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With Tencent's help, J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot opens new game studio
With Tencent's help, J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot opens new game studio
Veteran indie Tim Keenan (Duskers) has been tapped to be Bad Robot Games' new creative director, with longtime Bad Robot Interactive chief Dave Baronoff now serving as Bad Robot Games division chief.
June 7, 2018
Facebook launches new program for gaming streamers just starting out
Facebook launches new program for gaming streamers just starting out
Facebook announced the launch of its Level Up program today, designed to help new and aspiring streamers foster a community using its platform.
June 7, 2018
Supercell invests $5M in Redemption Games, marking its first US investment
Supercell invests $5M in Redemption Games, marking its first US investment
Supercell has picked up a minority stake in California-based Redemption Games for $5 million, marking the Finnish company’s first investment in a US-based studio.
June 7, 2018
Weekly Jobs Roundup: Telltale Games, Disbelief, and more are hiring now!
Weekly Jobs Roundup: Telltale Games, Disbelief, and more are hiring now!
Companies like Insomniac Games and Outfit7 are looking for designers, programmers, data scientists, artists, and more on the Gamasutra Job Board.
June 7, 2018
Austrian court ruling could hold YouTube liable for copyright infringing content
Austrian court ruling could hold YouTube liable for copyright infringing content
The preliminary decision means that, if upheld, YouTube, and potentially other major platforms, are legally accountable for the content posted by users on its platform.
June 7, 2018
Building Pillars of Eternity II without losing that Infinity Engine charm
Building Pillars of Eternity II without losing that Infinity Engine charm
Obsidian's Josh Sawyer chats with Gamasutra about how the studio tried to update and refine its new seafaring Pillars of Eternity game without sacrificing what's special about party-based RPGs.
June 7, 2018
Battletech developer let go after sexual harassment allegations
Battletech developer let go after sexual harassment allegations
Harebrained Schemes, the studio behind Battletech, has dismissed one of its designers after sexual harassment accusations were brought to light.
June 7, 2018
Video: How Bungie's technical designers helped animate Destiny
Video: How Bungie's technical designers helped animate Destiny
In this GDC 2015 session, Bungie's Jami Jeffcoat goes over what technical designers in animation mean to Bungie.
June 7, 2018
Mail.Ru and Unity partner up to fund devs creating games with Unity
Mail.Ru and Unity partner up to fund devs creating games with Unity
The European tech company Mail.Ru has partnered with Unity Technologies with the specific goal of investing in developers working on projects made with the Unity game development engine.
June 7, 2018
It's not what it looks like: Windows aesthetics for a speculative sex game
It's not what it looks like: Windows aesthetics for a speculative sex game
An essay about the influence of visual aesthetics on design decisions in a game about a future in which we have erotic relationships with our software rather than people.
June 7, 2018
Paradox Interactive will acquire the developers of BattleTech, Harebrained Schemes
Paradox Interactive will acquire the developers of BattleTech, Harebrained Schemes
June 6, 2018
New PC Releases: Memories of Mars, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Shaq-Fu-A-Legend-Reborn and more
New PC Releases: Memories of Mars, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Shaq-Fu-A-Legend-Reborn and more
June 6, 2018