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Get a job: Sanzaru Games is hiring a UI Artist
Get a job: Sanzaru Games is hiring a UI Artist
Sanzaru Games is looking for a talented UI Artist to join its development team in crafting visually stunning and immersive worlds in Foster City, CA.
Sept. 1, 2017
Video: Building an indie MMO game with 70 million players
Video: Building an indie MMO game with 70 million players
At GDC 2017 Transformice co-creator Melanie Christin walks attendees through the 6-year journey of scaling an indie game prototype (done in 3 weeks) into a 70M-player MMO game.
Sept. 1, 2017
Twitch introduces 'Extensions' suite to help foster engagement
Twitch introduces 'Extensions' suite to help foster engagement
Aside from being a fresh way to customize broadcasts, extensions also represent a notable new monetization opportunity for Twitch creators.
Sept. 1, 2017
Nominees revealed for the inaugural Women In Games Mobile Awards
Nominees revealed for the inaugural Women In Games Mobile Awards
The event will take place on September 6 at the European Women in Games Conference, and will highlight the exceptional work being done by women in the mobile games industry.
Sept. 1, 2017
Shadow of War developer who passed away immortalized in-game
Shadow of War developer who passed away immortalized in-game
Shadow of War executive producer Michael Forgey, who passed away last year after struggling with cancer, has been immortalized in-game by friends and colleagues at Monolith.
Sept. 1, 2017
Games For Change expands its student game dev contest to L.A.
Games For Change expands its student game dev contest to L.A.
A new partnership with the Annenberg Foundation will help Games For Change include L.A. in its upcoming student game dev challenge, which aims to inspire kids to make games about real-world issues.
Sept. 1, 2017
How Neversoft twisted Tony Hawk to let players step off the board
How Neversoft twisted Tony Hawk to let players step off the board
"[It] was tricky, because honestly the whole Tony Hawk physics engine was designed around skateboarding," says THUG dev Scott Pease. "More or less, you're a marble rolling around an environment."
Sept. 1, 2017
Lessons From Suzy Cube: Improved Mobile Performance Through a Custom Culling Solution
Lessons From Suzy Cube: Improved Mobile Performance Through a Custom Culling Solution
Optimization is, of course, important regardless of your target platform but on mobile platforms, it can make the difference between a game that feels great and one which feels unpolished. This article focuses on the custom culling system use in Suzy Cube
Sept. 1, 2017
Resolving build issues for UWP packages with Unity
Resolving build issues for UWP packages with Unity
With the Dream Build Play competition in full swing, it came to light that a bug had developed with the Visual Studio Tools for Unity (VSTU) when building Universal Windows Projects (UWP) which is critically needed for Competition entries. Let's fix that!
Sept. 1, 2017
The Wayfarer WIP Mega Post
The Wayfarer WIP Mega Post
Migrated posts from my official site discussing the development of the 3D dungeon crawler 'The Wayfarer'.
Sept. 1, 2017
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite & Life is Strange: Before the Storm will be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite & Life is Strange: Before the Storm will be using the Denuvo anti-tamper tech
Aug. 31, 2017
Shenmue III Will be Very Familiar to Veterans of The Game
Shenmue III Will be Very Familiar to Veterans of The Game
Aug. 31, 2017