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Amazon removes its 20 percent preorder discount on games
Amazon removes its 20 percent preorder discount on games
Two years after the perk was introduced to Amazon Prime members, Amazon has announced that it will be discontinuing its 20 percent preorder discount on physical copies of video games on August 28.
Aug. 20, 2018
Get a job: The Game Band is hiring a Platform/Build Engineer
Get a job: The Game Band is hiring a Platform/Build Engineer
LA-based The Game Band is looking for a Platform/Build Engineer to create tools and systems to advance its in-development builds toward a polished, technical release across multiple platforms.
Aug. 20, 2018
Despite millions of downloads, publishers won't sign the sequel to Velocity 2X
Despite millions of downloads, publishers won't sign the sequel to Velocity 2X
FuturLab, the studio behind 2D shoot-em-up game Velocity 2X, details the struggle of trying to find a publisher to sign a sequel despite millions of players having enjoyed the first game.
Aug. 20, 2018
Video: How Riot partners with players to positively impact the world
Video: How Riot partners with players to positively impact the world
In this GDC 2018 talk, Riot Games' Jeffrey Burrell and Tash Elliott discuss the extensive research Riot Games has done to understand the underlying social values their players have across the world.
Aug. 20, 2018
Video Game Deep Cuts: A PICO Double Walking Dead
Video Game Deep Cuts: A PICO Double Walking Dead
This week's highlights include articles about new Walking Dead narrative & AR games, a talk on PICO-8's playfulness, and lots more besides.
Aug. 20, 2018
Beyond Scriptable Objects: Unity Data Management with CastleDB
Beyond Scriptable Objects: Unity Data Management with CastleDB
Unity's inability to fully separate game data from code is an issue that all developers eventually run into. After juggling ScriptableObjects for a few years, I've found a better way by porting CastleDB, a structured static JSON database, to Unity.
Aug. 20, 2018
Winter Storm Draco Annotated Source
Winter Storm Draco Annotated Source
Here's the Inform 7 source text to my 2014 game "Winter Storm Draco," a text adventure about foolishly walking home through a blizzard. I've annotated the code with notes about writing in Inform 7 and my own design process.
Aug. 20, 2018
SCORN, first-person horror game, has been delayed to 2019
SCORN, first-person horror game, has been delayed to 2019
Aug. 19, 2018
Quake2xp final 2018 version is available for download, adds lots of modern graphical features
Quake2xp final 2018 version is available for download, adds lots of modern graphical features
Aug. 19, 2018
Priority Earth Overhaul is a must-have mod for Mass Effect 3, improves final mission in every way
Priority Earth Overhaul is a must-have mod for Mass Effect 3, improves final mission in every way
Aug. 19, 2018
First proper gameplay footage for World War 3 coming this Monday, August 20th
First proper gameplay footage for World War 3 coming this Monday, August 20th
Aug. 18, 2018
Final Fantasy XV may get Vulkan support
Final Fantasy XV may get Vulkan support
Aug. 18, 2018