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Unity: CHARACTER CONTROLLER vs RIGIDBODY
Unity: CHARACTER CONTROLLER vs RIGIDBODY
A tutorial on the two approaches for coding movement in Unity: The Character Controller and the Rigidbody components, and their respective advantages.
Aug. 7, 2017
A Reddit User Has Leaked Upcoming Episode 4 of ‘Game of Thrones’
A Reddit User Has Leaked Upcoming Episode 4 of ‘Game of Thrones’
The 'Game of Thrones' is one of the most popular HBO TV series ever with fans from almost every corner of the world. That's why if it makes news, it goes
Aug. 4, 2017
Gamasutra plays The Long Dark
Gamasutra plays The Long Dark
Gamasutra editors Bryant Francis and Alex Wawro sit down to examine The Long Dark's new, post-Early Access story mode.
Aug. 4, 2017
Watch us struggle to survive in The Long Dark today at 3PM EDT
Watch us struggle to survive in The Long Dark today at 3PM EDT
We're streaming The Long Dark over on the Gamasutra Twitch channel starting at 3PM EDT.
Aug. 4, 2017
Video: Lessons learned from making a multiplayer VR game engine
Video: Lessons learned from making a multiplayer VR game engine
At GDC 2017 Unity's Liz Mercuri showcases how she used new VR tools and tech to build her own engine: the Horror Engine, a multiplayer VR game engine created entirely from C++ libraries.
Aug. 4, 2017
Steam attracts an average of 1.5M new customers a month
Steam attracts an average of 1.5M new customers a month
The leading PC game distribution platform has seen 27 million new, paying users since the beginning of 2016.
Aug. 4, 2017
VRDC Speaker Q&A: John Austin on building MR experiences in the real world
VRDC Speaker Q&A: John Austin on building MR experiences in the real world
John Austin (a designer and programmer at A Stranger Gravity) speaks a bit about his work and his VRDC Fall 2017 talk, which will discuss the creation of "grounded" mixed reality experience.
Aug. 4, 2017
How Guild Wars 2 keeps players engaged without giving in to the MMORPG grind
How Guild Wars 2 keeps players engaged without giving in to the MMORPG grind
"We really tried to distance ourselves from MMOs for a long time, because so much of it is — you get in, and you’re just on this treadmill."
Aug. 4, 2017
PSA: Use the Session Scheduler to optimize your time at VRDC Fall 2017!
PSA: Use the Session Scheduler to optimize your time at VRDC Fall 2017!
VRDC Fall 2017 is happening next month (September 21-22) so now is the perfect time for attendees to hammer out their schedules in order to ensure they make the most of their time at the conference.
Aug. 4, 2017
Get a job: Infinity Ward is hiring a Sr. Visual Effects Artist
Get a job: Infinity Ward is hiring a Sr. Visual Effects Artist
Infinity Ward is looking for a Sr. Visual Effects Artist to use its in-house particle editor to author high quality, photo-real particle effects in Woodland Hills, California.
Aug. 4, 2017
Keywords snaps up four French audio recording and localization firms
Keywords snaps up four French audio recording and localization firms
Burgeoning game service provider Keywords Studios has snapped up four french companies that specialize in audio recording and localization.
Aug. 4, 2017
Obituary: Dishonored composer Daniel Licht has passed away
Obituary: Dishonored composer Daniel Licht has passed away
"His passing leaves all of us a bit quieter, a bit sadder, and without the gift of his music and his love."
Aug. 4, 2017