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Industry vet Peter Moore returns to games as Unity SVP
Industry vet Peter Moore returns to games as Unity SVP
Peter Moore's return to the game industry has picked up steam.
Jan. 20, 2021
Prolific F-Zero, Star Fox artist Takaya Imamura retires from Nintendo
Prolific F-Zero, Star Fox artist Takaya Imamura retires from Nintendo
Takaya Imamura has named today his final day at Nintendo, ending a 32-year-long career working on many of the company's most iconic games and characters.
Jan. 20, 2021
Video: Shader and surface-driven GPU particle FX techniques
Video: Shader and surface-driven GPU particle FX techniques
In this 2018 GDC talk, programmer Christina Coffin explains alternative approaches to emitting particles from game environment effects.
Jan. 20, 2021
Get a job: Insomniac Games is hiring a Facial Character TD
Get a job: Insomniac Games is hiring a Facial Character TD
Insomniac is looking for a rockstar Facial Character TD’s to be responsible for authoring facial rigs and facial riggings systems from scratch or utilizing a variety of high-resolution scan-data.
Jan. 20, 2021
Opera opens new video game division and confirms YoYo Games purchase
Opera opens new video game division and confirms YoYo Games purchase
Opera has confirmed the purchase of GameMaker Studio creator YoYo Games, and explained the deal will form the basis for a new video game division called Opera Gaming.
Jan. 20, 2021
Tilting Point opens studio in Russia to work on multiple projects
Tilting Point opens studio in Russia to work on multiple projects
Free-to-play publisher Tilting Point has formed a new studio in St Petersburg, Russia, to expand its global network.
Jan. 20, 2021
European Commission fines Valve, others $9.4 million for 'geo-blocking' games
European Commission fines Valve, others $9.4 million for 'geo-blocking' games
The European Commission has fined Valve and five major publishers a combined €7.8 million for breaching EU antitrust rules.
Jan. 20, 2021
Miniclip acquires Online Soccer Manager developer Gamebasics
Miniclip acquires Online Soccer Manager developer Gamebasics
Miniclip has purchased Online Soccer Manager developer Gamebasics for an undisclosed fee.
Jan. 20, 2021
The Scary Secrets of Horror Design From Silent Hill 4 The Room
The Scary Secrets of Horror Design From Silent Hill 4 The Room
We're revisiting Silent Hill for today's design post and how what many consider to be the start of the decline of the famous series still has essential lessons on horror design for modern titles.
Jan. 20, 2021
New patent filed by Rockstar may hint at significant GTA 6 NPC AI & traversal improvements
New patent filed by Rockstar may hint at significant GTA 6 NPC AI & traversal improvements
The patent application is titled as ‘System And Method For Virtual Navigation In A Gaming Environment’, which is most likely for the developer’s upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6.
Jan. 19, 2021
Company of Heroes 2 receives a 64-bit patch, improving performance & stability
Company of Heroes 2 receives a 64-bit patch, improving performance & stability
Relic has just released a new patch for Company of Heroes 2 that adds support for 64-bit operating systems.Relic has just released a new patch for Company of Heroes 2 that adds support for 64-bit operating systems.
Jan. 19, 2021
Horizon Zero Dawn Patch 1.10 addresses AMD GPU VRAM issue, fixes crashes
Horizon Zero Dawn Patch 1.10 addresses AMD GPU VRAM issue, fixes crashes
Guerrilla Games released patch 1.10 for Horizon Zero Dawn that 1.10 addresses an issue that cost upwards of 250MB of VRAM on AMD GPUs, and fixes some crashes.
Jan. 19, 2021