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This week's roundup includes pieces on AR game Minecraft Earth action adventure A Plague Tale: Innocence, plus Rage 2, strategy guides, and the intrigue behind Ingress.
Blizzard designer Leonard Boyarsky talks to Gamasutra about the process of expanding the Diablo universe significantly with the third installment of the series, talking about what has both worked and what has not.
Here are just some of the many, many positions being advertised right now on the Gamasutra Job Board.
CD Projekt Red leadership says speaking publicly about crunch acts as a commitment to treat its devs more humanely.
In this talk from GDC 2017, Red Storm Entertainment's Jay Posey shares his experience as lead writer and senior designer developing Ubisoft's VR game Star Trek: Bridge Crew.
This week marks the 10th anniversary of Minecraft’s very first release and Microsoft now says that the game has sold over 176 million copies worldwide in that decade.
The augmented reality company Magic Leap has acquired Mimesys, a Belgium-based startup behind co-presence conferencing technology that brings hologram-like projections to AR conferences.
League of Legends maker Riot Games has refused to completely scrap its mandatory arbitration policy, despite employees staging a mass walkout over the issue less than two weeks ago.
Mojang has unveiled a new Minecraft game, and it's an augmented reality mobile experience called Minecraft Earth.
UPDATE The Epic Games Store made a little bit of history yesterday by kicking off its first ever 'Mega Sale,' but it seems some publishers aren't keen to take part.
Two years ago I quit my job as an architect to pursue my dream of making video games. Now that the game is out, was it a good idea, financially speaking?
Gamasutra speaks with Moonlight Kids, who aim to expand on the ideas of Nintendo's Pikmin and add their own twist to "herd-like" game design.
In this 2017 GDC session RimWorld creator Tynan Sylvester looks at how it was designed not as a game, but as a story generator, and how its crazy, ridiculous design found surprising success.
Volition is seeking an experienced, creative problem-solver to help identify design and animation goals and then drive solutions to get the best possible performance from its characters.
The PlayStation Blog's latest developer interview offers a look at the creation of the PlayStation VR platformer Astro Bot Rescue Mission.
Dan Adelman reveals how he and the Chasm devs found success in developing and carefully marketing the Kickstarted side-scrolling RPG, which after six years launched into a sea of competition.
Outlines two approaches to picking a target platform: one which begins with your game's design and works upwards, and another that starts at the platform's player culture and works downwards.
Sony and Microsoft had announced a partnership that centers around joint development of cloud tech using Microsfot’s Azure platform, with the goal of supporting their individual game and content-streaming services.
Ubisoft’s The Division 2 matched sales of its predecessor on PC, but Ubisoft says the game failed to gain the traction on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as it had hoped.
Epic has launched the Epic Games Store's first big sale event, and the company is chipping in to sweeten the pot for players without cutting into how much devs see from some sales.
A detailed account of the work needed to take a completely unknown indie game,Nova Drift, and achieve a reasonably successful launch, mainly thought streamer outreach.
Nintendo has unveiled a new limited-time voucher offer that lets Switch Online subscribers purchase two digital titles worth up to $59.99 each for $99.99, saving them a cool $20.
Quick guide to some of the programming that goes into creating a rhythm game. The article uses Unity to build a game, but the principles could be applied to most engines.
Valve's Steam Link streaming app has finally arrived on iOS almost a year after it was rejected by Apple for "business conflicts."
The "metroidvania" genre has been around for decades, but has it sufficiently evolved over the years? David Münnich, developer on Supraland, thinks more can be done to get the most out of metroidvania design.
This week's roundup includes new articles on AR game Minecraft Earth & intriguing new action...
A short essay looking at the design of the game Let's Play: Ancient Greek Punishment: Teaches Typing...
Quick guide to some of the programming that goes into creating a rhythm game. The article uses Unity...
Outlines two approaches to picking a target platform: one which begins with your game's design and...
2 years ago I quit my job as an architect to pursue my dream of making video games. Now that the...
Press Releases
Denius-Sams Gaming Academy fellowship recipient Danny Homan retraces the path he followed in establishing a career as a professional games writer.
Ready to release your project to a wider audience? Kevin Giguere outlines the factors to consider when partnering with a publisher.
Mateusz Piaskiewicz reflects on the core elements of effective level design, explaining how implementing familiar experiences into gameplay can empower players.
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