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Pain points are often the understated killer of many games, and we're going to discuss how to spot them and some common mistakes for developers to avoid.
Payday maker Starbreeze has repaid the majority of its creditors, settling all debts categorized as Supplier creditors and small Supplier creditors.
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Developers behind Touryst, Fugl, and Skies of the Past talk about techniques, problems, and solutions related to making their stunningly beautiful voxel-based games.
For Hudson, this marks his second departure from the studio where he has helped shape games like the Mass Effect trilogy and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
It's the second sizable sum the company has raked in this year, following $1 million in seed funding raised back in March.
In this 2017 GDC talk, Two Hat Security's Chris Priebe explains the impact that trolling and toxic behavior have on a game's success from a business perspective.
Players love "juicy" games. Unfortunately, we game-devs occasionally build the opposite: "dry", clunky and awkward games. Here's how to avoid 6 common mistakes that'll drain the juice out of any game.
Silent Hill, Siren, and Gravity Rush creator Keiichiro Toyama has departed SIE Japan Studio to form Bokeh Game Studio. Â
A few months ago, Mario Kaiser released Core Defense on Steam and grossed $20,186 in the first week. Good enough for a solo indie developer – and here's how he did it.
Rival Peak lead software engineer Sol Sliwinski explains why developing artificial intelligence for an artificial, interactive reality TV show involved an unusual amount of cannibalism.
FMOD has made its end-to-end audio solution FMOD Studio free for indie developers whose yearly revenue is less than $200,000.
Avalanche Studios founder and former chief creative officer Christofer Sundberg has established a new studio called Liquid Swords.
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Microsoft has officially acquired the online esports organization platform Smash.gg, an acquisition that has been made official after news broke via a small website update earlier today.
The amazing 'out of the blue' success of multiplayer party game Among Us on Steam is, uh, amazing. But what happened? I delve into it with the help of one of its co-creators.
Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red knows that some copies of the game might reach players before official launch, but warns it won't tolerate early streams or lets's play content.
All in all, this makes for around 1 million total sales in the last year or so given that the Dead Cells crossed the 2.4 million sales mark back in September 2019.
In this 2017 GDC session, Sony Interactive Entertainment's Nadège Josa showcases LAMS, Sony's in-house software for enabling effective localization for globally released games.
You see relatively little discussion of multi-platform revenue - so it was great when The First Tree dev David Wehle went public with the following week 1 revenue percentages for his game.
British animation studio Aardman has joined forces with Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe to develop a brand new game franchise.
Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs has established two new studios in Montreal and Los Angeles to help facilitate growth.
Fortnite's latest season ending event pulled in a record 15.3 million concurrent players, according to developer Epic.
Apple has named its favorite games of the year as part of its App Store Best of 2020 awards, and there are some familiar faces among the winners.
In the game Mafia III, the player has an ability called Intel View. It highlights characters and objects in the scene, thus making it easier to see them. Here we will describe how it was implemented.
Pain Points are often the understated killer of many games, and we're going to discuss how to spot...
A few months ago I released Core Defense on Steam and grossed $20,186 in the first week. Good...
You see relatively little discussion of multi-platform revenue, including console. So I was...
Technical implementation of Intel View feature in Mafia III.
Good communication is important in all game development studios, even the smallest ones. Here I...
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