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Tencent imposing time limits on children to allay addiction fears
Tencent imposing time limits on children to allay addiction fears
Chinese video game and internet giant Tencent will soon start imposing time restrictions on young Honour of Kings players to allay fears surrounding video game addiction.
July 3, 2017
The Nintendo Switch and the Long Game
The Nintendo Switch and the Long Game
What has Nintendo learned from their 3DS game library about the Switch? Do they recognize the value of Switch as a mobile device, or are they thinking of it as a home console?
July 3, 2017
Indie Post-mortem - Captain Kaon (Part Two)
Indie Post-mortem - Captain Kaon (Part Two)
Making a game is more than just writing code and doing a bit of art. Come this way and I'll pass on the lessons I learnt managing and promoting Captain Kaon.
July 3, 2017
Departed Oculus founder pledges thousands to dev of Rift exclusivity bypass
Departed Oculus founder pledges thousands to dev of Rift exclusivity bypass
Departed Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey has made a $2,000 pledge to the CrossVR Patreon campaign for Revive, a tool designed to get Oculus Rift-exclusive VR games running on the HTC Vive.
June 30, 2017
Dev builds a classic text adventure out of Wikipedia entries
Dev builds a classic text adventure out of Wikipedia entries
Freelance game dev Kevan Davis has published Wikipedia: The Text Adventure, a browser-based game that pulls assets directly from Wikipedia and presents them to the player in the guise of vintage IF.
June 30, 2017
Join us on Twitch at 3 PM ET as we revisit Diablo II on its 17th birthday
Join us on Twitch at 3 PM ET as we revisit Diablo II on its 17th birthday
Diablo II is 17 today, so to mark the occasion tune into the Gamasutra Twitch channel at 12 PM PT (3 PM ET) as we return to Sanctuary to kick some pyres, light some fires, and seek game design gold.
June 29, 2017
Get a job: Outpost Games is looking for a Game Software Engineer
Get a job: Outpost Games is looking for a Game Software Engineer
Outpost Games is looking for a full-time Software Engineer to join its team in Redwood City, California.
June 29, 2017
Nintendo Switch sales surpass 1M in Japan
Nintendo Switch sales surpass 1M in Japan
That means the hybrid console is doing better than the Wii U, which saw sales in the region reach 920,000 in just under four months.
June 28, 2017
Sony vet Phil Harrison invests in ex-Sony London chief's new VR startup
Sony vet Phil Harrison invests in ex-Sony London chief's new VR startup
Phil Harrison, former key PlayStation exec and Worldwide Studios chief, was one of the first people to invest in Dream Reality Interactive, a new VR startup from former Sony London head Dave Ranyard.
June 28, 2017
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds has banned 25k cheaters since launch
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds has banned 25k cheaters since launch
"This is an ongoing battle, but one we are committed to fighting," explained the titular Playerunknown.
June 28, 2017
Antegods Code Update: Setting up the database architecture for our multiplayer game
Antegods Code Update: Setting up the database architecture for our multiplayer game
Our code intern Wouter has his head in the clouds, but with good reason. He has been thinking through the systems that will be needed to store Antegods player data in the cloud so that all their progress is tracked and available online.
June 28, 2017
AbleGamers's Player Panels aim to give game devs insight on accessibility
AbleGamers's Player Panels aim to give game devs insight on accessibility
The charity organization has created a new program that seeks to put game developers, publishers, and researchers directly in contact with disabled players and accessibility experts.
June 27, 2017