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After close consultation with partners in the game development industry & community around the world, organizers have made the difficult decision to postpone the Game Developers Conference this March.
Jason Blundell, a longtime force behind Call of Duty’s various Zombies modes, has announced his departure from Treyarch.
"With Erica, I wanted to use the familiar language of film to basically bring people in, to ease the phobia of games,” says Flavourworks' Jack Attridge in this design chat about his new FMV game Erica.
After being hit with a lawsuit over a Black Mirror episode's relationship to the "Choose Your Own Adventure" brand, Netflix is asking a court to revoke Chooseco's trademark on what it says is a generic term.
In this 2016 GDC talk, Epic Games' Jim Brown examines the psychological and biological underpinnings of how people make choices, examining examples of how devs use these 'rules' to impact players,
EVE Online developer CCP no longer plans to hold its annual fan gathering in Reykjavik this year, citing global concerns over coronavirus spread as the reason for the cancellation.
Google Stadia has managed a small win today after publisher Modus Games revealed its upcoming release Lost Words: Beyond the Page will launch exclusively on the streaming platform.
“Demeter hadn’t really been in the running among gods we were eager to add,” explains Greg Kasavin. “For one thing, I believe she would rank dead last in terms of ‘household name’ status among Olympians."
Are you Insomniac Games next VFX artist? We are searching for someone to create FX to work and assist in gameplay, environment, and cinematics of the game.
Neck 'n' Neck sees a pair of players stretching and contracting a giraffe's neck to avoid obstacles, racing towards the finish line while riding stuffed animals.
Strange Quest, the Swedish developer behind mobile games like Go-Go Grenade, is closing its doors after 3 years.
In this 2018 GDC talk, Firaxis Games' Brian Hess explains how the development team of XCOM 2 survived the transition from hand-crafted to procedural level design.
In this classic chat Gamasutra speaks to Hironobu Yoshida, the final art supervisor of the 20-person team that designs the creatures that form the core of Nintendo's killer handheld franchise.
Facebook has called off the on-location portion of its annual F8 developer conference, citing growing concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus as the reason for the decision.
FunCraft, a mobile studio formed last year by a group of former Zynga, Juicebox Games, and EA staffers, has secured $1.8 million in funding to create "casual forever" games.
Hideo Kojima will be honored with the prestigious BAFTA Fellowship award at the British Academy Games Awards in April.
Digital game storefront GOG has updated its refund policy to let users fully refund a game within 30 days of purchase, even if it has been downloaded, launched, and played.
The Cyberspace Administration of China has removed Plague Inc. from the country's App Store over the inclusion of "illegal" content.
Simon Carless dives deep into the Steam sales of Early Access game Academia: School Simulator. The game's generated $1 million in sales so far...but how much of that does the dev actually see?
Investment firm Andreessen Horowitz has announced its decision to invest $150 million in the company behind Roblox.
Shiver is looking for a full-time onsite programmer to join our software engineering team in Miami, Florida.
Platinum Games is opening up a new studio in Tokyo, an announcement coupled with news that the company plans to launch a new game to close out its trilogy of hero-themed works.
Buy! Sell! puts players in the complex world of a (satirical) New York Stock Exchange, using their phones to buy or sell stock in order to rake in those profits.
Remember Gradius? Konami's stand-out 2D shooter franchise was released over 30 years ago, and Hardcore Gaming 101's Kurt Kalata takes us on a stroll through its releases.
GDC 2020 is happening next month, and today organizers share the full list of remarkable games that will be playable on the show floor as part of the ever-popular Indie MEGABOOTH Showcase!
The development process behind the visual effects in Lightmatter.
Insights from The Division's lead AI programmer on evolving enemy AI design.
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Being an indie developer is, for most of us, a gruesome march to economic oblivion. Unless, of...
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Game designer Christophe Galati covers his extended stay in Japan for Villa Kujoyama, a French artist residency program in Kyoto.
Jellygon's Oliver Smith recalls his recent experience making a 3D model, detailing the process from pre-production to final rigging.
Randen Banuelos examines the narrative structure of five popular games, comparing and contrasting their unique approaches to interactive storytelling.
Motion Logic Studios is a Los Angeles based company dedicated to providing high-end Art and Animation services to the video game industry.
Art Bully Productions was founded in 2008 by 3d art professionals who have years of experience in the video game industry. We pride ourselves on delivering AAA quality work at very competitive rates to developers of all sizes.
