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Ubisoft VP: 'We're trying to figure out what is fun' about VR
Ubisoft VP: 'We're trying to figure out what is fun' about VR
"From a financial standpoint right now, VR is research for us," says Ubisoft's Chris Early. "We're making real games, making real money, but... we all need the industry to grow."
June 12, 2017
Bethesda announces new mods network, Creation Club
Bethesda announces new mods network, Creation Club
At Bethesda's E3 press conference in L.A. tonight, the Fallout and Skyrim developer announced a new mods program dubbed "Creation Club."
June 12, 2017
The VR Challenger League is a new eSports venture from Oculus, Intel and the ESL
The VR Challenger League is a new eSports venture from Oculus, Intel and the ESL
Notably, the $200k+ VR Challenger League purports to be the first VR-focused eSports league ever established, though it seems likely to be limited to Oculus Rift headsets for the foreseeable future.
June 12, 2017
Sony takes a page from Jackbox with PlayLink mobile input tech
Sony takes a page from Jackbox with PlayLink mobile input tech
This evening Sony debuted a new tech platform, PlayLink, that appears built to let people play games running on a PlayStation console using their iOS or Android devices.
June 12, 2017
Elder Scrolls Online dev speaks to the power of megaservers in MMO game design
Elder Scrolls Online dev speaks to the power of megaservers in MMO game design
"We have an interesting server structure in ESO that is unique in this generation of online game," says Elder Scrolls Online game director Matt Firor. "What we call megaservers."
June 12, 2017
Ubisoft is getting into the toys-to-life game with Starlink
Ubisoft is getting into the toys-to-life game with Starlink
Today at E3 Ubisoft debuted Starlink: Battle for Atlas, a new multi-platform sci-fi toys-to-life game being developed by Ubisoft Toronto (slated for 2018) with an interesting toy-mounting mechanic.
June 12, 2017
Get a job: Bluehole is hiring a Sr. Character Animator
Get a job: Bluehole is hiring a Sr. Character Animator
Bluehole is looking for a Sr. Character Animator to join its animation and gameplay team and create high-quality animations.
June 12, 2017
Watch Sony's E3 2017 press event right here!
Watch Sony's E3 2017 press event right here!
Sony's about to start its E3 2017 press conference, and if you aren't in Los Angeles to see the show in person you can tune in to watch it right here at 6 PM Pacific (9 PM Eastern).
June 12, 2017
Tune in here to watch Ubisoft's E3 2017 press conference!
Tune in here to watch Ubisoft's E3 2017 press conference!
Ubisoft is expected to host its E3 press conference today at 1 PM Pacific (4 PM Eastern). If you're not there in person to catch it, we've taken the liberty of embedding the YouTube livestream above.
June 12, 2017
Video: How designers and programmers can work better, together
Video: How designers and programmers can work better, together
At GDC 2014, former Blizzard dev Brian Schwab took the stage to offer practical advice on how designers and coders can work together more effectively.
June 12, 2017
7 roguelikes that every developer should study
7 roguelikes that every developer should study
Procedurally generated levels. Permadeath. Controller-smashing amounts of difficulty. Gamasutra asked several devs to single out some of the most instructive examples of the Roguelike genre.
June 12, 2017
Sponsored: Push notification strategies of the top 100 mobile games
Sponsored: Push notification strategies of the top 100 mobile games
In Iterable's 2017 User Engagement Top 100 Report, we analyzed the push messaging strategies adopted by the top 100 freemium iOS games in the U.S.
June 12, 2017