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Twitter hires 'director of gaming partnerships'
Twitter hires 'director of gaming partnerships'
Rodrigo Velloso, formerly director of gaming content for YouTube, has joined the social media network with an aim to get more video game content on the social networking service.
Dec. 17, 2015
Kojima Productions has just 4 staff, but 'big games' are on the horizon
Kojima Productions has just 4 staff, but 'big games' are on the horizon
The new studio from a freshly independent Hideo Kojima has a contract with Sony to develop a PS4 exclusive -- but not much else, a new interview reveals.
Dec. 17, 2015
French consumer group sues Valve over Steam policies
French consumer group sues Valve over Steam policies
UFC Que Choisir, which advocates for consumers, has filed suit against Valve -- alleging that its policies are problematic and even, in some cases, run afoul of the law.
Dec. 17, 2015
Examining the game industry's love-hate relationship with DLC
Examining the game industry's love-hate relationship with DLC
Game developers weigh in on the drawbacks and benefits of season passes for games, which offer a single up-front price for DLC content.
Dec. 16, 2015
David Brevik will deconstruct Diablo in a GDC 2016 Classic Game Postmortem
David Brevik will deconstruct Diablo in a GDC 2016 Classic Game Postmortem
Diablo creator and veteran game designer David Brevik will be delivering a Classic Postmortem of Blizzard North's seminal action-RPG at GDC 2016 in March!
Dec. 16, 2015
Gamasutra's Best of 2015: Brandon Sheffield's most surprising 90s games
Gamasutra's Best of 2015: Brandon Sheffield's most surprising 90s games
There's nothing wrong with contemporary games. Well, there might be something wrong with some of them, but I don't have time to get into it. Regardless, what's right and wrong with 90s games has a lot more appeal to me.
Dec. 16, 2015
Come to GDC 2016 and learn how to teach game balance in schools
Come to GDC 2016 and learn how to teach game balance in schools
And that's not all -- GDC organizers also reveal a great talk surveying the backend technology options for your next F2P game in this fresh pair of GDC 2016 Summit session.
Dec. 16, 2015
Watch 5 examples of good game design from 2015
Watch 5 examples of good game design from 2015
Mark Brown, host of the YouTube channel Game Maker’s Toolkit, posted a worthwhile video this week highlighting a handful of interesting game designs that emerged in 2015.
Dec. 16, 2015
Get a job: Tesla Motors seeks a Game Artist with Unreal skills
Get a job: Tesla Motors seeks a Game Artist with Unreal skills
If you're handy with 3D graphics and design in Unreal Engine, electric car maker Tesla Motors wants someone with your skills to help design and optimize 3D visualizations at its Hawthorne, CA offices.
Dec. 16, 2015
Unity's new data compression team aims to put the squeeze on your assets
Unity's new data compression team aims to put the squeeze on your assets
If you're a Unity developer you might appreciate Unity principal engineer Rich Geldreich's recent blog post detailing how the company's new data compression team aims to slim down your game's assets.
Dec. 16, 2015
Japanese mobile game giant Colopl opens $50M fund for VR developers
Japanese mobile game giant Colopl opens $50M fund for VR developers
The new Colopl VR Fund is a fresh avenue for VR game developers to seek financial support, and it's another indicator of how much money is being poured into the nascent VR/AR markets.
Dec. 16, 2015
Kojima Productions reborn as independent studio working on new PS4 exclusive
Kojima Productions reborn as independent studio working on new PS4 exclusive
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has confirmed that PlayStation is collaborating with Kojima's newly-formed independent studio, Kojima Productions, on the development of a new PS4-exclusive game.
Dec. 16, 2015