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Does genre affect your success odds? Using a database of review count-based revenue projections, we dive deep into sales trends on Steam. We look at which tags sell the best, as well as sales trends in release date and review score.
This week's roundup looks at games from Superliminal to Jedi: Fallen Order and Pokemon Sword & Shield, plus behind the scenes at the ESRB & lots more.
Sources speaking to Kotaku say that BioWare and parent company EA haven’t given up on Anthem, the studio's ambitious online shooter that launched with little fanfare earlier this year.
Bungie's Destiny-centric pledge drive brought in $1.6 million in charitable donations during its first event.
Here are just some of the many, many positions being advertised right now on the Gamasutra Job Board.
In this 2017 GDC session composers Mick Gordon, Jason Graves, Grant Kirkhope, Wilbert Roget, Rich Vreeland and Austin Wintory share stories of lessons they learned in the professional trenches.
The annual charity fundraising event Desert Bus for Hope has, as of the close of its latest marathon, raised over $6 million for charity in the 12 years since its very first run.
Devs around the industry (including Nina Freeman, Kevin Snow, and Claire Hummel) reflect on how the venerable virtual pet website helped jumpstart their careers in game development.
Double Fine’s business development VP and longtime developer Greg Rice has announced he’s leaving the studio for an unannounced new position elsewhere in the game industry.
Publisher 2K dominated the conversation online during the third quarter of 2019, with Borderlands 3 and NBA 2K20 sparking the most game-related internet chatter.
The Gearbox team have always made a point of talking up just how many guns they cram into Borderlands, and at GDC 2020 in San Francisco you'll have a rare chance to see how they fit 'em all in!
Chinese company Tencent has purchased a 10 percent stake in Sumo Group, the owner of Crackdown 3Â and LittleBigPlanet 3 developer Sumo Digital. Â
Machine learning enables personalized experiences in games, and Zynga is leveraging feature generation tools to streamline this development.
Untitled Goose Game designer Nico Disseldorp explains how Mario 64's broad moveset inspired the waddling charm of the titular goose.
"The humor of a Yakuza game is a fine line to walk," says localization producer Scott Strichart in this in-depth chat about localization, the Yakuza games, and the ins and outs of Japanese humor.
The Data Team is searching for an experienced Senior Unreal Engine Developer to contribute in developing the next generation of our vision-based pipeline.
Spencer neglected to share specific numbers, but that’s typically the case when it comes to subscriber numbers for Xbox Game Pass and, recently, all Xbox services.
Project xCloud is bolstering its library ahead of its eventual launch by increasing its current preview library of 4 games to more than 50 titles, while also detailing how the service will evolve moving into 2020.
In this 2017 GDC talk, Ubisoft's Julien Lalleve and Kieran O'Sullivan describe how they moved from their 3DS Max-based pipeline to a cross-software character pipeline for Far Cry Primal..
Embracer Group, the entity previously known as THQ Nordic AB and parent of the publisher THQ Nordic, saw net sales for its game group jump 117 percent for the quarter ending September 30.
New release Age of Wonders: Planetfall, alongside existing titles, helped Paradox Interactive increase its revenue to SEK 282.6 for the quarter ending September 30, up 26 percent year-over-year.
Rune II publisher Ragnarok Game has expressed surprise at the closure of developer Human Head Studios, which came just a day after the title launched.
The deal saw Goodbye Kanas pay roughly $650,000 for a 25 percent share in the company, before purchasing an additional 20 percent stake from previous stakeholder Validé AS.
We all had to struggle to make something out of life, but I am grateful for how far I have gone. This is my story on how I made my first game AvoCuddle and overcame the difficulties Syrians faced.
During his time at the VR company, Carmack oversaw the development and commercial launch of the original Oculus Rift headset, its successor the Oculus Rift S, and the standalone Oculus Quest.
This week's roundup includes impressions of a plethora of new releases, from Superliminal to Jedi:...
Does genre affect your success odds? Using a database of review count-based revenue projections, we...
Machine learning enables personalized experiences in games, and Zynga is leveraging feature...
This time out, I thought it would be interesting to look - incredibly specifically - at Steam search...
This is an excerpt chapter from the book Level Up: A JRPG Creator's Handbook, available in the...
Press Releases
Gregory Pellechi details effective techniques for selling your game's story to your team, including tips for making appealing elevator pitches.
Unlock Audio's Elliot Callighan outlines many functions that audio can serve in game design, giving you additional methods of guiding and immersing your players.
Fery Tomi reflects on the five-year development of The Painscreek Killings, highlighting the difficulties his team faced when crafting a mystery-themed adventure game.
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).
Streamline specializes in tech art and creative execution for video games through its integrated 2D, 3D and Animation services.
