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Mobile games help China leapfrog Japan on iOS revenue charts
App Annie's latest mobile index shows the region's growth was driven "almost entirely by games," and was centred around a group of core titles including Fantasy Westward Journey and Hero Moba.
April 19, 2016
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Survey: First-person shooters are the most popular eSport to watch
When asked by the research arm of PwC which genres they watch, 63 percent of survey respondents who identified as eSports viewers said first-person shooters, as opposed to just 37 percent for MOBAs.
April 19, 2016
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What drives a world-class eSports competitor?
Take a tour inside the mind of Daigo Umehara, a world-champion Street Fighter player who ranked second at December's Capcom Cup.
April 19, 2016
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A Dark Room dev shares tips on getting your game featured by Apple
Mobile game maker Amir Rajan (A Dark Room) took to Reddit over the weekend to share his philosophy of mobile game design, which includes some notable do's and don'ts for getting your game promoted by Apple.
April 19, 2016
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Space Pirate Trainer dev: VR game design demands great audio work
In an interview with Develop, I-Illusions founder Dirk van Welder explains how the process of designing Space Pirate Trainer for the HTC Vive has given him a new appreciation for good audio design.
April 19, 2016
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Get a job: Respawn is hiring a Vehicle and Weapons Concept Artist
The studio making Titanfall 2 is looking to hire an artist to visualize vehicle and weapon concepts alongside the team at Respawn's Chatsworth, CA studio.
April 19, 2016
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Video: Platinum's guidelines for great action game design
Platinum Games' Atsushi Inaba takes the stage at GDC 2016 to speak frankly about Platinum's philosophy of action game design, which has guided the development of games like Bayonetta and Vanquish.
April 19, 2016
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Overworld Overload: An Analysis of Link to the Past’s Light World, Part 1
A player's look at the overworld of Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, all the while asking the question, could we procedurally generate something (even close to) this good today?
April 19, 2016
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Learning Basic Fluency In Dark Souls 3's Cemetery of Ash
A level design deep dive on why Dark Souls 3's Cemetery of Ash serves as an expertly-designed tutorial that can push newcomers to their first major victory within the first hour of play.
April 19, 2016
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My Game (In One Long Sentence)
You don't know how to summarize your game idea? Well, here's a somewhat wicked method for you.
April 19, 2016
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How to Leverage Custom Shaders in Computer Game Development
As a powerful technique of adding visual punch to a game, shading is quite popular among computer game developers. This article highlights when and how using a custom shader could make a telling difference in pumping up the game imagery, and when not.
April 19, 2016
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Making Good-sounding Audio for Mobile Games
Mobile games have to have a different approach to sound design to actually make sure the player can hear the full range of your sounds. Here's a guide to making good-sounding audio for mobile games.
April 19, 2016