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Nier director's new mobile game tops iOS charts in Japan
Nier director's new mobile game tops iOS charts in Japan
Yoko Taro is best known right now as the director on Platinum's Nier: Automata, but he's evidently also contributed to a F2P mobile game, SINoAlice, currently topping Japan's iOS earnings charts.
June 26, 2017
Splatoon dev: 'Being an eSport wasn't something that we were ever really considering'
Splatoon dev: 'Being an eSport wasn't something that we were ever really considering'
"We also realized that if we were going to have competitive play, it would need to be supported by a great community," Splatoon 2 producer Hisashi Nogami tells Glixel in a new E3 interview.
June 26, 2017
Nintendo plans to produce 'significantly more' than 2.3M SNES Classic Editions
Nintendo plans to produce 'significantly more' than 2.3M SNES Classic Editions
Nintendo says it plans to produce more SNES Classics than it did for the NES Classic Edition last year, but that it doesn't plan to sell the retro console beyond 2017.
June 26, 2017
How a Retro Studios prototype laid the foundation for Metroid Prime
How a Retro Studios prototype laid the foundation for Metroid Prime
Before the studio was acquired by Nintendo, designer Mike Wikan played a major part in creating the first level of the game that would eventually be reworked into Metroid Prime.
June 26, 2017
Video: How procedural level design works in Eldritch
Video: How procedural level design works in Eldritch
Eldritch creator David Pittman speaks at GDC 2017 about procedural generation in games, how you make good use of it in terms of level design, and when you should (or shouldn't) use it at all.
June 26, 2017
Get a job: Infinity Ward seeks an experienced UI/UX Director
Get a job: Infinity Ward seeks an experienced UI/UX Director
The folks at Call of Duty dev Infinity Ward seek an experienced UI/UX director to join the team working on "a new, exciting project" at the company's Woodland Hills, CA studio.
June 26, 2017
Nintendo is bundling a never-before-released game with the SNES Classic
Nintendo is bundling a never-before-released game with the SNES Classic
UPDATE Like it did with the original NES last year, Nintendo has announced plans to revive the Super Nintendo as a mini, plug-and-play game console, but only for a limited time.
June 26, 2017
Survey: 31% of VR/AR devs are working on a platform exclusive
Survey: 31% of VR/AR devs are working on a platform exclusive
31 percent of the 600+ VR/AR professionals surveyed in this year's VR/AR Innovation Report say they're working on platform-exclusive projects. You can learn more in the full (free) report!
June 26, 2017
The Agony and Ecstasy of Coming Up with Achievement Names
The Agony and Ecstasy of Coming Up with Achievement Names
Having trouble coming up with achievement names? That's because it's really hard! This article provides some tips and shortcuts for the achievement-naming process, plus commentary on the value of inserting small "personality details" into your game
June 26, 2017
Why You Should Build Custom Hardware For Your Mobile Game
Why You Should Build Custom Hardware For Your Mobile Game
What we learnt by building custom hardware for our game Swing King and the Temple of Bling, and what other mobile developers could pick up from it.
June 26, 2017
Pwny UP. A postmorjam.
Pwny UP. A postmorjam.
This is a small set of thoughts and score reflection after being judged in a Game Jam.
June 26, 2017
Rise & Shine : Audio post-mortem.
Rise & Shine : Audio post-mortem.
A retrospective of the audio work by Damian Sanchez on Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team's game.
June 26, 2017