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Balancing creativity and deadlines in game development
Balancing creativity and deadlines in game development
The article offers a framework for managers to balance creativity and deadlines, ensuring the timely delivery of a great game.
Sept. 5, 2024
'Sleep tight, Hopoo Games': Risk of Rain developer goes dark as key staffers join Valve
'Sleep tight, Hopoo Games': Risk of Rain developer goes dark as key staffers join Valve
The studio has cancelled an upcoming project codenamed 'Snail.'
Sept. 3, 2024
Helldivers 2 and Dead Island 2 support studio Toadman Interactive confirms layoffs
Helldivers 2 and Dead Island 2 support studio Toadman Interactive confirms layoffs
The layoffs are expected to impact around 100 full-time and contract employees.
Sept. 2, 2024
Patch Notes #2: How does the game industry survive beyond 2025?
Patch Notes #2: How does the game industry survive beyond 2025?
We ventured to Gamescom 2024 in search of answers.
Aug. 30, 2024
Atari CEO wants Infogrames to become the ultimate preservationist publisher
Atari CEO wants Infogrames to become the ultimate preservationist publisher
'There's not a really strong moat around this space, so competition can increase rapidly and decrease rapidly. The ones that survive have a strong brand.'
Aug. 30, 2024
Creation of Parallax Occlusion Mapping (POM) in Unreal Engine 5
Creation of Parallax Occlusion Mapping (POM) in Unreal Engine 5
We create for our materials Parallax Occlusion Mapping (POM) in UE5. It's a complex texture-based approach to add more details for objects.
Aug. 30, 2024
Iterative narrative design for video games - an indie approach
Iterative narrative design for video games - an indie approach
Game narratives change all the time during the production. In this article we describe the methods we use to quickly iterate on our narrative content.
Aug. 29, 2024
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard accused of 'bad faith bargaining' by Raven Software union workers
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard accused of 'bad faith bargaining' by Raven Software union workers
Raven employees successfully unionized in 2022 but have now filed an NLRB complaint against their employer after struggling to secure their first collective bargaining agreement.
Aug. 28, 2024
Getting under the hood of racing games
Getting under the hood of racing games
Franchise development director at Sumo Sheffield Steve Lycett dissects the history of racing games and how developers can steer their games to success.
Aug. 28, 2024
Gamescom 2024: a record-breaking year for the world's largest games event
Gamescom 2024: a record-breaking year for the world's largest games event
Gamescom, the world's biggest games event, took place in Cologne from August 20-24, 2024. Omdia's games team was again in attendance and analyzed the highlights from the show.
Aug. 28, 2024
Report: Activision mismanaged Toys for Bob after modest Crash Bandicoot 4 sales
Report: Activision mismanaged Toys for Bob after modest Crash Bandicoot 4 sales
Did You Know Gaming's new documentary sheds a light on Toys for Bob's tumultuous relationship with Activision Blizzard.
Aug. 27, 2024
Take a look at Nix's motion capture puppet from Star Wars Outlaws
Take a look at Nix's motion capture puppet from Star Wars Outlaws
The adorable sidekick of Star Wars Outlaws was brought to life with the help of a motion capture puppeteer.
Aug. 27, 2024