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Get a job: Boss Key is hiring a Senior Gameplay Engineer
Cliff Bleszinski and Arjan Brussee's new Raleigh-based studio is looking for a skilled C++ engineer to work on its upcoming sci-fi shooter alongside the team at Boss Key HQ.
July 29, 2015
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Sponsored: Professional game development tools
Microsoft tech evangelist Dave Voyles runs down the tools that every professional game developer should know about.
July 29, 2015
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How a ragtag band of modders restored Star Wars KOTOR II
How a ragtag band of rebel modders fleshed out crucial missing sequences in Obsidian's Knights of the Old Republic II, and how that material came to be incorporated into the official Steam version of the game.
July 29, 2015
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Devs mod Soda Drinker Pro to help stroke survivors recover
Indie dev Will Brierly's sipping simulator Soda Drinker Pro has been repurposed as a physical therapy aid for stroke survivors after a chance encounter between Brierly and Myomo intern Sean Halloran.
July 28, 2015
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Razer proposes solution to Ouya's 'Free The Games' debt
UPDATE Razer says that since the deal was to acquire select assets and personnel from Ouya, and not the company as a whole, it disclaims responsibility for making good on Ouya's outstanding debt.
July 28, 2015
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GDC Europe EIGS Roundtable: What's the state of European indie dev?
A few of the judges behind next week's second annual European Innovative Games Showcase at GDC Europe sit down to talk about what matters to European indie game makers.
July 28, 2015
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Indie developers report Ouya won't pay them thousands of dollars
Multiple indie developers have claimed that Ouya still owes them thousands of dollars as part of their 'Free the Games' fund, none of which will be paid following Razer acquisition.
July 28, 2015
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Get a job: Cloud Imperium Games is hiring an Associate Producer
The studio chiefly responsible for Chris Roberts' crowdfunded space sim Star Citizen is looking to hire an associate producer to work alongside the rest of the Cloud Imperium team in Santa Monica, CA.
July 28, 2015
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Video: How Blizzard built Reaper of Souls to redeem Diablo III
At GDC 2015 Diablo game director Joshua Mosqueira speaks frankly about the seismic shifts in gameplay design, core philosophy, itemization and rewards that Blizzard implemented to fix Diablo III.
July 28, 2015
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Street Fighter for Designers: Top 8 Lessons from Evo 2015
The Evo Championship Series gives game designers a chance to see how fighting games try to create a rich, rewarding and diverse competitive play space. (And how players try to break it)
July 27, 2015
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This Week in Video Game Criticism: Why is Gotham so empty?
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics ranging from a Kill Screen review of Adam Sandler's Pixels to the strange emptiness of Arkham Knight's city streets.
July 27, 2015
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Sponsored: Putting real map data in Unity game engine - Philly Game Jam
I thought it would be fun to do a game about an evacuation of Philadelphia, and get that map data in a game engine.
July 27, 2015