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Heaven's Vault follows an archaeologist trying to translate a lost language in an ancient Nebula, finding its hidden meanings one symbol at a time.
A consumer rights case kicked off in 2018 has ended for now, with a German judge dismissing accusations that Nintendo’s strict digital no refund policy violated the EU's Consumer Rights Direction.
ConcernedApe’s charming farming sim Stardew Valley has officially surpassed 10 million copies sold across all platforms.
Amazon Game Studios is looking for a Senior Gameplay Engineer to join an exciting new project at our Seattle studio.
This essay analyses KH III's approach to storytelling, and the lessons that we as developers can learn from it. This critique is written from a developer's perspective, but with the insights of a fan.
Rocket League developer Psyonix is backing away from the MacOS and Linux versions of the game, announcing today that both will lose online functionality in early March.
"We needed to cut as much of excess fat as possible and figure out what was really necessary to get the feeling you are on the 'knife's edge'."
In this 2018 GDC session, Creative Assembly's Michael Malinowski presents the company's approach to building and utilizing a version-centric plugin architecture during production.
Game dev and artist Gabby DaRienzo opens up a bit about what you can expect to get from her GDC 2020 talk on overcoming creative block, and why it's so important for game devs to talk about burnout.
A Juggler's Tale has players acting out puppet theater, guiding Abby the puppet on a journey to freedom through a grim fairy tale world.
At GDC 2020 in March veteran game developer Koji "IGA" Igarashi will present an in-depth look at what he learned while shepherding his first crowdfunded game project from Kickstarter to completion!
Movement systems in games are often taken for granted, but they can often make or break your game. So, what makes a system good, and how can you design great movement yourself? Let's find out.
Italian publisher Digital Bros has moved to acquire all of the Starbreeze assets held by South Korean developer Smilegate Holdings for $21.2 million.
"We were crunching pretty hard most of last year. It goes in phases. We'll have one group of people crunching so the next group of people are teed up properly"
Paradox is quietly trialling a subscription service for expansions that could be used to alleviate its DLC woes.
Writing a great talk is really hard. You have to make it informative, and convincing, and yet still fun. Plus, you have to keep a lid on your anxiety. Here are some tips I used at GDC 2019.
Piranha Games CEO Russ Bullock discusses the design decisions that helped resurrect the MechWarrior franchise with MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries.
A handful of Valve devs working on the upcoming VR game Half-Life: Alyx took to Reddit today to field community questions, offering some information fellow developers may find interesting in the process.
At Boston Dynamics, our shared software contributes to the success of our projects, products, prototypes, and engineering staff.
An analysis of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's open world, and why it is so successful at creating a convincing and consistent setting.
In this 2019 GDC talk editor Derek Lieu and marketer Dana Trebella teach a practical process to find your indie game's unique message, and how to explain the hook via strong visuals and trailers.
Playful Studios has laid off a sizable portion of its full-time staff, a decision studio founders say is the result of a changing marketplace and a needed pivot to a "more streamlined production model."
Burnout and creative blocks are common game dev concerns, which is why GDC 2020Â will feature a practical talk from Gabby DaRienzo on how to reinvigorate yourself and overcome creative low points!
Disney has agreed to sell FoxNext Games and its subsidiary Cold Iron Studios to Scopley for an undisclosed sum.
Stillfront Group is looking to acquire Dragon Story developer Storm8 for $300 million, with an additional $100 million on the table if unmentioned targets are met in the 2020 and 2021 financial yeas as well.
Let's take a look at why Creature in the Well's gameplay trailer captures the games unique genre...
How to organize and direct your thoughts and feelings from a narrative and cognitive perspective in...
Taking a look at the classic RPG mechanic of Random Encounters and how we can turn the often scorned...
Each week I compile a gaming industry insights newsletter that I publish broadly. Opinions are mine.
Here's how to choose the compression settings for your Addressable Groups and Asset Bundles to...
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Henri Brouard recommends five books that address player behavior and psychology, noting how their collected research can help designers improve their games.
Alvaro Salvagno explains how designers can kickstart their inspiration by using simple tools like index cards, notebooks, and mind maps.
Level designer Sukhraj Johal takes a critical look at memorable scenes from Dead Space, God of War, and other games that effectively showcase environmental storytelling.
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.
We are a 40-people game art production studio based in China, we've been serving the global game dev industry for more than 10 years, providing 2D Concepts, Illustrations, UI graphics, 3D Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animation (Key-frame & Spine).
