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Video: Rob Pardo breaks down Blizzard's design philosophies circa 2010
Video: Rob Pardo breaks down Blizzard's design philosophies circa 2010
In this classic 2010 GDC talk, former Blizzard exec Rob Pardo revamps an internal presentation to show fellow devs some of the key philosophies that were driving the company.
Nov. 22, 2017
Weekly Jobs Roundup: Blizzard, Heart Machine, and Insomniac Games are hiring now
Weekly Jobs Roundup: Blizzard, Heart Machine, and Insomniac Games are hiring now
This week's roundup of game development job openings includes companies looking to hire Artists, UI Engineers, Level Designers, and more.
Nov. 22, 2017
Report: Apple acquires mixed reality headset maker Vrvana for $30M
Report: Apple acquires mixed reality headset maker Vrvana for $30M
Recent reports suggest Apple is preparing to release an AR headset of its very own in 2020, and Vrvana has the expertise to help the Cupertino giant do exactly that.
Nov. 22, 2017
Hellblade has moved into profit after hitting 500K sales
Hellblade has moved into profit after hitting 500K sales
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice has reached 500,000 sales in its first three months, beating internal expectations and moving the game into profit.
Nov. 22, 2017
Hawaiian representative wants to clamp down on 'predatory' loot boxes
Hawaiian representative wants to clamp down on 'predatory' loot boxes
Representative Chris Lee from the Hawaiian House of Representatives is the latest political figure to denounce loot boxes.
Nov. 22, 2017
Q&A: Musical scoring with SFX in mind for Call of Duty: WWII
Q&A: Musical scoring with SFX in mind for Call of Duty: WWII
"Call of Duty: WWII used original recordings of historically-accurate weaponry and vehicles, so we wanted to make sure the sound design would be unobstructed by musical elements."
Nov. 22, 2017
The Entity-Component-System - An awesome game-design pattern in C++ (Part 1)
The Entity-Component-System - An awesome game-design pattern in C++ (Part 1)
In this article I want to talk about the Entity-Component-System (ECS). It is a design pattern – mostly encountered in video games – which allows you great flexibility in designing your overall software architecture.
Nov. 22, 2017
Urza's Dream Engine & The RoboRosewater RoboDraft: Creating a machine learning algorithm to illustrate Magic cards
Urza's Dream Engine & The RoboRosewater RoboDraft: Creating a machine learning algorithm to illustrate Magic cards
I spent that last two months teaching a bot to create illustrations for Magic: The Gathering cards designed by another bot. How I built Urza's Dream Engine to generate art for RoboRosewater cards and the tournament that humans played with automated cards.
Nov. 22, 2017
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition announced for the PC
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition announced for the PC
Nov. 21, 2017
The Witcher 3 senior gameplay designer releases “Immersion and Gameplay Tweaks” mod for it
The Witcher 3 senior gameplay designer releases “Immersion and Gameplay Tweaks” mod for it
Nov. 21, 2017
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 – First update released, brings numerous gameplay tweaks & improvements
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 – First update released, brings numerous gameplay tweaks & improvements
Nov. 21, 2017
NVIDIA increases GPU market share in Q3 2017, PC gaming segment was once again the bright spot
NVIDIA increases GPU market share in Q3 2017, PC gaming segment was once again the bright spot
Nov. 21, 2017