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AURION POSTMORTEM #0 : The Wall Breakers Path
AURION POSTMORTEM #0 : The Wall Breakers Path
13 years of GameDesign against everything. I explain how me and my team we started from an amateur game in 2003 to a professional Action-RPG. With african problem like power outrage, self fundraising etc.
Dec. 19, 2016
Video game composers can make you smarter! (The music of Dragon Front) Part 2
Video game composers can make you smarter! (The music of Dragon Front) Part 2
In the 2nd of a 3-part series, video game music composer Winifred Phillips explores how music enhances focus & cognition in strategy gamers. In Part 2: cognition-enhancing tempo, with examples of Phillips' music from the Dragon Front virtual reality game.
Dec. 19, 2016
Top 11 Games I Played This Year
Top 11 Games I Played This Year
Here's a couple words about each of the top 11 games I played in 2016. Well okay, these are the only games I played this year so its really just "The 11 Games I Played This Year"
Dec. 19, 2016
The Brilliance of Super Mario Run
The Brilliance of Super Mario Run
How Super Mario Run makes you forget you're playing a mobile game.
Dec. 19, 2016
Games have a place in higher education, but where they are now isn’t working.
Games have a place in higher education, but where they are now isn’t working.
Explanations on where game development college programs are failing, suggestions on how to objectively improve them, and encouragement for students to make the most of their secondary education.
Dec. 19, 2016
DDoS Attack by Phantom Squad: EA, Battlefield 1 servers go down
DDoS Attack by Phantom Squad: EA, Battlefield 1 servers go down
If you are an Electronic Arts (EA) customer then don't worry you are not alone since tons of other users are also complaining about EA servers being down. At
Dec. 17, 2016
Why Jagex maintains two legacy versions of RuneScape
Why Jagex maintains two legacy versions of RuneScape
The RuneScape of 2016 is quite a different game from what it was when it first released in 2001, but developer Jagex hasn’t abandoned players that prefer the classic game to its modern counterpart.
Dec. 16, 2016
BAMTech forges $300M deal for League of Legends streaming rights
BAMTech forges $300M deal for League of Legends streaming rights
The deal will grant BAMTech exclusive streaming and monetization rights for competitive League of Legends eSports events.
Dec. 16, 2016
We're chatting about the top 10 developers of 2016 today at 3PM EST
We're chatting about the top 10 developers of 2016 today at 3PM EST
We invite you, our dear Gamasutra readers, to tell us why we're right or wrong about our top 10 developers of 2016 (though mostly we'd like you to tell us why we're right).
Dec. 16, 2016
Gamasutra's Best of 2016: Bryant Francis' top 10 games
Gamasutra's Best of 2016: Bryant Francis' top 10 games
2016 was a rough year for our emotions, but a great year for making video games. Contributing editor and Twitch producer Bryant Francis runs down his top 10 games for the year, and why you should play them.
Dec. 16, 2016
Origin Stories: Devs recount their first game design experiences
Origin Stories: Devs recount their first game design experiences
When were you first bitten by the game design bug? Was it a mod level? A playground game? A cool Mario level scribbled in crayon? We asked 19 developers to share their origin stories with us.
Dec. 16, 2016
Former Konami Europe president is heading up Kojima Productions
Former Konami Europe president is heading up Kojima Productions
In a move that seems to have gone unnoticed, Shinji Hirano, the former president of Konami Europe has been appointed president of Kojima Productions.
Dec. 16, 2016