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League of Legends and the evolution of eSports
League of Legends and the evolution of eSports
The idea of eSports -- a business built around watching people play video games professionally -- seemed like a fairly alien notion, even just a few years ago.
Nov. 7, 2013
GDC Next Day 2 session highlights
GDC Next Day 2 session highlights
Missing out on GDC Next this week? Read Gamasutra's recap of session highlights from the second day of the show.
Nov. 7, 2013
Want interesting women in video games? There are binders full of them
Want interesting women in video games? There are binders full of them
Jill Murray, narrative designer at Ubisoft Quebec, said in her GDC Next talk today that there is very little excuse for the dearth of smartly-written women characters in games.
Nov. 6, 2013
GDC Next: Day 1 session highlight recap
GDC Next: Day 1 session highlight recap
Missing out on GDC Next this week? Read Gamasutra's recap of the first day's session highlights.
Nov. 6, 2013
Four AAA veterans share their transition to independence
Four AAA veterans share their transition to independence
In this panel from GDC Next, devs from four recent startup studios -- Lucky Puppy, Moonshot, Plush Apocalypse and SomaSim -- share their lessons and experiences going from triple-A to independence.
Nov. 5, 2013
Embracing experimental game design at thatgamecompany
Embracing experimental game design at thatgamecompany
Sunni Pavlovic, studio manager at Journey developer thatgamecompany, outlined several practical ways to approach experimental design for interactive entertainment.
Nov. 5, 2013
Taking your game from jam to commercial release
Taking your game from jam to commercial release
Game jams are great place for working concepts to emerge. Sometimes, those concepts are good enough to build upon for a "full" game release.
Nov. 5, 2013
9 trends for the next decade of video games
9 trends for the next decade of video games
Predicting the future of a space that's as dynamic as the video game industry is a difficult task, but it's still fun to speculate every now and then.
Nov. 5, 2013
GDC Next 10: SWERY on the new Kinect and D4's inspiration
GDC Next 10: SWERY on the new Kinect and D4's inspiration
In advance of D4 creator Hidetaka "SWERY" Suehiro's GDC Next 10 talk this week, GDC briefly chatted with about D4's creative inspiration, and working with the new Kinect.
Nov. 4, 2013
GDC Next 10: Designing Project Spark to make game-building fun and easy
GDC Next 10: Designing Project Spark to make game-building fun and easy
Microsoft Studios's Soren Hannibal spoke to GDC about the inspiration and challenges behind making a free-to-play game-making-game for his upcoming GDC Next 10 talk.
Oct. 31, 2013
Video: Cutthroat Capitalism educates without manipulation
Video: Cutthroat Capitalism educates without manipulation
Wired's Shannon Perkins discusses how his game Cutthroat Capitalism managed to educate its players without being manipulative in a free video courtesy of the GDC Vault.
Oct. 30, 2013
GDC Next 10: Toejam & Earl creator on making a 'sweet, simple, genuine' game
GDC Next 10: Toejam & Earl creator on making a 'sweet, simple, genuine' game
"You don't need great complexity to touch people." GDC spoke with HumaNature Studios founder Greg Johnson about the inspiration behind Doki-Doki Universe for his upcoming GDC Next 10 talk.
Oct. 30, 2013