Capcom raises full year earnings forecast thanks to strong digital sales
The success of games like
Resident Evil 3 and
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne have inspired the folks at Capcom to raise their full-year earnings forecast.
Get a job: Join InnoGames as a Game Designer
For a new unannounced game, InnoGames are looking for a Game Designer. Your task will be the design of new game features and the creation of new events for this game.
Don't Miss: The Cabal - Valve's design process for creating Half-Life
Valve engineer Ken Birdwell walks us through the "cabal" procedures that helped turn the company's initial, less than impressive version of
Half-Life into a groundbreaking success
Video: Behind the massive crowds of Assassin's Creed Unity
In this 2015 GDC session, Ubisoft's Francois Cournoyer discusses the processes for creating the massive AI crowds that populate the world of Assassin's Creed Unity.
New Masterclass addition: Susan O'Connor's narrative design course returns!
Susan O'Connor returns with another GDC Masterclass session for narrative designers! Register now before seats are all gone.
Here's what to expect from GDC Showcase
Here's a quick breakdown of what kind of talks and sessions you can expect at GDC Showcase in March.
Sagard NewGen nabs minority stake in Flight Simulator dev Asobo Studio
French private equity company Sagard NewGen has acquired a minority stake in Flight Simulator developer Asobo Studio.
Twitch indefinitely suspends account of former U.S. President Donald Trump
Twitch will be indefinitely suspending the account of former U.S. President Donald Trump "due to the ongoing risk of further incitement of violence."
Team 17 acquires Golf With Your Friends franchise for $16.4 million
UK publisher Team 17 has acquired the rights and assets for Golf With Your Friends from developer Blacklight Interactive for £12 million.
Blog: The scary secrets of horror design from Silent Hill 4
We're revisiting
Silent Hill for today's design post and how what many consider to be the start of the decline of the famous series still has essential lessons on horror design for modern titles.
Steam 'prologues'... do they really help?
Steam prologues - those things where you take a short excerpt of your game and launch it on a completely separate Steam page? Are they a big booster of interest? Let's find out...
Get a job: Insomniac Games is hiring a Facial Character TD
Insomniac is looking for a rockstar Facial Character TD’s to be responsible for authoring facial rigs and facial riggings systems from scratch or utilizing a variety of high-resolution scan-data.
Industry vet Peter Moore returns to games as Unity SVP
Peter Moore's return to the game industry has picked up steam.
Prolific F-Zero, Star Fox artist Takaya Imamura retires from Nintendo
Takaya Imamura has named today his final day at Nintendo, ending a 32-year-long career working on many of the company's most iconic games and characters.
Don't Miss: Building a 'homebrew' video game console
This post serves as an introduction to a "homebrew" video game console made from scratch, using a lot of inspiration from retro consoles and modern projects but with a unique architecture.
Video: Shader and surface-driven GPU particle FX techniques
In this 2018 GDC talk, programmer Christina Coffin explains alternative approaches to emitting particles from game environment effects.
Tilting Point opens studio in Russia to work on multiple projects
Free-to-play publisher Tilting Point has formed a new studio in St Petersburg, Russia, to expand its global network.
Miniclip acquires Online Soccer Manager developer Gamebasics
Miniclip has purchased
Online Soccer Manager developer Gamebasics for an undisclosed fee.Â
Opera opens new video game division and confirms YoYo Games purchase
Opera has confirmed the purchase of GameMaker Studio creator YoYo Games, and explained the deal will form the basis for a new video game division called Opera Gaming.
European Commission fines Valve, others $9.4 million for 'geo-blocking' games
The European Commission has fined Valve and five major publishers a combined €7.8 million for breaching EU antitrust rules.
Blog: Understanding the types of game currencies in mobile free-to-play
Currencies are the pillar of any F2P in-game economy. But what types of currencies are out there, and which ones does your game need?
Get a job: Join Leaftail Labs as a Software Development Engineer
Leaftail Labs is looking for a talented software engineer to help us on its quest to pioneer immersive gaming for everyone.
Impending IPO values PUBG Studio parent Krafton at as much as $27 billion
PUBG Studio parent Krafton is reportedly looking to go public and, according to info gleaned by Bloomberg, doing so could value the company at as much as $27.2 billion.
CD Projekt vows 'vigorous' defense as investors launch second Cyberpunk class action
CD Projekt has promised to "undertake vigorous action to defend itself" against claims that it made false or misleading statements in the lead-up to
Cyberpunk 2077's launch.
Video: Unscoring the world of Kenshi
In this 2017 GDC talk, Kole Hicks & Chris Hunt share the details behind crafting the music and sound for the gritty, unforgiving, and indifferent world of
Kenshi.