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PSA: 2 days left to submit talks for the GDC 2016 Summits & VRDC!
PSA: 2 days left to submit talks for the GDC 2016 Summits & VRDC!
Heads up, prospective GDC 2016 speakers: Now is your chance to propose a talk for one of the first-class Summits or the new VRDC at GDC 2016! Do it before submissions close Friday, 10/2 at 11:59 PM PT.
Sept. 30, 2015
Reminder: Submit talks now for the GDC 2016 Game Career Seminar!
Reminder: Submit talks now for the GDC 2016 Game Career Seminar!
Got a great talk idea for the Game Career Seminar at GDC 2016? Now's the time to pitch it, because the deadline for GCS talk submissions is coming up fast: this Friday, October 2nd at 11:59 PM PT.
Sept. 30, 2015
How Total War got stripped down and sped up for F2P Arena
How Total War got stripped down and sped up for F2P Arena
We talk to Jan Van Der Crabben, Live Operations Manager on Total War: Arena, about how the military strategy franchise to slim down and speed up to meet the demands of free-to-play game design.
Sept. 30, 2015
Get a job: Be a Lead Character Artist at Monolith Productions
Get a job: Be a Lead Character Artist at Monolith Productions
The folks responsible for making Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor seek an artist to serve as a character design lead alongside the rest of the team at Monolith's Kirkland, Washington office.
Sept. 30, 2015
What 10 seconds, procedural generation, and fish do for shoot-'em-up design
What 10 seconds, procedural generation, and fish do for shoot-'em-up design
Neon Deity imposed an interesting design contraint on Shutshimi: Seriously Swole: Turn standard shoot-'em-up gameplay into 10-second bursts of procedurally generated action.
Sept. 30, 2015
Inside the world of 'secret' game developers
Inside the world of 'secret' game developers
"Studios like us, we rely on our portfolios to get more business. And if we can’t put something in our portfolio, then it costs." - SuperGenius studio director Paul Culp
Sept. 30, 2015
1 million copies of Super Mario Maker sold worldwide
1 million copies of Super Mario Maker sold worldwide
Nintendo has revealed that Super Mario Maker has sold over 1 million units worldwide since launching on September 11.
Sept. 30, 2015
Free-to-play developer Hothead Games continues Canadian expansion
Free-to-play developer Hothead Games continues Canadian expansion
Canadian indie outfit turned free-to-play games company Hothead Games has opened a new studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Sept. 30, 2015
New Mass Effect (theme park ride) coming in 2016
New Mass Effect (theme park ride) coming in 2016
BioWare will bring its Mass Effect series to life next year by creating a "dynamic 3D" attraction at California's Great American theme park.
Sept. 30, 2015
Splosion Man developer Twisted Pixel leaves Microsoft
Splosion Man developer Twisted Pixel leaves Microsoft
Lococycle, Splosion Man, and The Maw developer Twisted Pixel has left Microsoft to become an indie studio once again.
Sept. 30, 2015
GameStop chief: 'We're going to be the destination for VR'
GameStop chief: 'We're going to be the destination for VR'
Speaking to Fortune, GameStop CEO Paul Raines says the company sees VR as big business and is cutting deals to offer in-store demos of HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR headsets and games.
Sept. 30, 2015
Sega cuts earnings forecast & jobs due to faltering pachinko biz
Sega cuts earnings forecast & jobs due to faltering pachinko biz
Sega Sammy today lowered its earnings forecast for the year and announced plans to cut 200 jobs due to lackluster performance of its traditional pachinko/pachislot businesses.
Sept. 30, 2015