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Robot Tales: Malicious game clones
Robot Tales: Malicious game clones
What happens when your game earns its own ad-ridden malware clone? We explore the issue on the basis of Robot Gentleman's recent experience with a clone of 60 Seconds!.
Jan. 23, 2017
Latest Trends for 2016 and 2017 in the Japanese mobile game industry
Latest Trends for 2016 and 2017 in the Japanese mobile game industry
Last year, I wrote the articles about the nature of the Japanese mobile game market and so now I briefly summarized the last year's trends and this year's forecast in the industry.
Jan. 23, 2017
Postmortem: Rayhouse Productions' Kalaban
Postmortem: Rayhouse Productions' Kalaban
My recollection of the project, which took us over two years to make, and was also our first Steam game.
Jan. 23, 2017
Researcher claims to expose identity of Mirai Botnet Author
Researcher claims to expose identity of Mirai Botnet Author
Brian Krebs, the famous Infosec journalist whose website KrebsOnSecurity was targeted with a massive amalgamation of Mirai botnets to launch a notorious DDoS
Jan. 20, 2017
Join us for a live quest design session with RPG dev Tanya Short at 3PM EST
Join us for a live quest design session with RPG dev Tanya Short at 3PM EST
We'll be streaming some live game design from the Gamasutra Twitch channel today at 3PM EST.
Jan. 20, 2017
We did some live quest design with RPG developer Tanya Short
We did some live quest design with RPG developer Tanya Short
We asked creative director Tanya Short to hang out with us and show us what it might be like to make a quest for The Shrouded Isle.
Jan. 20, 2017
Steam now supports some fight sticks and a variety of Xbox controllers
Steam now supports some fight sticks and a variety of Xbox controllers
A handful of new controllers are now officially supported by Steam’s built-in configurator, including several Xbox gamepads and some third-party PlayStation 4 controllers.
Jan. 20, 2017
The U.S. video game industry pulled $30.4B in revenue last year
The U.S. video game industry pulled $30.4B in revenue last year
Total consumer spending in 2016 rose just slightly from 2015, according to data released by the Entertainment Software Association and the NPD Group.
Jan. 20, 2017
GDC State of the Industry: Most devs think mobile VR/AR is the future
GDC State of the Industry: Most devs think mobile VR/AR is the future
We continue our deep dive into the survey findings to gauge where game developers feel the future of VR/AR is headed, and -- just out of curiousity -- how often they feel sick or nauseous in VR.
Jan. 20, 2017
Tim Sweeney to be honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at GDC 2017
Tim Sweeney to be honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at GDC 2017
Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award during the Game Developers Choice Awards at GDC 2017!
Jan. 20, 2017
Learn from devs on Cuphead, Overwatch and more at GDC 2017's Animation Bootcamp
Learn from devs on Cuphead, Overwatch and more at GDC 2017's Animation Bootcamp
Artists and animators, take note: GDC 2017 organizers remind you to check out all the great talks taking place during the day-long Animation Bootcamp that helps kick off next month's conference.
Jan. 20, 2017
Get a job: Sucker Punch is hiring a Senior Character Artist
Get a job: Sucker Punch is hiring a Senior Character Artist
Sucker Punch is looking for a Senior Character Artist with strong human sculpting skills and an understanding of both human and animal anatomy to create highly realistic characters in Bellevue, WA.
Jan. 20, 2017