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The most anticipated games of the year, right here
The most anticipated games of the year, right here
Market research firm Nielsen has compiled a list of what it says will be the most anticipated releases of the holiday sales season, and there are few surprises.
Oct. 5, 2015
Ubisoft snaps up The Crew devs Ivory Tower
Ubisoft snaps up The Crew devs Ivory Tower
As the franchise moves on to its second installment, its publisher has decided to pick up the developer and make it part of the Ubisoft family.
Oct. 5, 2015
Get a job: Deep Silver Volition seeks a Senior System Designer
Get a job: Deep Silver Volition seeks a Senior System Designer
Saints Row developer Deep Silver Volition is looking to bring on an experienced game systems designer (think player control, AI behavior, weapons, etc.) to work out of its Champagne, IL studio.
Oct. 2, 2015
Beneath the pixels: The art direction of Super Time Force
Beneath the pixels: The art direction of Super Time Force
A deep look at the decidedly non-retro pixel art direction for Capy Games' Super Time Force Ultra -- what it takes to make a "fever dream" of a 2D game on HD hardware.
Oct. 2, 2015
Video: How to hire and retain more women in the game industry
Video: How to hire and retain more women in the game industry
At GDC Europe 2015 a panel of women from companies like King, NaturalMotion and Gameloft share their experiences as women in the game industry and offer advice for increasing diversity.
Oct. 2, 2015
Born from Tearaway, ImGui is a free GUI library for your games
Born from Tearaway, ImGui is a free GUI library for your games
There's a chance you might have missed the news that the GUI library Media Molecule used while developing Tearaway is now freely available to game developers on GitHub as ImGui.
Oct. 2, 2015
Raptr's video-sharing service expands with ESL, Wargaming deals
Raptr's video-sharing service expands with ESL, Wargaming deals
Raptr's game video clip recording/sharing service Plays.tv has made some inroads into the eSports business by striking strategic partnerships with the ESL and World of Tanks developer Wargaming.
Oct. 2, 2015
Intel has sold middleware maker Havok to Microsoft
Intel has sold middleware maker Havok to Microsoft
Big game dev tools news today: Microsoft has acquired Havok, the Irish company best known for its physics engine technology, from long-time owner Intel for an undisclosed sum.
Oct. 2, 2015
iWin expands player base with ArcadeTown acquisition
iWin expands player base with ArcadeTown acquisition
Cross platform publisher iWin, Inc. has purchased casual gaming website ArcadeTown.com for an undisclosed fee.
Oct. 2, 2015
How devs deal with 4 problem areas in VR game design
How devs deal with 4 problem areas in VR game design
Developers with Playful Corporation, Carbon Games, Minority Media, and Cloudhead Games tell us how they surmounted unexpected design difficulties in their VR game projects.
Oct. 1, 2015
Video: Talk about your failures so other devs can learn from them
Video: Talk about your failures so other devs can learn from them
"The independent game space has a problem with failure," said indie dev Ashley Zeldin at GDC 2015. "When all we hear about are successes, that creates unrealistic expectations."
Oct. 1, 2015
Get a job: Ready At Dawn is hiring an experienced Concept Artist
Get a job: Ready At Dawn is hiring an experienced Concept Artist
The makers of The Order: 1886 are after an experienced artist to work on creating concept art alongside the team at Ready At Dawn's Irvine, CA headquarters.
Oct. 1, 2015