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This week's roundup is E3-packed, including discussion of best games, Nintendo, the PC Gaming Show, Microsoft's xCloud vs Google Stadia (or not!), as well as another 10+ links that aren't about E3 at all.
The team at Ghost of Tsushima dev Sucker Punch Productions are looking for a lighting artist to join them at the company's HQ in Bellevue, Washington!
In the second of this four part series I look at skeletons and sharks, two distinct AI systems in Sea of Thieves with their own interesting design secrets.
Amazon Game Studios has laid off an undisclosed number of developers, though a source speaking to Kotaku says that dozens of employees have been affected by the cut.
In this 2017 GDC talk, Counterplay Games' Eric Lang & Keith Lee reflect on the development of Duelyst, share lessons learned and explain how it went from a boardgame prototype to a digital card game.
Empire of Sin, Romero Games' take on 1920s turn-based tactics, has some interesting emergent narrative and gameplay elements not typical to the strategy genre.
GameStop is closing down the standalone online store for ThinkGeek and rolling the brand's collectibles business into the main GameStop website.
Valve has added out-of-home streaming support to Steam In-Home Streaming, and renamed the feature Steam Remote play following the new addition.
E3 attendances have dropped slightly since 2018, with the Entertainment Software Association revealing this year's show attracted 66,100 attendees from around the world.
Veteran programmer Herman Tulleken looks at highlights from the history of advergames.
If you mentioned game streaming right now, people would likely tell you about Microsoft xCloud and Google Stadia. One name that probably wouldn't crop up, however, is Nintendo.
More and more indies are allowing players to have a say about game updates. Maybe you decided to do this as well, so here are some tips and tricks I learned from my own experience with open game dev.
Megan Sparks, senior narrative designer at Obsidian, gives us a rundown of how she creates the characters and worlds of The Outer Worlds.
CD Projekt Red lead quest designer Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz says that the team hopes the still-in-progress character creator will allow for a broader range of gender expression for Cyberpunk.
New World Interactive is looking for an Art Director to collaborate with Tech Art, Design, Engineering and Art teams to make recommendations and decisions regarding overall art vision.
The company is taking deliberate steps to keep the community involved in that process, including the creation of policies and programs.
SuperData Research founder Joost van Dreunen takes a look at the state of cloud-based game services in the wake of E3 2019.
In this 2018 GDC talk game designers Richard Rouse III, Erin Hoffman-John, Soren Johnson, Raph Koster, Josh Sawyer, and Stone Librande share unique game design rules they've used in their work.
Square Enix is considering launching its own subscription service, a move that follows in the footsteps of other major game companies like EA and Ubisoft.
Guerrilla Games' lead producer Patrick Munnik has passed away at the age of 44.Â
A detailed dive into everything your Steam page should feature in order to be as efficient as possible.
Square Enix has been making games for over three decades, and now the company is looking to digitize and preserve each and every one of them.
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed an investigation enforcement action against League of Legends maker Riot Games.
Game industry veteran Tobias Karlsson (Battlefield 1942, Star Wars 1313, Days Gone) offers a method for viewing, analyzing, and comparing depth and accessibility of games.
Backflip is looking for a dev to join its server team comprised of talented and passionate software engineers focused on writing high availability golang microservices for client teams.
This week's roundup includes all kinds of E3 neatness from Los Angeles, including discussion of...
Games with user-generated content often suffer from the "Play Problem": players that create content...
Open The Gates! More and more indies are allowing players to have a say about game updates. Maybe...
Highlights from the history of advergames.
This is the second part in a three-part series describing a method for viewing, analyzing, and...
Press Releases
Pixeljam's Miles Tilmann lays out the logistics of launching a game with little or no marketing budget, including tips for reaching out to your audience.
Daniel Jones highlights the methods that horror games employ to build tension, explaining how you can keep players engaged in the face of fear.
Kartik Kini chronicles the story behind his first major indie game release, briefing developers on what they can expect in the week before launch.
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