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Video: How prototyping can help animators be more effective
Video: How prototyping can help animators be more effective
In this 2014 GDC session, Epic Games' Jay Hosfelt shares the tools and techniques for creating quick "gray box" animation assets for designers.
March 15, 2018
How a 'bug' in an educational writing game cursed at children
How a 'bug' in an educational writing game cursed at children
How the educational writing game Secret Writer's Society could swear at kids undetected.
March 15, 2018
Fortnite breaks record for most-viewed stream on Twitch
Fortnite breaks record for most-viewed stream on Twitch
Twitch broke its record for most-viewed stream by a single player last night when streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins was joined by rapper Drake while playing Fortnite.
March 15, 2018
Ex-PlayStation head Jack Tretton starts indie investment fund
Ex-PlayStation head Jack Tretton starts indie investment fund
Tretton, alongside Studio Wildcard CEO Doug Kennedy, plans to invest between $1 million and $5 million into at two to three indies a year through their company Interactive Gaming Ventures.
March 15, 2018
How Diablo's David Brevik is rediscovering his action RPG roots
How Diablo's David Brevik is rediscovering his action RPG roots
Diablo designer David Brevik chats with Gamasutra about his transition to being a solo indie dev making It Lurks Below, a Stygian action-RPG that's taking him back to his roots as a game maker.
March 15, 2018
Road to the IGF: TPM CO Soft Works' Tarotica Voo Doo
Road to the IGF: TPM CO Soft Works' Tarotica Voo Doo
Tarotica Voo Doo, an MSX game in the works since 1993, takes players on a silly, but challenging journey that looks to recapture that sense of playing video games for the very first time.
March 15, 2018
Toy-Con Garage toolkit lets Labo users build their own contraptions
Toy-Con Garage toolkit lets Labo users build their own contraptions
Nintendo Labo, the Switch's whimsical cardboard playground, will come with a 'Toy-Con Garage' feature that lets users invent new ways to play by programming their own homemade creations.
March 15, 2018
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice leads BAFTA Games Awards 2018 nominations
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice leads BAFTA Games Awards 2018 nominations
Ninja Theory's brutal journey into myth and madness leads the way with nine nominations, including nods in the Best Game, Artistic Achievement, and Game Innovation categories.
March 15, 2018
Minecraft console edition dev invests in Scottish studio Puny Astronaut
Minecraft console edition dev invests in Scottish studio Puny Astronaut
4J Studios, the developer behind the console versions of Minecraft, has invested a six figure sum into Scottish indie studio Puny Astronaut.
March 15, 2018
Microsoft targets game devs with new 'device-agnostic' Gaming Cloud biz
Microsoft targets game devs with new 'device-agnostic' Gaming Cloud biz
"We're taking a very device-agnostic approach," Microsoft's Kevin Gammill tells Gamasutra. "That's one aspect you could argue is slightly different from Microsoft's old-school approach."
March 15, 2018
A look at how (and why) devs work memorials and tributes into games
A look at how (and why) devs work memorials and tributes into games
"It can be a bit rattling to take my pain and anger and transform it into a game world [but] that is balanced by very beautiful scenes that brought me a lot of peace and closure as well."
March 15, 2018
Don't miss your opportunities to make new friends and contacts at GDC
Don't miss your opportunities to make new friends and contacts at GDC
The 2018 Game Developers Conference is just days away, and that means now is the right time for attendees to brush up on all the ways you can meet interesting new people at the show!
March 15, 2018