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Google Play and App Store downloads and spending hit record levels
Google Play and App Store downloads and spending hit record levels
The mobile app economy shows no signs of slowing, with Google Play and the App Store both seeing record levels of downloads and consumer spending during the third quarter of 2017.
Oct. 24, 2017
Keywords agrees to $66.4M deal for game testing giant VMC
Keywords agrees to $66.4M deal for game testing giant VMC
The Irish outfit has signed a conditional agreement with VMC's parent company Volt Information Sciences, and is looking to purchase 100 percent of the company for $66.4 million in cash.
Oct. 24, 2017
Starbreeze hands majority control of StarVR to Acer
Starbreeze hands majority control of StarVR to Acer
The pair initially joined forces in May last year, with Acer offering to help Starbreeze design, manufacture, promote, market, and eventually sell the headset.
Oct. 24, 2017
Get a job: Toys for Bob is hiring a Software Engineer with Unreal experience
Get a job: Toys for Bob is hiring a Software Engineer with Unreal experience
Toys for Bob is looking for a Software Engineer with Unreal Engine 4 experience to join its Novato, California-based development studio.
Oct. 24, 2017
Video: How replays helped Poly Bridge succeed via social media
Video: How replays helped Poly Bridge succeed via social media
At GDC 2016 Poly Bridge developer Patrick Corrieri details the game's replay sharing feature: a powerful tool that lets any game give ownership of player-created content back to the the player.
Oct. 24, 2017
Level Design: Do your research - Where's the toilet?
Level Design: Do your research - Where's the toilet?
This blog covers why research is super important and why as designers we should never skip this phase. One thing to consider as well when creating a level is where is the toilet?
Oct. 24, 2017
How we achieved high quality graphics and kept performance on Angest for GearVR (Part 1)
How we achieved high quality graphics and kept performance on Angest for GearVR (Part 1)
In this article, I talk a bit about how we were able to achieve high quality graphics in our recent released game Angest while keeping high performance.
Oct. 24, 2017
Day 32 of 100 Days of VR: Learning about Saving and Loading Data in Unity
Day 32 of 100 Days of VR: Learning about Saving and Loading Data in Unity
Today is going to be an exciting day. We’re going to work on something that we’ve never seen before in any of the tutorials: Saving and Loading data in Unity! Specifically, we’re going to save and load our high score from our game in Unity.
Oct. 24, 2017
7 Recommendations for Data Science Leaders
7 Recommendations for Data Science Leaders
Recommendations for building highly-effective data science teams.
Oct. 24, 2017
Bless Online Coming to Steam in 2018 Teaser Trailer
Bless Online Coming to Steam in 2018 Teaser Trailer
Steam will be adding a new MMORPG their library next year, Bless Online.
Oct. 23, 2017
First major update released for City of Brass
First major update released for City of Brass
Uppercut Games has released the first major content update for City of Brass – “Catacombs”.
Oct. 23, 2017
Football Manager 2018 will feature a new graphics engine, will support DirectX 11
Football Manager 2018 will feature a new graphics engine, will support DirectX 11
Football Manager 2018 will feature a brand new graphics engine, as well as a number of UI and HUD tweaks.
Oct. 23, 2017