
At GDC 2018, Ninja Theory cofounder Tameem Antoniades and commercial director Dominic Matthews will discuss the approach taken by a small team of 20 to deliver a high-quality game.
Dec. 13, 2017
'PlayerUnknown' argues for better protection against copycat games
'PlayerUnknown' argues for better protection against copycat games
Creator of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Brendan Greene discusses his frustration over copycat games in an interview with the BBC.
Dec. 13, 2017
Post Mortem: The Death of Flash and Rewriting 1.4 Million Lines of Code
Post Mortem: The Death of Flash and Rewriting 1.4 Million Lines of Code
Following nearly eighteen months of engineering work, FlowPlay CTO Doug Pearson details the transition of 1.4 million lines of code from a Flash-based codebase to Haxe including choosing a platform, challenges and key decisions, and his lessons learned.
Dec. 13, 2017
Apep and Ra: Seven Intensely Practical Tips For Organising Setting Documentation for Narrative Games
Apep and Ra: Seven Intensely Practical Tips For Organising Setting Documentation for Narrative Games
"The struggle to keep documentation useful is the struggle of Ra with the serpent Apep. There is no enduring victory; but if you cease to make the effort, then darkness covers everything. Here are some weapons I’ve used."
Dec. 13, 2017
Solve et coagula: Ludonarrative Synthesis
Solve et coagula: Ludonarrative Synthesis
Story and game. A troubled marriage full of problems and misunderstandings. But what if instead of trying to mash "great narrative" and "great system" together time and again, we actually try to cautiously and deliberately support one with the other?
Dec. 13, 2017
Bungie tweaks expansion-locked Destiny 2 modes in wake of player criticism
Bungie tweaks expansion-locked Destiny 2 modes in wake of player criticism
The dev says that it planned to lock certain end-game activities behind each new expansion in an effort to keep those modes competitive, but that the decision was poorly received.
Dec. 12, 2017
Why BioWare decided to create Mass Effect instead of Star Wars: KotOR 2
Why BioWare decided to create Mass Effect instead of Star Wars: KotOR 2
Longtime BioWare team member James Ohlen explores the development of Knights of the Old Republic and explains how its influence can still be felt in later BioWare games.
Dec. 12, 2017
Video: Visual designer Peter Chan shares how artists can revitalize their creativity
Video: Visual designer Peter Chan shares how artists can revitalize their creativity
In this 2014 GDC session, visual designer Peter Chan discusses how artists of all skill levels can rediscover their creative drive even in the face of adversity.
Dec. 12, 2017