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This blog post shows how I created a mission design document for a narrative driven game using The Last of Us as an example.
This week's roundup includes Remnant: From The Ashes and Telling Lies, as well as a new Westworld VR title, 20 years of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Steam China, & more.
Cold Iron is seeking an experienced Principal Character Artist to join us in creating a shooter set in the Alien universe for consoles and PC.
Lead developer of Celeste Matt Thorson goes into detail about designing numerous hardcore platforming stages that make up the game.
Valve has expanded the scope of its HackerOne bug bounty program after a researcher was turned away for submitting a valid vulnerability found in Valve’s game distribution platform Steam.
The venture capital firm Play Ventures has closed out its first round of funding, raising a total of $40 million to later invest in pre-seed and seed-stage game startups.
DICE has scrapped plans to bring a competitive 5v5 multiplayer mode to Battlefield V so its dev team can focus on tackling bugs and adding other content.
Why don't all video game stores have prominent, detailed real-time charts showcasing new & trending games using actual sales, versus obfuscating them under 'featured' titles or complex menu navigation?
PlayStation Productions, the film studio launched by Sony Interactive Entertainment back in May, has joined the production team of the long-gestating Uncharted movie.
League of Legends developer Riot has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged the studio allowed gender-based discrimination and fostered a work culture that favored men.
Throughout development of the Electric Zine Maker I’ve been trying to find some time to finally talk about UI, and how important it is to view it as part of your world building.
Facebook shares a peek into how simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technology on which Oculus Insight was built evolved to power the inside-out tracking of the Quest.
We speak with Andrew Prahlow, composer on Mobius Digital's beautiful space exploration game Outer Wilds, about music and the way it connects people with one another.
The Senior Client Software Engineering Lead is responsible for leading a team who is designing and implementing technology for Magic Digital.
Rovio-owned Hatch is working with the phone service provider Vodafone to bring its streaming, 5G mobile game platform to select Android phones in Germany.
In this 2017 GDC talk, Square Enix's Dan Inoue discusses what rules were made and broken to maintain a cohesive, coherent narrative in Final Fantasy XV.
"In life, we all learn through failure and not just through success. It was important for our characters to survive these confrontations and face their adversaries again." - Greg Kasavin, Creative Director at Supergiant.
Longtime Sony employee and prolific account manager Mark Vitello has passed away, Gamasutra has learned.
Ubisoft has built some groundbreaking Assassin's Creed VRÂ escape room games, and this October you'll have a chance to learn how they do it when XRDC arrives in San Francisco!
The Google Play Store has been given a visual refresh to improve the overall store experience, and notably for mobile devs, make it easier for users to find and access games.
Neon-obsessed hardware and peripheral maker Razer has partnered with Chinese tech and game company Tencent to further expand into the world of cloud gaming.
Another high-profile member of the Oculus family has left Facebook, with the company's former head of mobile VR, Max Cohen, departing the company this week.
In October 2018, I told my partner Helen to draw whatever she wants and put it on Twitter. Ten months later, we have just published Merchant of the Skies. Here's how it happened.
This blog post discusses three approaches to fixing beginner balance that we've used in Awesomenauts and Swords & Soldiers 2.
As a Producer you will be an integral part of the development team, constantly looking for opportunities to improve efficiency, introduce new ideas and evolve our production techniques.
This week's roundup includes Remnant: From The Ashes and Telling Lies, as well as a new Westworld VR...
Within this post I have sort to show the creative process of a Mission design document for a...
Author of "Clockwork Game Design" talks about some of the properties of the design, as well as the...
We’re going to analyze a few of the audio samples created for Bite the Bullet, and how they work...
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Ricardo Cuello outlines the basics of composing music for video games, focusing specifically on elements that establish form, character, and purpose.
James Kay shares the design techniques he used to ensure a fun experience for new players and hardcore fans alike over the course of Piczle Cross Adventure's campaign.
Amir Fassihi explains how one of more members of your game development team can serve a coaching role while fulfilling their own project obligations.
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