New website aims to provide game trailer specs for all major platforms The current version covers platforms�like Steam, the Sony and Xbox storefronts, and Apple's App Store, as well as some useful pointers on getting the display of those�ESRB and PEGI ratings right.

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  Heads up, Unreal devs: Improbable pushes its UE4 SDK into open beta Improbable announced�today that its flagship product, the virtual world-building platform SpatialOS, has been updated -- and with that comes an open beta for the platform's Unreal Engine integration.

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33 Don't Miss: Pay-To-Flay: Examining microtransactions in a $60 game In this 2015 feature, we examine how F2P monetization mechanics are seeping into premium game design by looking at Mortal Kombat X and asking: how do you monetize without compromising game design?

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4 Activision patents matchmaking tech that can push players to buy upgrades Activision patented tech for "driving microtransactions in multiplayer video games" that can match players up with more experienced foes to get the junior players to buy in-game items like loot boxes.

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  Video: A game designer's overview of the neuroscience of VR At GDC 2017, game dev vet�Noah Falstein offers an overview for VR game designers of the basic neuroscience of immersion, motion, and emotion -- along with practical tips on making better VR/AR games.

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  Get a job: Deck Nine Games is hiring a Mobile Programmer Deck Nine Games is looking for an experienced programmer to join its team and help it grow and innovate modern story-based adventure games across a number of platforms in Westminster, Colorado.

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2 UK government comments on rising loot box-related gambling concerns Though it notes that it recognizes the risks of flirtations between gambling and gaming, the government itself will rely on The Gambling Commission's ongoing observation.

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1 EA closing Visceral Games and overhauling its Star Wars game Update Electronic Arts is closing down the studio and handing its Star Wars project to EA Vancouver to shift it from a linear adventure to a 'broad experience.'

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  Indiegogo opens digital marketplace for successfully crowdfunded projects Indiegogo has opened up an online storefront with the sole purpose of peddling the wares created through successful campaigns on its crowdfunding platform.

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1 Report: UK dev Sumo Digital is preparing to go public LittleBigPlanet 3, Snake Pass, and Crackdown 3 developer Sumo Digital is preparing to go public in an IPO worth nearly $200 million.

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  Blog: Bringing Galaxy on Fire to Vulkan - Part 4 This is a blog series on how we brought our game to Vulkan. In this post, we wanted to cover a few of the Android-specific peculiarities we encountered.

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  Chinese firm buys 20% stake in Halo 4 co-developer Certain Affinity Established by a group of former Bungie employees back in 2006, Certain Affinity has co-developed a number of popular titles including Halo 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and Doom.

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  Sony Music to publish games on Switch and PC through new Unties label Sony Music is turning into a multi-platform games publisher and intends to bring a selection of indie titles to rival platforms incluidng the�Nintendo Switch and PC.�

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  Audio blog: What do historians make of Assassin's Creed: Origins? Historian Bob Whitaker talks with Maxime Durand, Ubisoft's resident historian, about Assassin's Creed: Origins. Topics include historical research, Ancient Egypt, and using games for education.

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  Design Interview: Crafting Gonner's modular abilities "I thought, what if your character's head is an item that you can pick up and use for stuff? And that naturally became having different kinds of heads, and obviously, they would give you different abilities."

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4 EA's Access service is losing its first game, for undisclosed reasons It's an interesting development because when EA launched Access�on Xbox One�in 2014, company reps told the public that games on the service would never be removed -- barring unforeseen complications.

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  Microsoft hooks up Minecraft to export buildings as 3D models Swedish game dev Mojang seems to have worked with parent company Microsoft to update�Minecraft�on Windows 10 with a new feature that lets players export chunks of their world as 3D models.

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  New mini-console aims to emulate the SNES via hardware, not software "The SNES Classic isn't going to be pristine because it's running on a little Linux chip, it's just an emulator," Analogue founder Christopher Taber tells Time. "[Our] Super Nt will look perfect."

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  Video: Remastering Double Fine's Day of the Tentacle and Grim Fandango At GDC 2016�Double Fine's Oliver Franzke and Shiny Shoe's Mark Cooke dive�dig into the interesting improvements and challenges they encountered while remastering both�for PS4, PS Vita, PC, and mobile.

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18 Don't Miss: The evolution of Amnesia's sanity meter "Sometimes, making something game-y just destroys the feeling that you're after." Frictional Games' Thomas Grip shares the origins and evolution of Amnesia's world-distorting sanity meter.

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  Get a job: PUBG Corporation is hiring an Engine Programmer Bluehole's PUBG Corporation is looking for an Engine programmer to optimize content and improve tools and pipelines as a member of its Wisconsin-based team.

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  Blizzard takes Chinese dev to court over alleged mobile Overwatch clone Blizzard China and its regional partner Netease have filed a lawsuit against Heroes of Warfare developer 4399, alleging that the mobile title rips off Blizzard�s own competitive shooter Overwatch.�

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6 CD Projekt Red talks company values in wake of employee complaints The Polish game dev says that it's "approach to making games is not for everyone" following a slew of complaints posted to the employer review site Glassdoor.

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  Now's the time to submit talks for the GDC 2018 Tutorials! If you have an idea for a talk�that would be a good fit for one of the�many Tutorials (from board game design day to the level design workshop)�at�GDC 2018, organizers want to hear it!

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3 Blog: That magic character only French translators use Automatic line-wrapping in games is the source of many localization bugs that can only be seen by the LQA team, but French uses a special character that will solve a lot of those bugs.

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