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  Get a job: Join SideFX as a Sr. Houdini Technical Artist
image We are seeking an exceptional individual to join our talented Technical Consulting Team, reporting to the Technical Consulting Manager.
  Riot will retain and review voice chat clips as part of Valorant's reporting tools
image A shift in policy means that Riot Games will now record snippets of voice chat in Valorant, but only in cases where a report is filed against a player over behavior in in-game voice channels.
  Facebook acquires Onward dev Downpour Interactive
image Downpour Interactive is joining Oculus Studios by way of acquisition.
19 Don't Miss: Remembering the life and times of Nintendo Power
image Nintendo Power founding editors Gail Tilden and Howard Phillips share their memories of launching (for better or worse) one of the most influential video game periodicals in this classic 2012 feature.
  Obituary: Sly Cooper, Tomba 2 composer Ashif Hakik
image Ashif Hakik, the composer behind a number of PlayStation classics like Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus and Crash Nitro Cart, has passed away.
  Official PlayStation Magazine drops official branding to relaunch as Play Magazine
image Official PlayStation Magazine is no more, ending the publication's decades-long run as it relaunches (with the same staff and focus) simply as Play Magazine.
  Video: Towards a filmic quality at 30 FPS
image In this 2019 GDC talk, Unity's Natasha Tatarchuk share the lessons, tips and tricks from the integration of real-time ray tracing into a modern unified PBR rendering pipeline.
2 Epic Games now owns ArtStation
image Epic Games has announced that it's acquiring ArtStation, one of the major portfolio platforms for visual artists across different fields.
  Here are the different session formats for GDC 2021
image Take a look at the different session formats for the all-digital GDC 2021.
  Overgrowth dev Wolfire Games files antitrust lawsuit against Valve over Steam fees
image "Valve abuses its market power to ensure game publishers have no choice but to sell most of their games through the Steam Store, where they are subject to Valve's 30 percent toll."
2 Activision turns Crash 4 dev into Warzone support studio, denies layoff rumors
image Update: Crash Bandicoot 4 developer Toys for Bob has confirmed it is supporting development on Call of Duty: Warzone, but Activision denies layoff rumors.
  Best of both worlds: How AI helps achieve 'tactical clarity' in Gears Tactics
image Ensuring players can follow the action is critical to turn-based strategy, and in Gears Tactics AI helps make that happen.
  Get a job: Insomniac Games is hiring a Character TD
image Insomniac Games’ Character TDs are responsible for creating character setups, including the rigging of various heroes, enemies, weapons, vehicles and props.
  One-quarter of developers say their studio is not working on D&I initiatives
image One quarter of GDC State of the Industry respondents indicated their companies are not currently investing in D&I initiatives.
3 Don't Miss: Insomniac Games' Ratchet & Clank (2016) postmortem
image "We needed to make a big game that blew away our previous efforts. It needed to sync up with the just-getting-started film. And we needed to ship it in 10 months to line up with the movie release."
  Rovio's game revenue grows 3.4% as Angry Birds 2, Dream Blast revenue remains flat
image Rovio's flagship Angry Birds franchise appears to be hovering mid-air rather than soaring higher and higher, but Rovio leadership isn't terribly concerned.
3 Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick reduces salary by 50% to $875K
image Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has taken a voluntary salary reduction, lowering his base salary by 50 percent for 2021 and 2022, which also trims a couple million from his bonuses for those years.
  Video: Using photogrammetry to scan faces for State of Decay 2
image In this 2019 GDC session, Undead Labs' Matt Heiniger shares lessons learned from 2 years and over 200 faces scanned in implementing photogrammetry in State of Decay 2.
  Improve your community strategies at Victoria Tran's GDC 2021 talk
image Don't miss Victoria's GDC 2021 talk, where she'll be giving tips on how to improve your community management strategy.
  Open Saves is a new cloud-native game storage system from Google Cloud and 2K
image Google Cloud and 2K Games have launched a new open-source cloud-native storage interface called Open Saves.
  Narrative design, indie life with Oxenfree dev Night School - GDC Podcast ep. 19
image On GDC Podcast episode 19 we welcomed Adam Hines and Sean Krankel, cofounders of Night School Studio, developers of games such as Afterparty and the iconic indie game Oxenfree.
  EA has completed its $2.1 billion Glu Mobile acquisition
image EA has completed its $2.1 billion purchase of mobile developer and publisher Glu Mobile. 
  PC devs will soon be offered an 88 percent revenue share on the Microsoft Store
image Microsoft plans to offer Microsoft Store developers on PC an 88 percent revenue share moving forward, up on the 70 percent share it currently offers.
2 Blog: Announcing your upcoming Steam indie game for maximum exposure
image So, you're about ready to announce your indie game to the world and direct fans towards that all-important Steam page. But have you thought about how to get the most out of your announcement?
  Epic won't let Microsoft add streaming support for Fortnite on 'competitor' xCloud
image Epic Games isn't keen on letting Microsoft bring Fortnite to its xCloud game streaming service.

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  How AI Helps Achieve 'Tactical Clarity' in Gears Tactics
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  Deep dive: can new Steam browsing options help your game?
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  Object Pooling in Unity 2021+
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7 Nudges & Manipulative Techniques Present In Undertale
image Mattia Podini examines the varied psychological techniques and gameplay mechanics that Undertale employs in order to guide and influence players.
Postmortem: Cybervisulization
image Rochester Institute of Technology game design students Kevin Laporte, Justin Neft and Robley Evans chronicle the development of their data visualization tool.
Advocating For Accessibility In Video Games
image Disability specialist Morgan Baker explains how designers can advocate for accessibility features in the early phases of game development.
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