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So what about the men?: A deeper look at Firewatch and Catherine
So what about the men?: A deeper look at Firewatch and Catherine
What would more compelling, more human male characters look like? Atlus’ Catherine and Campo Santo’s Firewatch provide elements of an answer.
March 10, 2016
Troubled studio Two Tribes says its next game will be its last
Troubled studio Two Tribes says its next game will be its last
Dutch game studio Two Tribes published a lengthy blog post today explaining why it plans to stop developing new games after it releases its current project, the 2D shooter Rive, later this year.
March 10, 2016
Hitman creative director weighs risk, reward of going episodic
Hitman creative director weighs risk, reward of going episodic
"We know we're doing something new. There's a saying ‘everybody likes progress, no one likes change.’ We fully see that. But going episodic will mean better games, more innovation and more diversity."
March 10, 2016
Epic's Tim Sweeney argues for keeping Windows an open platform
Epic's Tim Sweeney argues for keeping Windows an open platform
In a new opinion piece, the Epic Games founder explains why he thinks Windows 10 is heading toward being a closed space -- and how he'd like Microsoft to open it up.
March 10, 2016
Colopl gunning to be big VR publisher, with new CEO in U.S.
Colopl gunning to be big VR publisher, with new CEO in U.S.
Big Japanese mobile gaming company steps up its VR game, after already committing to invest $50 million in VR games, with a new CEO who aims to publish several VR titles a year.
March 10, 2016
Wooga launches into the midcore fray with new studio Black Anvil Games
Wooga launches into the midcore fray with new studio Black Anvil Games
The German mobile publisher continues to expand its business with an entirely new studio within its Berlin HQ -- and it has a mobile strategy title on the way.
March 10, 2016
Cities: Skylines sells over 2 million in a year
Cities: Skylines sells over 2 million in a year
Paradox Interactive has its fastest-selling title ever -- as the popular city-builder posts great numbers in a relatively short span.
March 10, 2016
"Find Yo Nuts" - How I screwed up my game release.
"Find Yo Nuts" - How I screwed up my game release.
A soul crushing, honest break down of everything I did wrong as an indie developer while making and releasing a game. Read on and maybe avoid some of the same mistakes.
March 10, 2016
Subverting Player Expectation
Subverting Player Expectation
A discussion on 'subverting player expectation'; doing something different with a game's mechanics and gameplay not only to make it engaging and keep it from becoming predictable, but also to strengthen story beats and communicate character emotion.
March 10, 2016
Creating natural paths on terrains using pathfinding
Creating natural paths on terrains using pathfinding
Pathfinding is not just for finding paths for AI agents. It’s also for procedurally creating paths. Here's my findings for how to create paths on terrains that are steepness-avoiding and look natural, as if they were designed by humans.
March 10, 2016
Three days with Clash Royale
Three days with Clash Royale
When Clash Royale (Supercell‘s latest effort) was released worldwide last week, I decided to give it a spin. The surprising result: I really like the game, but I also uninstalled it after 3 days. Here's why.
March 10, 2016
Beyond the State Machine
Beyond the State Machine
Jean Simonet takes a deeper look at how new language features, such as Coroutines, Closures and Continuations can help game programmers write more robust and readable Gameplay and AI code. This is a follow up to his article Logic Over Time.
March 10, 2016