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Get inside the minds of Tom Clancy's The Division NPCs at GDC 2016
Get inside the minds of Tom Clancy's The Division NPCs at GDC 2016
GDC officials highlight a fresh pair of great GDC 2016 talks from the designers of Tom Clancy's The Division and a potent advocate for accessibility in game design.
Nov. 24, 2015
Video: League of Legends - Building an eSport
Video: League of Legends - Building an eSport
How do you design a game to be competitively rigorous, strategically diverse, skill-based, entertaining to play, and exciting to watch? Riot's Ryan Scott and Frank Lantz discuss nurturing League of Legends into an eSport.
Nov. 24, 2015
Networking Engineer Crowned UK Cybersecurity Champion
Networking Engineer Crowned UK Cybersecurity Champion
Networking Engineer Crowned UK Cybersecurity Champion
Nov. 23, 2015
7 great minigames that game developers should study
7 great minigames that game developers should study
An engaging minigame can deepen a players engagement in the overarching game. We look at 7 instructive examples that game developers should examine closely.
Nov. 23, 2015
Get into the mix of Forza Motorsport 6's audio at GDC 2016
Get into the mix of Forza Motorsport 6's audio at GDC 2016
GDC officials highlight a fresh pair of great GDC 2016 race day talks from Turn 10 Studios & Criterion devs about the tricks to making great racing games.
Nov. 23, 2015
Desert Bus for Hope raises over $600,000 for Child's Play
Desert Bus for Hope raises over $600,000 for Child's Play
Charity gaming marathon Desert Bus for Hope finished over the weekend, and this year the fundraiser brought in $676.883 in donations, taking the lifetime total of money raised since 2007 to $3.11 million.
Nov. 23, 2015
New data highlights gender split for mobile game genres
New data highlights gender split for mobile game genres
New data picked up by TouchArcade shows that men and women have very different video game habits on mobile.
Nov. 23, 2015
Payday 2 dev apologizes for microtransaction U-turn
Payday 2 dev apologizes for microtransaction U-turn
After getting on the wrong side of fans by adding microtransactions to Payday 2, despite multiple staffers claiming that would never happen, developer Overkill has issued an apology via its Steam page.
Nov. 23, 2015
Forget all the comparisons to cinema--games are more like operas
Forget all the comparisons to cinema--games are more like operas
'Every time I see an opera I cannot help but think of video games, for they too necessarily combine many art forms'
Nov. 23, 2015
In-depth: The decision to un-publish Afro Samurai 2 and refund buyers
In-depth: The decision to un-publish Afro Samurai 2 and refund buyers
Versus Evil has yanked the game down from the PlayStation Network and Steam, and is completely refunding all customers who purchased the game -- general manager Steve Escalante explains.
Nov. 23, 2015
The Indian mobile game market: The next big thing?
The Indian mobile game market: The next big thing?
SuperData shares a wealth of data about the next big mobile game market -- including the top-performing titles, the cost of user acquisition, and the device split, among other data.
Nov. 23, 2015
GameStop seeing downturn in Halo, Star Wars -- but is it a digital shift?
GameStop seeing downturn in Halo, Star Wars -- but is it a digital shift?
The company's most recent quarter showed surprisingly low sales for tentpole titles at the end of this year, but high digital sales may be claiming its numbers.
Nov. 23, 2015