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How Skyward Sword inspired Breath of the Wild's vast open-world
The scale of Breath of the Wild's expansive map has been a huge talking point among fans, and now game producer Eiji Aonuma has explained why the team decided to open up Hyrule like never before.
Jan. 19, 2017
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Survey: Women MMO players love The Old Republic, aren't really into World of Warcraft
Video game consultancy Quantic Foundry has published another analysis of data gathered from its survey of 270k game players that purports to break down which genres of games women play most.
Jan. 19, 2017
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GDC 2017 announces Narrative Summit poster session winners!
Organizers of GDC and the Game Narrative Summit are happy to announce the 2017 Student Narrative Analysis Competition winners, who all receive passes to this year's conference!
Jan. 19, 2017
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The MOBA Experiment, Part I: Awesomenauts
I'm not a fan of MOBA games, but became a fan of Awesomenauts. Does this mean the game acted as an entry point to the genre, or is it just a matter of liking or not particular games?
Jan. 19, 2017
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Meaning and choice, or how to design decisions that feel intimately difficult
How do you design emotionally meaningful decisions? This post aims to explore a dissonance in player motivation that can be leveraged to imbue decisions with emotional heft.
Jan. 19, 2017
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Get business tips from game investor Jason Della Rocca today at 3PM EST
Trying to run a small game studio? Get business tips from Execution Labs co-founder Jason Della Rocca today at 3PM EST.
Jan. 18, 2017
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Learn what one VC investor looks for when funding game studios
Looking for funding for your next game? If you're building a company, learn what one investor looks for when funding new developers.
Jan. 18, 2017
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Game Design Deep Dive: Dynamic audio in destructible levels in Rainbow Six: Siege
"By using a series of strategically placed points in the map, called Propagation Nodes, we are able to calculate the lower cost paths of a sound between the listener and the source." - Louis Philippe Dion, Audio Director on Rainbow Six: Siege
Jan. 18, 2017
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A layer-by-layer breakdown of League of Legends' rendering process
Riot Games' engineering blog is frequently a goldmine for interesting technical breakdowns of League of Legends systems, and a recent post explaining the game's rendering process is no exception.
Jan. 18, 2017
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Report: Talking Tom dev Outfit7 acquired by Chinese chemical firm
Chinese chemical manufacturer and supplier Zhejiang Jinke Entertainment Culture has reportedly purchased mobile developer Outfit7 for just over $1 billion.
Jan. 18, 2017
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GDC State of the Industry: For the first time, devs favor Android over iOS
We dig deeper into the many findings of the 2017 Game Developers Conference survey of over 4.5k devs, and find some surprising insight into which game platforms are most popular right now.
Jan. 18, 2017
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See Final Fantasy XV's selfie system deconstructed at GDC 2017!
As GDC 2017 draws nigh, organizers want to make sure you don't miss out on one of the more intriguing talks of the show -- about the auto-generated selfies in Square Enix's Final Fantasy XV!
Jan. 18, 2017