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How commercial video games are designed to develop players' skills
How commercial video games are designed to develop players' skills
Through interviews with developers behind commercial titles including Borderlands, Portal and Lara Croft, this post explores how such games are designed to exercise certain skills and competencies in players, which may also be valuable beyond the games.
Oct. 21, 2019
Pursuing Playability Part 1 -- Quality of Life
Pursuing Playability Part 1 -- Quality of Life
For this multi-part piece, we're going to be talking about how to improve playability in games, starting with quality of life features and improvements.
Oct. 21, 2019
Indie Postmortem: Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan (2019)
Indie Postmortem: Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan (2019)
Sydney Hunter was released on the Switch and Steam, and our first game released for modern platforms. As co-owner and head of marketing, I share my experience developing this game, and how it went from going from an NES game to modern platforms.
Oct. 21, 2019
Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York coming to Steam on December 4th
Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York coming to Steam on December 4th
Draw Distance has announced that its narrative adventure game, Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York, will come out on Steam on December 4th.
Oct. 20, 2019
Bigben announces a new Vampire: The Masquerade game, to be released in 2021
Bigben announces a new Vampire: The Masquerade game, to be released in 2021
Bigben has announced a new Vampire: The Masquerade game that will come out in 2021, called Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong.
Oct. 20, 2019
You can now play Watch_Dogs 2 in first-person mode thanks to this mod
You can now play Watch_Dogs 2 in first-person mode thanks to this mod
As the title suggests, this mod allows you to play Ubisoft's open-world action adventure game, Watch_Dogs 2, via a first-person perspective.
Oct. 20, 2019
First gaming benchmarks surface for Intel Core i9-9900KS
First gaming benchmarks surface for Intel Core i9-9900KS
It appears that the first gaming benchmarks for the Intel Core i9-9900KS have surfaced online.
Oct. 20, 2019
New mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim adds monsters, weapons, signs & more from The Witcher games
New mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim adds monsters, weapons, signs & more from The Witcher games
Talyn82 has released new enhanced versions of the Skyrim Witcher Experience for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Oct. 20, 2019
BSNES Version 112 available for download to everyone, features overclocking & input latency options
BSNES Version 112 available for download to everyone, features overclocking & input latency options
Version 112 comes with overclocking and input latency options. It also comes with a HD Mode 7 setting that lets you improve the visuals of all Mode 7 games.
Oct. 20, 2019
Next version of Halo SPV3 will support Ray Tracing for Screen Space Reflections, first screenshots
Next version of Halo SPV3 will support Ray Tracing for Screen Space Reflections, first screenshots
The team behind the SPV3 total overhaul mod for Halo: Combat Evolved has announced that its next version will support Ray Tracing for Screen Space Reflections.
Oct. 20, 2019
Video Game Deep Cuts: Fortnite's End In Jedi's Order 2
Video Game Deep Cuts: Fortnite's End In Jedi's Order 2
This week's highlights include the end (and resurrection) of Fortnite, an early look at Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, plus a whole heap of new titles under the microscope - from Manifold Garden to Killer Queen Black to Disco Elysium and far beyond.
Oct. 20, 2019
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has gone Gold + 20 Minutes of new Gameplay Footage
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has gone Gold + 20 Minutes of new Gameplay Footage
Electronic Arts and Respawn have announced that Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has gone Gold.
Oct. 19, 2019