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How EVE Online has evolved in the era of F2P
How EVE Online has evolved in the era of F2P
We chat with some recently-promoted leads of EVE Online to learn how the long-running space spreadsheet MMORPG is faring as it transitions to F2P -- and experiments with new "Abyssal Deadspace" zones.
Oct. 2, 2018
Game devs call for better working conditions via #AsAGamesWorker
Game devs call for better working conditions via #AsAGamesWorker
Game developers have begun sharing their demands for a better game industry future via the Twitter hashtag #AsAGamesWorker.
Oct. 2, 2018
Video: A retrospective look at 'girl games' of the '90s
Video: A retrospective look at 'girl games' of the '90s
At GDC 2018 devs Laura Groppe, Brenda Laurel, Jesyca Durchin Schnepp, Sheri Graner Ray & Ernest Adams revisit and deconstruct the whole genre of "girl games" that found success in the 1990s.
Oct. 2, 2018
Report: Netflix's Black Mirror is getting the choose-your-own-adventure treatment
Report: Netflix's Black Mirror is getting the choose-your-own-adventure treatment
Sources speaking to Bloomberg say that Netflix’s sci-fi series Black Mirror is set to kick off an initiative announced by the company late last year.
Oct. 2, 2018
John Carmack's advice for mobile VR devs: Iterate, iterate, iterate
John Carmack's advice for mobile VR devs: Iterate, iterate, iterate
"It is possible to check all the boxes and still wind up with a competently implemented game that just doesn’t have any soul,” cautions Oculus CTO John Carmack.
Oct. 2, 2018
Tencent testing facial recognition to enforce playtime restrictions in China
Tencent testing facial recognition to enforce playtime restrictions in China
Tencent is testing out a new method of identifying Honour of Kings players in order to enforce playtime restrictions for underage players that uses some level of facial recognition tech.
Oct. 2, 2018
Valve kicks 179 rule-breaking games off Steam
Valve kicks 179 rule-breaking games off Steam
Valve is keeping rule-breakers from getting too comfortable on its massive digital game platform, even as Steam shifts toward a more open platform.
Oct. 2, 2018
Hone your UX design skills for VR/MR games and apps at XRDC!
Hone your UX design skills for VR/MR games and apps at XRDC!
How do you design the same app for both Hololens and VR? What do you do about the two different input systems? Get the answers from a Microsoft expert at XRDC in San Francisco this month!
Oct. 2, 2018
Get a job: Sucker Punch Productions is hiring a Lead Lighting Artist 2
Get a job: Sucker Punch Productions is hiring a Lead Lighting Artist 2
Sucker Punch Productions is looking for a talented Lead Lighting artist with a solid understanding of current run-time rendering technologies to illuminate the world of Ghost of Tsushima.
Oct. 2, 2018
How Quest for Glory's creators give players room to be themselves in Hero-U
How Quest for Glory's creators give players room to be themselves in Hero-U
Veteran game devs Lori and Corey Cole (Quest for Glory series) open up about how they designed their new game, Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption, with an emphasis on player agency and role-playing.
Oct. 2, 2018
The Witcher author wants $16 million in royalties from CD Projekt Red
The Witcher author wants $16 million in royalties from CD Projekt Red
The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski has demanded $16 million in additional royalties from CD Projekt Red, and the Polish game studio has politely declined.Â
Oct. 2, 2018
Block party: Minecraft has over 90 million monthly active players
Block party: Minecraft has over 90 million monthly active players
_Minecraft_ might be approaching it seventh birthday, but the evergreen game is proving that age really is just number.
Oct. 2, 2018