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Look forward to a Command & Conquer Classic Game Postmortem at GDC 2019!
Look forward to a Command & Conquer Classic Game Postmortem at GDC 2019!
Louis Castle, a game industry veteran known best for co-founding (with fellow luminary Brett Sperry) the trailblazing Westwood Studios, will deilver a Classic Game Postmortem on Command & Conquer!
Nov. 7, 2018
Google's in-app update API gives Android devs new tools for pushing updates
Google's in-app update API gives Android devs new tools for pushing updates
Google's new in-app update API comes in two flavors that offer devs different ways to encourage Android users to update their apps to the latest version through in-app prompts.
Nov. 7, 2018
Video: How to utilize different types of game randomness
Video: How to utilize different types of game randomness
In this GDC 2018 talk, Mars International's Geoff Engelstein examines the different types of game randomness, when each type is useful, and how to generate and use them in a board game context.
Nov. 7, 2018
Take-Two Interactive raises financial outlook due to Red Dead Redemption II
Take-Two Interactive raises financial outlook due to Red Dead Redemption II
Take-Two Interactive released its financials for the second quarter ended September 30, reporting an 11 percent increase in revenue to $492.7 million thanks successful sales of NBA 2K19.
Nov. 7, 2018
5 years into Early Access, DayZ hits beta ahead of a planned 1.0 release this year
5 years into Early Access, DayZ hits beta ahead of a planned 1.0 release this year
To stave off feature creep, the DayZ team has frozen plans new features and content as it works on polishing the beta and build toward a 1.0 release.
Nov. 7, 2018
My Time at Telltale Games
My Time at Telltale Games
I worked QA at Telltale games during Tales from the Borderlands, Game of Thrones, and Minecraft. I was a regular QA tester, and it was my first job in the industry.
Nov. 7, 2018
Conflict0: Revolution - Designing an Intelligent Artificial IntelligenceÂ
Conflict0: Revolution - Designing an Intelligent Artificial IntelligenceÂ
This post cover through the lens of a game designer the way we created a fun to interact with Artificial Intelligence in our last turn-based strategy title.
Nov. 7, 2018
Cultural Concepts as Principles of Design
Cultural Concepts as Principles of Design
What makes Breath of the Wild uniquely Japanese? This article examines how cultural concepts can be used to guide game design.
Nov. 7, 2018
How Worldbuilding Elevates Video Games and Fandom
How Worldbuilding Elevates Video Games and Fandom
Worldbuilding may not sound that important to videogames, but we're going to look at how three games have engaged their fans and helped to elevate their franchises.
Nov. 7, 2018
No More Tutorials! How to Convey Information Through Design
No More Tutorials! How to Convey Information Through Design
If you play video games, odds are that you have slogged through countless boring tutorials. What if I told you there was a better way to teach your players than to front-load them with too much info? This article looks at how to teach through design.
Nov. 7, 2018
Digital Poets “Hack” Their Way to Innovation
Digital Poets “Hack” Their Way to Innovation
What is it to “hack” something? How can a “hack” make something better? It wasn’t until the end of my own journey through a “hackathon” that the concept was so...
Nov. 6, 2018
Question the Limit of your Opportunity
Question the Limit of your Opportunity
Aditi traveled with Cisco’s CTO David Ward to London during the Executive Shadow Program. Here are the 3 lessons he taught her that will last a lifetime.
Nov. 6, 2018