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Steam user count has decreased 17 percent since January
Steam user count has decreased 17 percent since January
Steam is currently seeing a big decline in the number of people playing games (and even having Steam open on their computers) since January of this year.
July 31, 2018
Switch sales lead Nintendo's first quarter while 3DS and mobile income stagnate
Switch sales lead Nintendo's first quarter while 3DS and mobile income stagnate
Sales of both 3DS software and hardware decreased year-over-year, while income generated by Nintendo's mobile game library increased by less than one percent.
July 31, 2018
Nintendo has sold nearly 20M Switch systems and 87M Switch games
Nintendo has sold nearly 20M Switch systems and 87M Switch games
Nintendo says 19.67 million systems have been sold, with roughly 1.8 million of those purchases falling during the three month quarter spanning April 2018 to June 2018.
July 31, 2018
Valve adds safeguards to Steam to address concerns over fake item scams
Valve adds safeguards to Steam to address concerns over fake item scams
Just one day after removing a game from Steam for, among other things, facilitating Steam trading scams, Valve has introduced new features to protect users from similar scams.
July 31, 2018
PlayStation VR co-creator Richard Marks has swapped Sony for Google
PlayStation VR co-creator Richard Marks has swapped Sony for Google
Marks had been with Sony for almost two decades, and in recent times helped create the PlayStation VR virtual reality headset as well as the PlayStation Move motion controller.
July 31, 2018
Sales up at Sony as PS4 software exceeds expectations
Sales up at Sony as PS4 software exceeds expectations
Sony has released its financials for the first quarter ended June 30, 2018, and rising PS4 software sales have been fueling growth in the company's games division.
July 31, 2018
Worldwide PlayStation 4 shipments have topped 80 million
Worldwide PlayStation 4 shipments have topped 80 million
Sony's latest financials have revealed the PlayStation 4 has shipped over 80 million units globally since launching back in November 2013.
July 31, 2018
Video: The state and future of board games
Video: The state and future of board games
In this GDC 2018 talk, board game and tabletop game developers discuss the continued growth, development and diversity of board games in the last year.
July 31, 2018
Stanford will share insight into mixed reality's medical uses at XRDC
Stanford will share insight into mixed reality's medical uses at XRDC
Dr. Brian Hargreaves teaches mixed reality and serves as co-director of the university's Incubator for Medical Mixed and Extended Reality, and this October he'll be sharing what he's learned at XRDC!
July 31, 2018
Get a job: Velan Studios is hiring a Lead Technical Artist
Get a job: Velan Studios is hiring a Lead Technical Artist
Velan Studios is looking for a technical artist to help drive the visual direction of its game by defining and developing the pipeline, tools, shaders, and other technical art components necessary.
July 31, 2018
Tips for Showcasing your VR game on trade shows
Tips for Showcasing your VR game on trade shows
So, after months of development, you finally have a stable build to take to consumer and business trade shows, but you’ve never showcased a VR game before! What should you do? Well, let me help you :)
July 31, 2018
Introduction to Unity Serialization and Game Data
Introduction to Unity Serialization and Game Data
The main Objective of this blog post to learn about Unity Serialization and Game Data.
July 31, 2018