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Q&A: Bethesda opens up about Fallout 4 VR and the plunge into VR game dev
Q&A: Bethesda opens up about Fallout 4 VR and the plunge into VR game dev
Fallout 4 VR is out today, and here lead producer Andrew Scharf chats with Gamasutra about the ups and downs of making Bethesda's big, sprawling games accessible to players in VR.
Dec. 12, 2017
App Store devs can now make their games available for pre-order
App Store devs can now make their games available for pre-order
The Cupertino giant rolled out the feature yesterday, meaning devs can now make their apps available for pre-order 90 days before they're due to launch,
Dec. 12, 2017
Nintendo Switch worldwide sales top 10M units
Nintendo Switch worldwide sales top 10M units
The Nintendo Switch has now sold-through more than 10 million units since launching on March 3, 2017.
Dec. 12, 2017
Survey: 11% of British children have taken part in game-related gambling
Survey: 11% of British children have taken part in game-related gambling
An annual survey from the UK Gambling Commission has found that over 1 in 10 British children aged between 11 to 16 have participated in some form of game-related gambling.
Dec. 12, 2017
Learn to make great interactive experiences for mobile at GDC 2018
Learn to make great interactive experiences for mobile at GDC 2018
At GDC 2018 a panel of mobile story experts from Inkle (80 Days), Big Fish Games (Lifeline), and Pocket Gems (Episode) will discuss and debate how to create great narrative experiences for mobile.
Dec. 12, 2017
What Nintendo Power Can Teach Us About Indie Game Marketing
What Nintendo Power Can Teach Us About Indie Game Marketing
Nearly 30 years ago Nintendo started publishing a magazine that captured the imagination of every video-game-playing child in North America. It was also a great marketing tool. Here is what it did right...
Dec. 12, 2017
You Must be 18 or Older to Enter cut from Steam over pornography concerns
You Must be 18 or Older to Enter cut from Steam over pornography concerns
Valve quietly pulled SeeminglyPointless' offbeat horror game from the Steam Store, later telling the developer that it had been classified as porn.
Dec. 11, 2017
Apple's evolving rules make iOS a hard platform for small devs, says Year Walk dev
Apple's evolving rules make iOS a hard platform for small devs, says Year Walk dev
Keeping a game from being phased out of Apple's App Store means devs have to keep it supporting it perpetually, something some devs are finding hard to justify.
Dec. 11, 2017
Ubisoft Milan on the pitching process of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Ubisoft Milan on the pitching process of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Ubisoft Milan's Dario Migliavacca and Davide Soliani discuss their experience working with Nintendo on Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and the challenges of working with an established IP.
Dec. 11, 2017
Video: The making of Little Inferno
Video: The making of Little Inferno
In this 2014 GDC session, Tomorrow Corporation's Kyle Gray discusses the development process of Little Inferno.
Dec. 11, 2017
What devs are saying about the design of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
What devs are saying about the design of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
Game makers have been buzzing about Nintendo's new mobile Animal Crossing, and here devs around the industry analyze Pocket Camp's monetization design, controls, aesthetic, and more.
Dec. 11, 2017
New Zealand says lootboxes 'do not meet the legal definition for gambling'
New Zealand says lootboxes 'do not meet the legal definition for gambling'
New Zealand's gambling regulator--the Gambling Compliance office of its Department of Internal Affairs--has told Gamasutra that "the Department is of the view that loot boxes do not meet the legal definition of gambling."
Dec. 11, 2017