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Mobile players: 24% drop off after one session, 78% after one month
Mobile players: 24% drop off after one session, 78% after one month
Mobile games are definitely where the heat is right now: companies are promising massive revenues. But retention continues to be an issue.
Oct. 13, 2015
Mixing suspense, absurdity and FMV in A Stranger Comes Calling
Mixing suspense, absurdity and FMV in A Stranger Comes Calling
Paul Franzen's FMV game A Stranger Comes Calling begins with a mysterious knock on the door. Then it spirals out in a lot of bizarre and hilarious directions.
Oct. 12, 2015
Qualcomm sells off its mobile AR game platform Vuforia for $65M
Qualcomm sells off its mobile AR game platform Vuforia for $65M
Heads up, augmented reality game makers: Qualcomm is selling off its Vuforia AR business to American tech company PTC for a cool $65 million.
Oct. 12, 2015
MaxPlay's new game engine aims to be 'Google Docs for game devs'
MaxPlay's new game engine aims to be 'Google Docs for game devs'
A new challenger stepped into the game engine arena today: MaxPlay, a game technology company that aims to entice developers into using its “cloud-based” collaborative game development platform.
Oct. 12, 2015
Game devs in Northern Ireland can now get Greenshoots funding
Game devs in Northern Ireland can now get Greenshoots funding
Microsoft's Greenshoots game development funding & guidance program is expanding this year and starting to offer £100,000 in grants to developers in Northern Ireland.
Oct. 12, 2015
Dev makes all Black Ops 3 campaign levels playable from the get-go
Dev makes all Black Ops 3 campaign levels playable from the get-go
This year's Call Of Duty game will have a single-player campaign that can be played however you like, as devs say traditional level progression is an 'archaic mentality' that's unnecessary.
Oct. 12, 2015
UK government launches £4 million Prototype Fund
UK government launches £4 million Prototype Fund
The UK Government has launched the Video Games Prototype Fund, a £4 million funding pool that will help small developers find their feet and create promising prototypes.
Oct. 12, 2015
Allison Road Kickstarter canceled after Team17 signs developer
Allison Road Kickstarter canceled after Team17 signs developer
UK-based developer Lilith has pulled the plug on the Kickstarter campaign for its P.T. inspired horror title, Allison Road, which will now be published and financed by Team17.
Oct. 12, 2015
A former mentor recalls the early career of Satoru Iwata
A former mentor recalls the early career of Satoru Iwata
'Iwata was a so-called otaku,' recalls Yash Terakura, who mentored Satoru Iwata when he was a college kid eager to learn more about computers. 'Of course, we did not have that term at that time.'
Oct. 9, 2015
Firewatch designer calls on devs to speak up to their governments
Firewatch designer calls on devs to speak up to their governments
Campo Santo's Nels Anderson wants to see the game industry's concerns better represented in government, and he's gone so far as to launch his own local "voter mobilization and information initiative."
Oct. 9, 2015
Jessica Curry takes a break from being joint chief of The Chinese Room
Jessica Curry takes a break from being joint chief of The Chinese Room
Composer Jessica Curry has announced plans to (sort of) leave UK indie studio The Chinese Room by stepping away from her long-held role as director at the studio to focus on her own musical career.
Oct. 9, 2015
Anti-scam Steam Curator group seeks to police game devs
Anti-scam Steam Curator group seeks to police game devs
At least one Steam Curator has formed explicitly to place warning messages on the Steam pages of games from developers they believe to be guilty of scamming or otherwise mistreating customers.
Oct. 9, 2015