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Keywords drops $1.49M on visual effects studio, Spov
Keywords drops $1.49M on visual effects studio, Spov
Video game tech service provider Keywords Studios has acquired visual effects and graphics outfit Spov for $1.49 million.
Feb. 17, 2017
Finding the fun when developing licensed games
Finding the fun when developing licensed games
"My whole philosophy when it comes to working on projects is to find something you enjoy about the project you're working on and make it great."
Feb. 17, 2017
Valve patches major Team Fortress 2 bug after a decade
Valve patches major Team Fortress 2 bug after a decade
Valve has finally patched a 10-yea-old Team Fortress 2 bug that caused client and server hitboxes to fall out of sync.
Feb. 17, 2017
Alt.Ctrl.GDC Showcase: Studio Bruyant's Super Brin
Alt.Ctrl.GDC Showcase: Studio Bruyant's Super Brin
Super Brin will have the player throwing a ball to hit targets. That throw begins in the real world, and the properties of that throw then shift into the digital space of the game.
Feb. 17, 2017
Road to the IGF: The Molasses Flood's The Flame in the Flood
Road to the IGF: The Molasses Flood's The Flame in the Flood
The Flame in the Flood takes players on a river raft journey across the backwaters of a post-societal USA, tasking them with surviving the wildlife, natural disasters, and rapids of their journey.
Feb. 17, 2017
Longtime Valve writer Erik Wolpaw leaves company
Longtime Valve writer Erik Wolpaw leaves company
Erik Wolpaw, best known as one of the more prominent writers at Half-Life and Steam house Valve Software, is leaving the company.
Feb. 17, 2017
Get cutting-edge graphics tips from Nvidia, Ubisoft and more at GDC 2017
Get cutting-edge graphics tips from Nvidia, Ubisoft and more at GDC 2017
GDC 2017 organizers are offering an early look today at the scope and ambitions of the Advanced Graphics Techniques Tutorial Day that will help kick off the conference later this month.
Feb. 17, 2017
Watch these 10 devs compete to pitch their game the best at GDC 2017
Watch these 10 devs compete to pitch their game the best at GDC 2017
From Tourmaline to Digital Dreams Entertainment, these ten GDC Play developers have been chosen to compete in front of a panel of judges to make the best game pitch during the all-new GDC Pitch at GDC 2017!
Feb. 17, 2017
Get a job: Skydance Interactive is hiring a 3D Artist 2
Get a job: Skydance Interactive is hiring a 3D Artist 2
Skydance Interactive is looking for a talented 3D Artist to work on both character and environment pieces for the multiplayer FPS, PWND.
Feb. 17, 2017
At GDC 2017, Sony digs into how to design games for the PSVR Aim controller
At GDC 2017, Sony digs into how to design games for the PSVR Aim controller
At GDC 2017, Sony's Richard Marks and Tom Bruckbock will join the devs of VR shooter Farpoint to dive into the world of VR game development utilizing the gun-shaped PS VR Aim Controller.
Feb. 17, 2017
Design Exercise: A Better Steam
Design Exercise: A Better Steam
Examining Steam Discovery like any other MMO with issues in balancing, matchmaking, information availability, and unintended aggregate results from poorly considered reward structures
Feb. 17, 2017
Unreal Engine 4-powered Snake Pass releases on March 29th, will support Xbox Play Anywhere on Windows 10
Unreal Engine 4-powered Snake Pass releases on March 29th, will support Xbox Play Anywhere on Windows 10
Feb. 16, 2017