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Kongregate to launch dev-friendly digital games platform, Kartridge
Kongregate to launch dev-friendly digital games platform, Kartridge
Pitched as an "evolution" of the company's eponymous web-based game portal, Kartridge will be a digital PC marketplace with particular a focus on paid-for "premium" offerings.
March 6, 2018
Ubisoft is training an AI to squash game bugs before they're written
Ubisoft is training an AI to squash game bugs before they're written
The Assassin's Creed developer has trained an AI tool called Commit Assistant to spot when programmers are about to mess up, preemptively fixing bugs before they've even been smashed into existence.
March 6, 2018
Road to the IGF: Playables' Kids
Road to the IGF: Playables' Kids
Nuovo Award-nominated Kids is a game of crowds - of exploring our relationships in terms of our positions we take relative to one another.
March 6, 2018
Tencent plans to introduce in-game contracts between parents and kids
Tencent plans to introduce in-game contracts between parents and kids
"With the proposed feature, children can exchange their playing time by doing housework or reaching certain [academic] scores."
March 6, 2018
Don't miss all the cool machine learning talks at GDC this year!
Don't miss all the cool machine learning talks at GDC this year!
Come to GDC 2018 later this month and learn how top devs at companies like Naughty Dog and Ubisoft are applying machine learning techniques to make better games!
March 6, 2018
Get an inside look at the AI driving Horizon Zero Dawn at GDC 2018!
Get an inside look at the AI driving Horizon Zero Dawn at GDC 2018!
At GDC 2018, see how Guerrilla Games transitioned from having to support a single human enemy in closed corridor spaces to a game with more than 25 wildly different characters in a large, open world.
March 6, 2018
Get a job: Infinity Ward is hiring a UI Engineer
Get a job: Infinity Ward is hiring a UI Engineer
Infinity Ward is hiring a UI Engineer for its Woodland Hills studio. The dev is looking for someone with a strong technical background to develop UI for its FPS project.
March 6, 2018
The Subjective Shot – Storytelling & The First Person
The Subjective Shot – Storytelling & The First Person
Taking in learnings from both film and literature theory, this piece seeks to explore if there is an inherent tension between the persistent first-person perspective, and telling complex and sophisticated stories.
March 6, 2018
Approaching Game Design for Facebook Instant Games
Approaching Game Design for Facebook Instant Games
A deep dive into Chatterbox Games' experience designing for Facebook Instant Messenger games over the last year. What the best practices are, and how to drive strong engagement from players.
March 6, 2018
How to Build a Twitch Following: Twitch Is Hard, Yo!
How to Build a Twitch Following: Twitch Is Hard, Yo!
Large Twitch followings don't just happen on their own -- it takes a lot of (complicated) work! Kongregate's Senior Brand Marketing Manager Michelle Shaw breaks down all the nitty-gritty details of building a prominent Twitch presence.
March 6, 2018
How to learn who your audience is
How to learn who your audience is
Do you know who is buying your games? What do they like and dislike about your games? Where do they spend time online? If you have no clue, you should try to get to know the people that are giving you their hard-earned money.
March 6, 2018
A Recipe to Keep Your Hybrid Cloud Workloads Safe
A Recipe to Keep Your Hybrid Cloud Workloads Safe
Security that follows the workload everywhere: Cisco Tetration uniquely delivers a real-time, scalable solution for workload protection in a multi-vendor and multi-cloud world -- all on an open, extensible platform.
March 5, 2018