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Logitech snaps up headset maker Astro for a cool $85 million
Logitech snaps up headset maker Astro for a cool $85 million
Swiss peripheral maker Logitech announced today that it's acquiring headset manufacturer Astro Gaming in an $85 million deal aimed at strengthening Logitech's foothold in the console headset market.
July 11, 2017
Riot files suit against alleged League of Legends mobile clone maker
Riot files suit against alleged League of Legends mobile clone maker
Riot Games has filed a lawsuit alleging Chinese mobile dev Shanghai Moonton Technology is engaging in 'willful and bad faith infringement' of Riot's rights to its flagship intellectual property.
July 11, 2017
Valve has an entirely new recommendation system in the works for Steam
Valve has an entirely new recommendation system in the works for Steam
Valve has detailed a number of upcoming changes to the Steam Store that all aim to accomplish one major goal: connect the right games with the right customers.
July 11, 2017
Paper Playtesting and Roleplaying as an NPC to design "The Irregular"
Paper Playtesting and Roleplaying as an NPC to design "The Irregular"
We saved thousands of dollars and weeks of work by "getting into our players' heads" by designing a printed paper version of our showcase VR game. We share our playtesting process and lessons for running your own UX tests on paper prototypes.
July 11, 2017
What Killed the MMOG?
What Killed the MMOG?
World of Warcraft at its peak was a sensational success. That success attracted opportunistic agents that preyed on weaknesses in the game's economy and business model design. Without solutions, the MMO genre became increasingly non-viable commercially.
July 11, 2017
How Mobile App Attribution Hurts Your Acquisition Efforts
How Mobile App Attribution Hurts Your Acquisition Efforts
This post will help mobile game developers understand how attribution is used in the complex mobile app ecosystem, and the complications that can arise with attribution when a company has many different user acquisition channels.
July 11, 2017
Working with Intellectual Property: It's Freakin' Sweet, I Tell Ya H'what
Working with Intellectual Property: It's Freakin' Sweet, I Tell Ya H'what
Intellectual properties can be a wonderful addition to a game -- once everything is approved! This article discusses the process of working with 5 (!!) different IP holders for Kongregate's "Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards."
July 11, 2017
How Angry Birds 2 Multiplied Revenues in a Year
How Angry Birds 2 Multiplied Revenues in a Year
Angry Birds 2 is a best in class example of a casual game that has successfully adopted traditional mid-core mechanics. A year after its launch Angry Birds 2 has steadily multiplied its revenue with an amazing string of updates.
July 11, 2017
The Ronimo coding style guide
The Ronimo coding style guide
Reading code from your team members is easier and faster if all code adheres to the same formatting and naming conventions. Also, some C++ code constructions are better avoided altogether. That's why we have a rather strict coding style guide at Ronimo.
July 11, 2017
Opinion: A requiem for Mass Effect: Andromeda
Opinion: A requiem for Mass Effect: Andromeda
It’s worth asking what kind of community game developers have fostered around their titles, where they look at an incident like ME:A’s troubled launch and wonder “am I next on the chopping block?”
July 10, 2017
Gree calls time on Western operations as focus shifts to Japan
Gree calls time on Western operations as focus shifts to Japan
Social and mobile game juggernaut Gree has shut down its Western operations to focus on game development in Japan.
July 10, 2017
Summer Games Done Quick raises $1.76M for Doctors Without Borders
Summer Games Done Quick raises $1.76M for Doctors Without Borders
Summer Games Done Quick 2017 has raised a massive $1.76 million for international medical humanitarian organisation, Doctors Without Borders.
July 10, 2017