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Get a job: Aardman Animations is looking for a Creative Director
Get a job: Aardman Animations is looking for a Creative Director
"We’re looking for an exceptional person with mind-warping ideas. You’ll likely be into telling stories, playing games, and making kids giggle."
May 9, 2016
India Blames ISI for Spying on Military Through Gaming and Music Apps
India Blames ISI for Spying on Military Through Gaming and Music Apps
Pakistan’s intelligence agency is popular all over the world for its novel tactics and amazing abilities to stay updated about security concerns. After all,
May 6, 2016
Devs Answer: What are your favorite emergent social interactions in games?
Devs Answer: What are your favorite emergent social interactions in games?
Dark Souls 3 is reminding us how players can reinvent multiplayer mechanics to suit their own unconventional ends. We polled game developers for their favorite multiplayer social interactions
May 6, 2016
Naughty Dog continues the trend of launching big games with mobile tie-ins
Naughty Dog continues the trend of launching big games with mobile tie-ins
The trend of big studios launching high-profile games with mobile tie-ins continues, as both Naughty Dog and Gearbox have released free-to-play mobile games that can unlock rewards in their tentpole console games.
May 6, 2016
Nintendo licenses out new Cruis'n arcade game: Cruis'n Adventure
Nintendo licenses out new Cruis'n arcade game: Cruis'n Adventure
There seems to be a new Cruis'n arcade game in the wild, as Arcade Heroes reports that arcade game maker Raw Thrills has licensed the property from Nintendo to create Cruis'n Adventure.
May 6, 2016
Watch devs Clint Hocking and Mathieu Bérubé play and analyze Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Watch devs Clint Hocking and Mathieu Bérubé play and analyze Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Inspired by the Panama Papers leak, Clint Hocking and Ubisoft Toronto compatriot Mathieu Bérubé play through (and discuss their work on) the "Panama Bank" level of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.
May 6, 2016
Lapsed game dev returns to make a Bernie Sanders game for The Late Show
Lapsed game dev returns to make a Bernie Sanders game for The Late Show
Game industry veteran and Twitter bot enthusiast Darius Kazemi has developed a new browser-based game, Bubble Burst Bernie, for CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
May 6, 2016
Hero Shooters: Charting the (re)birth of a genre
Hero Shooters: Charting the (re)birth of a genre
What's given rise to this year's slew of "hero shooters"? Gamasutra talks to devs on Overwatch, Paragon and Battleborn about tracing the genre back to MOBAs -- and Team Fortress 2.
May 6, 2016
Activision expects Overwatch to be Blizzard's biggest launch since Diablo III
Activision expects Overwatch to be Blizzard's biggest launch since Diablo III
"We expect Overwatch to be Blizzard's biggest launch since Diablo in 2012. We also believe Overwatch will resonate well in eSports."
May 6, 2016
Obituary: Star Wars: Starfighter artist, Clarence Johnson
Obituary: Star Wars: Starfighter artist, Clarence Johnson
A talented artist, Johnson began his career at LucasArts, where he served as a 3D modeller on Star Wars: Starfighter, and created art for its follow-up, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter.
May 6, 2016
New Call of Duty trailer racks up record 'dislikes,' but Activision's unfazed
New Call of Duty trailer racks up record 'dislikes,' but Activision's unfazed
"This is an industry like no other, and a fan base like no other, and we love that our fans treat this franchise like it's their own and have such strong points of view about it."
May 6, 2016
Video: Understanding the technique behind Spelunky's level design
Video: Understanding the technique behind Spelunky's level design
Want to understand why Spelunky's procedurally generated levels are so compelling and playable? This video breaks down exactly how Derek Yu got the game so good.
May 6, 2016