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Former Square Enix president slams Konami's treatment of Kojima
Former Square Enix president slams Konami's treatment of Kojima
In a recent Facebook post former Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has branded Konami's recent treatment of Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima "cruel" and "bad for business."
Dec. 9, 2015
Sponsored: 6 ways player-made videos can impact your game dev process
Sponsored: 6 ways player-made videos can impact your game dev process
Player-made videos are are changing the ways games are developed and promoted. Here are a few examples of how this trend is impacting business strategies and presenting new opportunities for growth.
Dec. 9, 2015
TuneCore Record Label Hacked, Musicians’ Data At Risk
TuneCore Record Label Hacked, Musicians’ Data At Risk
TuneCore, an online music distribution/record label service on Friday, revealed that its database was breached by the hackers and they have been working with
Dec. 8, 2015
Come to GDC 2016 for expert advice on making music for mobile games
Come to GDC 2016 for expert advice on making music for mobile games
We highlight a fresh pair of neat GDC 2016 talks about the practical challenges of making music and art for games from composer Winifred Phillips and a pair of physically-based game rendering experts.
Dec. 8, 2015
Get a job: Turbine seeks an experienced Mobile Engineer
Get a job: Turbine seeks an experienced Mobile Engineer
The studio responsible for the Infinite Crisis MOBA and Lord of the Rings Online seeks a senior mobile software engineer to work on projects at its Needham, Massachusetts office.
Dec. 8, 2015
How Nintendo fosters deep player engagement in - and around - Splatoon
How Nintendo fosters deep player engagement in - and around - Splatoon
Splatoon shows that Nintendo gets online multiplayer. It also shows that the company has figured out how to create a space for a global community to converse with each other outside of the game.
Dec. 8, 2015
How a forgotten Terminator game laid groundwork for Bethesda's world-building
How a forgotten Terminator game laid groundwork for Bethesda's world-building
"The way we built Future Shock, you have a height map and instanced 3-D objects rendering on top—that, believe it or not, is still how we build today. It’s our basic paradigm for how to build a space."
Dec. 8, 2015
NetHack gets first major update in over a decade
NetHack gets first major update in over a decade
The seminal freeware Rogue-like NetHack gets its first major update in over a decade.
Dec. 8, 2015
Retooling Odallus: The Dark Call for its new veteran mode
Retooling Odallus: The Dark Call for its new veteran mode
Adding a harder difficulty level to this sidescrolling action game wasn't just about tweaking health stats. It was about making players completely rebuild their strategies and playstyles.
Dec. 8, 2015
VR Samples will help Unity devs get to grips with virtual reality
VR Samples will help Unity devs get to grips with virtual reality
VR Samples have been added to Unity 5.3, released today, to help budding virtual reality developers get to grips with the new tech.
Dec. 8, 2015
HTC promises more Vive dev kits and a commercial launch in April
HTC promises more Vive dev kits and a commercial launch in April
Consumer versions of Valve and HTC's Vive virtual reality headsets are now expected to go on sale next April, with 7,000 more devkits promised to ship out ahead of the headset's commercial debut.
Dec. 8, 2015
Report: Devs let down by poor sales on the Apple TV App Store
Report: Devs let down by poor sales on the Apple TV App Store
Word is starting to spread that some developers are seeing disappointing revenue of less than $100/day from what seem to be top-charting "successful" apps on the new Apple TV App Store.
Dec. 8, 2015