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Pitching Games: What Has Worked for Us So Far and May Help You Too!
Pitching Games: What Has Worked for Us So Far and May Help You Too!
In a matter of months, we have gone from never having pitched a game before to having our pitches win prizes. This is a guide on perfecting the art of showing your game to anyone. Written by Molly Heady-Carroll, Co-Founder of Arcane Circus.
April 2, 2016
Devs Answer: What are the best ways to trick players?
Devs Answer: What are the best ways to trick players?
We ask developers the best ways to trick their players on this, the day of April Fool's.
April 1, 2016
Rez's Mizuguchi: His quest 'to make the player happy' changed his games
Rez's Mizuguchi: His quest 'to make the player happy' changed his games
"There was a different sort of expression I was searching for. How do I make the player happy? How do I make the people around the player happy, too?"
April 1, 2016
How Nintendo crushed the 1980s PC market with the NES
How Nintendo crushed the 1980s PC market with the NES
The Digital Antiquarian blog has published a fascinating new history of how Nintendo took on personal computers in the U.S. -- and won -- in the 1980s, with its Nintendo Entertainment System console.
April 1, 2016
EVE Online's big battle proves players are the content in a sandbox MMO
EVE Online's big battle proves players are the content in a sandbox MMO
In content-driven MMOs, players burn through handcrafted contnet and then abandon the game; in EVE Online, they're driven to keep playing for years.
April 1, 2016
Capcom reorganizes to make more mobile games using its popular IP
Capcom reorganizes to make more mobile games using its popular IP
Capcom is uniting its mobile businesses and creating a new "Mobile Business Division" that will focus on releasing more mobile games featuring popular Capcom game franchises.
April 1, 2016
To build a new Baldur's Gate, Beamdog had to reverse-engineer the original
To build a new Baldur's Gate, Beamdog had to reverse-engineer the original
After more than a decade, there's a new Baldur's Gate game out this week -- sort of. In a chat with Kotaku, Beamdog opens up about how & why it reverse-engineered the original to build fresh content.
April 1, 2016
Activision lays off staff at Guitar Hero Live developer FreeStyle
Activision lays off staff at Guitar Hero Live developer FreeStyle
A number of people have been laid off from Guitar Hero Live developer FreeStyle Games, which will now focus on supporting the game rather than developing new projects.
April 1, 2016
Maybe it's time to kill your game and move on: Supercell on cutting its losses
Maybe it's time to kill your game and move on: Supercell on cutting its losses
Supercell is super-good at failing at making successful games. Yet when the company does make a hit, it hits big.
April 1, 2016
Get a job: Twisted Pixel is hiring a Gameplay Engineer
Get a job: Twisted Pixel is hiring a Gameplay Engineer
'Splosion Man creator Twisted Pixel Games is looking to hire an experienced game programmer to join other game programmers working on an unannounced project at its Austin-based studio.
April 1, 2016
We don't get what the point of Miitomo is, but that's okay
We don't get what the point of Miitomo is, but that's okay
The Gamasutra staff takes on Miitomo. What the hell is it? Is it any good? Does it portend anything for Nintendo's fortunes on mobile, or its overarching strategy for the space? We dive right in.
April 1, 2016
Video: How Klei found success with an anti-social game: Don't Starve
Video: How Klei found success with an anti-social game: Don't Starve
Speaking at GDC 2014, Klei's Kevin Forbes shares lessons learned from developing a polarizing game -- and how you can apply those lessons to find and foster the audience that will love your game.
April 1, 2016