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Video: Designing Headliner to teach players about media manipulation
Video: Designing Headliner to teach players about media manipulation
In a GDC 2020 virtual talk Jakub Kasztalski explains how to use Google and Facebook to find issues important to players to create relevant narratives in games like his media bias adventure Headliner.
June 9, 2020
Game Discoverabilityland: The Summer Of Games 2
Game Discoverabilityland: The Summer Of Games 2
A look at the upcoming Steam Summer Festival for unreleased games, more on Switch and PS4's editorial highlighting, and lots more besides.
June 9, 2020
Some thoughts about research and upgrades in RTS games
Some thoughts about research and upgrades in RTS games
At its best, research and upgrade allow the player to adapt to the battlefield and increase replayability of a game by presenting different choices and interaction. At its worst, research and upgrades can provide the player with rote-memory tasks.
June 9, 2020
Making a SNES game in 2020
Making a SNES game in 2020
Last year, I released a new game for my favorite console: the Super Nintendo (SNES). This article presents the numerous steps of this incredible journey: designing the game, overcoming SNES-related technical issues, manufacturing new SNES cartridges...
June 9, 2020
The PC Gaming show has been postponed to June 13th 2020
The PC Gaming show has been postponed to June 13th 2020
"PC Gamer" officially made an announcement that their upcoming online event, the "PC Gaming Show", has been postponed  until June 13th.
June 8, 2020
New Cyberpunk 2077 details: Level Design, Quests Design, Melee Combat and more
New Cyberpunk 2077 details: Level Design, Quests Design, Melee Combat and more
In a podcast with the german game magazine, GameStar, CD Projekt RED revealed some new information about Cyberpunk 2077.
June 8, 2020
INTEL’s future Alder Lake-S CPU architecture to feature CLDEMOTE “cache line demote” instruction set
INTEL’s future Alder Lake-S CPU architecture to feature CLDEMOTE “cache line demote” instruction set
INTEL's future upcoming ALDER LAKE micro architecture is going to support a new instruction set which can help speed up the processor's cache performance
June 8, 2020
This “indie video game bundle” from Itch.io offers 300+ games for just $5
This “indie video game bundle” from Itch.io offers 300+ games for just $5
Itch.io's "The Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality" packs in over almost 740 games and assets to help raise money/funds for the NAACP and Community bail fund
June 8, 2020
Doom: Eternal Slayer Version 0.3a is now available for download
Doom: Eternal Slayer Version 0.3a is now available for download
Modder 'zheg' has released a brand new version of his interesting Doom Eternal-inspired third-person mod for Doom 2, Doom: Eternal Slayer.
June 8, 2020
System Shock Alpha Demo gets major update, improves ragdoll performance, AI, blood decals & more
System Shock Alpha Demo gets major update, improves ragdoll performance, AI, blood decals & more
Nightdive Studios has released a new major update for the System Shock Remake Alpha Demo.
June 8, 2020
Capcom Vancouver pitched for a new Dino Crisis, was working on Unreal Engine 4-powered Dead Rising 5
Capcom Vancouver pitched for a new Dino Crisis, was working on Unreal Engine 4-powered Dead Rising 5
While Capcom Vancouver is no more, it appears that this studio was interested in reviving some classic Capcom games.
June 8, 2020
AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 7 3800XT CPU spotted in Ashes of the Singularity benchmark
AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 7 3800XT CPU spotted in Ashes of the Singularity benchmark
The Ryzen 7 3800XT which is an 8-core/16-thread processor has been spotted in the "Ashes of the Singularity" (AotS) benchmark
June 8, 2020