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FIFA 17 abandoning Ignite engine in favor of Frostbite
FIFA 17 abandoning Ignite engine in favor of Frostbite
EA tries to shake up its long-running FIFA franchise every 12 months, but this year we’ll see the biggest change in some time as the series makes the switch to Frostbite.
June 7, 2016
Until Dawn dev expands virtual reality team with triple hire
Until Dawn dev expands virtual reality team with triple hire
Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games has bolstered its virtual reality department with three new hires.
June 7, 2016
Spanish soccer club Valencia CF creates eSports team
Spanish soccer club Valencia CF creates eSports team
"This is a very interesting project and a challenge for Valencia CF to enter a sports sector with such a marked growth."
June 7, 2016
Sponsored: 10 things to look for in a mobile game publisher
Sponsored: 10 things to look for in a mobile game publisher
Finding the right mobile game publisher--or deciding whether you need one at all--is a daunting task. Here are some tips to guide you toward the right decision.
June 7, 2016
Video: How Crytek builds 3-dimensional UI for VR
Video: How Crytek builds 3-dimensional UI for VR
If you're working on a new VR experience, take a moment to learn from CryTrek how they've learned to build user interfaces within virtual reality.
June 7, 2016
Get a job: Insomniac Games is hiring a Designer
Get a job: Insomniac Games is hiring a Designer
Insomniac Games seeks an entry-level designer with experience in level editing tools, scripting, and 3D modeling to work on third-person action games for console and VR platforms.
June 7, 2016
Breathing life into non-player characters: insights from psychological attribution
Breathing life into non-player characters: insights from psychological attribution
I explore which movement patterns give a convincing impression of life and intelligence to non-player characters. I provide a cognitive framework that highlights the principal characteristics of a psychological attribution process.
June 7, 2016
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Rewards: Why you Need Both
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Rewards: Why you Need Both
A look at the inherent value that each reward type provides.
June 7, 2016
Reason Based Choice and the Golden Path
Reason Based Choice and the Golden Path
How a simple choice of words and a little psychology can bias your choices in video games, such as what NPC factions to support.
June 7, 2016
What Affects Indie Sales in Eastern Europe?
What Affects Indie Sales in Eastern Europe?
Russian & Eastern European sales data aggregated from 18 different indie games on Steam points to a few patterns worth keeping an eye on.
June 7, 2016
Enterprise cloud services are changing. Are you ready to adapt?
Enterprise cloud services are changing. Are you ready to adapt?
Forget trying to offer cost savings, you need to meet your customers where they are today, not where they were two years ago. And that means helping them
June 6, 2016
For Women in Tech, Anything is Possible
For Women in Tech, Anything is Possible
When I was a girl, my parents taught me that anything was possible for me (besides being a singer…). Yet the majority of women continue to believe that
June 6, 2016