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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has honoured the scribes behind The Outer Worlds with a Nebula Award for best game writing.
The Australian branch of video game retailer EB Games has admitted to misleading customers about their consumer guarantee rights.
CSR Racing and Words with Friends publisher Zynga has acquired Turkish mobile game company Peak for $1.8 billion.
Until now, I've mainly approached this subject from the angle of game and level design. But there is another angle that is gaining more importance in game design today: storytelling.
Dirt Rally developer Codemasters has secured the rights to the FIA World Rally Championship license from 2023.
If Found lead developer Laurla McGee explains the creative process and motivation behind If Found's erasing mechanic.
Looking at new releases including a Poly Bridge & Shantae sequel, Sludge Life, Robocop in Mortal Kombat, & lots more interesting links.
Fred Rogers Productions is looking for a Digital Producer to lead digital content development for a new animated series about a young Latina girl growing up in the Bronx.
The recently passed Arnold Hendrick once shared his thoughts on the usefulness of manuals with Game Developers Conference. Take a look!
Darklands creator Arnold Hendrick has passed away at 69 after battling terminal cancer.
Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games & the Insert Credit podcast contributes some great, often retro & Japanese-focused picks for his favorite game culture links of all time.
Developers looking to ship PS4 games later this year should be prepared to make them compatible with the PlayStation 5, according to Sony documentation.
In this second part of my ongoing series, I will cover a key need that an open world map must meet: player progression.
EA, the NFL, and the NFL Player's Association have renewed their (contractual) vows to allow the game company to exclusively produce NFL simulation games through 2026.
The history of mobile 4X strategy games is littered with both progress and mistakes that any hopeful successor would be wise to learn from.
The Witcher franchise has sold over 50 million copies worldwide, according to the latest figures from developer CD Projekt Red.
The Swedish developer-publisher, which also worked on Mad Max and Rage 2, currently has offices in Malmo, New York, and Stockholm.Â
In the second part of this blog series, we are going to delve deep into technical aspects, sharing some tips and a general workflow when working with Google Docs.
Life is Strange and Vampyr developer Dontnod Entertainment has opened a new studio in Montreal, Canada.
You will be utilizing traditional art training and knowledge of 3D art, design and computer graphics software to build efficient, high quality special effects.
Valve's rolled out Steam Cloud Play, a cloud-based gaming feature that, for now, lets developers enable users to play games from their Steam Libary in Nvidia GeForce Now.Â
“Both with regard to sales and net profit this was the best first quarter in the Group's history, explains CFO Piotr Nielubowicz.
The Nords gave out some awards at the 2020 Nordic Games Conference.
HP's new $600 VR headset packs in some impressive tech from Valve on a bigger display.
Gamasutra chats with writer Mitch Dyer about the process of doing narrative development for the Star Wars universe.
Ghost of Tsushima Level design analysis. Production workflow deep dive; From creating a layout to...
The decision not to seize upon the marketing capital and capacity of Amazon and Twitch means that...
Particularly this week, with all that’s going on, it feels weird to be putting out a newsletter...
Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games & the Insert Credit podcast contributes some great, often...
Second part of the articles about documentation for game designers -- in this part we are going to...
Press Releases
Valerio De Simone critically examines several methods that designers use to deliver key narrative information during the course of gameplay.
Ed Kay lists the tools he used during the production of his mobile game Hang Line and explains their specific functionality over the course of development.
Oleg Nesterenko interviews Black Mesa lead Adam Engels for his thoughts on the game design philosophy that drove a multi-year modding project.
Motion Logic Studios is a Los Angeles based company dedicated to providing high-end Art and Animation services to the video game industry.
Streamline specializes in tech art and creative execution for video games through its integrated 2D, 3D and Animation services.
