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Submit your crazy prototypes for GDC's Experimental Gameplay Workshop
Submit your crazy prototypes for GDC's Experimental Gameplay Workshop
The perennially popular Experimental Gameplay Workshop returns to GDC in 2014, and the event's organizers have issued a call for submissions of new "experimental" video game prototypes.
Jan. 2, 2014
'We just made our income to date, again, in just 8 hours'
'We just made our income to date, again, in just 8 hours'
Q-Games is the latest studio to show what the power of a Steam sale can do, as the company revealed that it has seen its life-to-date sales of PixelJunk Eden on Steam double in the latest Steam holiday sales.
Jan. 2, 2014
Microsoft had 'real discussion' about disc-less Xbox One
Microsoft had 'real discussion' about disc-less Xbox One
In a new interview with OXM, Microsoft Studios general manager Phil Spencer has said that the idea of removing the disc drive completely from the Xbox One was discussed heavily as part of the DRM reversal.
Jan. 2, 2014
Vechey last man standing as PopCap co-founders Roberts and Kapalka depart
Vechey last man standing as PopCap co-founders Roberts and Kapalka depart
Dave Roberts, the longtime CEO of PopCap, is reported to be departing next week alongside co-founder Jason Kapalka, leaving the studio in the hands of co-founder John Vechey.
Jan. 2, 2014
This Year in Video Game Criticism: Farewell, 2013
This Year in Video Game Criticism: Farewell, 2013
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us Eric Swain's year-end roundup of the best of the best of 2013 games criticism.
Dec. 31, 2013
Q&A: How iDreamsky brings a Western game to China
Q&A: How iDreamsky brings a Western game to China
Chinese companies like iDreamsky are partnering with Western devs to localize their games for China's booming mobile market. We talked to iDreamsky's Jeff Lyndon about how the process works.
Dec. 31, 2013
Game dev database MobyGames getting some TLC under new owner
Game dev database MobyGames getting some TLC under new owner
Blue Flame Labs has acquired MobyGames from GameFly, reverting the site to its classic '90s-era design and reaching out to the community in an effort to restore the venerable site's popularity.
Dec. 31, 2013
Video: How Indie Fund works, with 2D Boy's Ron Carmel
Video: How Indie Fund works, with 2D Boy's Ron Carmel
2D Boy co-founder Ron Carmel explains how the traditional publishing-funding model doesn't work for indies and how the Indie Fund aims to ameliorate the situation in this free GDC video.
Dec. 30, 2013
Learn all about Destiny's customizable character design at GDC 2014
Learn all about Destiny's customizable character design at GDC 2014
Passes for the Game Developers Conference 2014 are going fast, and today we're announcing even more sessions for the Main Conference that you'll want to check out.
Dec. 30, 2013
Days of the holiday mobile game gold rush are fading, says new report
Days of the holiday mobile game gold rush are fading, says new report
Although this holiday period saw the biggest spike in mobile app and game downloads to date, the rate at which mobile is growing has slowed significantly, according to a new report from Flurry.
Dec. 30, 2013
Is free-to-play viable on 3DS? Sega hopes to find out
Is free-to-play viable on 3DS? Sega hopes to find out
With the impending release of free-to-play game Initial D: Perfect Shift Online for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan, Sega says that it is carefully monitoring the future of free-to-play games on the Nintendo handheld.
Dec. 30, 2013
Banished's 'build what you want, when you want it' game design
Banished's 'build what you want, when you want it' game design
Game industry veteran Luke Hodorowicz had a vision. He'd played a whole bunch of city-building games over the years, but nothing had really managed to scratch the itch properly.
Dec. 30, 2013