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GDC 2016's Game Design Challenge: Design a game that takes 30 years to play
GDC 2016's Game Design Challenge: Design a game that takes 30 years to play
Organizers run down a few great Design track talks at GDC 2016 next month, including a special return of the popular Game Design Challenge. This year's task: Make a game that takes 30 years to play!
Feb. 19, 2016
Road to the IGF: Pol Clarissou's Orchids to Dusk
Road to the IGF: Pol Clarissou's Orchids to Dusk
"Lots of games give as much agency as possible to the player and build the game around them, I wanted to make something where your interaction wasn't one where everything revolves around you."
Feb. 19, 2016
Get a job: Kabam is hiring an experienced Rendering Engineer
Get a job: Kabam is hiring an experienced Rendering Engineer
Mobile game maker Kabam is looking to hire an experienced rendering engineer to take a senior role among the team making mobile games at Kabam's San Franciso, CA headquarters.
Feb. 19, 2016
Video: How Telltale designs narrative-driven games
Video: How Telltale designs narrative-driven games
At GDC 2015 a panel of Telltale writers and designers (moderated by writer Tom Bissell) discuss what they've learned about storytelling in games from years of designing narrative-driven adventures.
Feb. 19, 2016
The Legend of Zelda turns 30: 5 things it brought to console games
The Legend of Zelda turns 30: 5 things it brought to console games
Happy 30th birthday to The Legend of Zelda! We talked to several designers about how the epochal adventure changed the perception of what a console game could do--and how it personally inspired them.
Feb. 19, 2016
Vivendi ups stakes in Gameloft, begins mandatory takeover
Vivendi ups stakes in Gameloft, begins mandatory takeover
French media conglomerate and former Activision Blizzard owner Vivendi has purchased over 30 percent of Gameloft's stock, and as a result has tabled a mandatory takeover bid.
Feb. 19, 2016
Designing the procedurally generated universe of No Man's Sky
Designing the procedurally generated universe of No Man's Sky
"We have people that will fly down from a space station onto a planet and when they fly back up, the station isn't there anymore; the planet has rotated. People have filed that as a bug"
Feb. 19, 2016
How devs are working to design game AI that plays like a human
How devs are working to design game AI that plays like a human
The developers of SpyParty and Talk of the Town -- a game where the AI can misremember and even lie -- talk to New Scientist about designing game AI that's tough, yet fallible -- like a human player.
Feb. 19, 2016
Kojima lays out his vision for his new game and new studio
Kojima lays out his vision for his new game and new studio
A trio of interviews conducted at the DICE summit leave us with clues toward how the creative mastermind will move forward now that he's independent.
Feb. 19, 2016
Akira Saito, programmer for Japanese dev M2, passes away
Akira Saito, programmer for Japanese dev M2, passes away
The company best known for its facility with high-quality ports of retro games -- and some great original titles -- has lost one of its star programmers after a battle with cancer.
Feb. 19, 2016
Fallout 4 lands game of the year at the DICE Awards
Fallout 4 lands game of the year at the DICE Awards
At the annual DICE Awards in Las Vegas, Bethesda's Fallout 4 walked away with the coveted game of the year award, beating out other notable nominees.
Feb. 19, 2016
Instagram Set to Switch On Two Factor Authentication
Instagram Set to Switch On Two Factor Authentication
Instagram Set to Switch On Two Factor Authentication. Photo sharing network finally gets serious about account security
Feb. 18, 2016