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Twitch Affiliates will now get a cut of game and IAP sales
Twitch Affiliates will now get a cut of game and IAP sales
Starting today, Twitch Affiliate program members will be able to earn revenue from the sale of games and in-game items.
June 7, 2017
Angry Birds 2 lead programmer opens VR studio to fuel 'social action'
Angry Birds 2 lead programmer opens VR studio to fuel 'social action'
Angry Birds 2 lead programmer Jonas Johansson has established a new virtual reality studio to create "social action" games.
June 7, 2017
Portal 2 writer Jay Pinkerton has left Valve
Portal 2 writer Jay Pinkerton has left Valve
Another longstanding member of Valve's writing team has left the studio, with Portal 2 scribe Jay Pinkerton announcing his departure over on Facebook.
June 7, 2017
Layering challenges in Klei's survival sim Oxygen Not Included
Layering challenges in Klei's survival sim Oxygen Not Included
"It's the layering that makes intense decisions. In Oxygen Not Included, the player must balance all the needs of their Duplicants simultaneously. Each need is not so difficult, but it's easy to let something slip."
June 7, 2017
Mass Effect: Andromeda devs tell tales of what went wrong during development
Mass Effect: Andromeda devs tell tales of what went wrong during development
"For the last few months of the game, we spent most of our effort just trying to keep it together," one anonymous dev tells Kotaku. "Just trying to stay ahead of how quickly it was falling apart."
June 7, 2017
Everything's game trailer officially qualifies for an Oscar
Everything's game trailer officially qualifies for an Oscar
The trailer for existence sim Everything has won a jury prize at the Vienna Shorts Festival, which means it now qualifies to be nominated for an Academy Award in the "Animated Short Film" category.
June 7, 2017
Get a job: Naughty Dog is hiring a Gameplay Programmer
Get a job: Naughty Dog is hiring a Gameplay Programmer
Naughty Dog is looking for a Gameplay Programmer to join its Santa Monica-based development studio.
June 7, 2017
Attend VRDC Fall 2017 to learn about VR trends and bringing the NBA experience to VR
Attend VRDC Fall 2017 to learn about VR trends and bringing the NBA experience to VR
VRDC officials are proud to highlight more great VRDC Fall 2017 talks -- one a data-driven analysis of the VR industry, the other an in-depth look at bringing the NBA courtside experience to VR!
June 7, 2017
Video: Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley's postmortem of Civilization
Video: Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley's postmortem of Civilization
Game industry luminaries Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley take the stage at GDC 2017 to present a Classic Game Postmortem on Sid Meier's Civilization and share their stories of making an enduring classic.
June 7, 2017
A curated list of recent writings on games and narrative
A curated list of recent writings on games and narrative
Here is a curated set of good sources and tools on the theme of writing for games with narrative. A lot came out recently, in particular oriented towards tools and practices.
June 7, 2017
Video: 5 Kickstarter trailer takeaways from Blasphemous
Video: 5 Kickstarter trailer takeaways from Blasphemous
Blasphemous just tripled its Kickstarter goal. Since it's so successful, let's look at what the Kickstarter trailer got right — and 5 takeaways devs can glean for making their own crowdfunding trailer.
June 7, 2017
14-year-old Japanese Student Caught for Creating Ransomware
14-year-old Japanese Student Caught for Creating Ransomware
The cyber criminal community is quite active is developing nasty ransomware to infect unsuspecting users and demand a large amount of money in return. But who
June 6, 2017