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Want to speak at the GDC 2020 Indie Games Summit? Pitch a talk today!  
by Staff [09.12.19]
Just a quick reminder today that the 2020 Game Developers Conference is still accepting Independent Games Summit talk submissions -- but only through 11:59 PM Pacific on Monday, September 30th!
Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, GDC
Get a job: Join PlayStation as a Senior Sound Designer  
by Staff [09.10.19]
We are looking for a Senior Sound Designer to join our award-winning team to craft high quality audio content for 1st party product development projects.
Console/PC, Audio, Recruitment
BAFTA shuffles categories for 2020 Games Awards as submissions open  
by Alissa McAloon [09.10.19]
BAFTA has removed the mobile game category from the running for the 2020 award show, and added several technical categories to the next iteration of the long-running event.
Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production
Blog: How music enhances virtual presence - Part 3  
by Gamasutra Community [09.10.19]
Video game composer Winifred Phillips shares ideas from her GDC 2019 talk, How Music Enhances Virtual Presence. Part 3: Game Music and Empathy. Included are practical examples and video demonstrations.
Audio
Video Game Deep Cuts: Underpricing The Gears Of Steam  
by Gamasutra Staff [09.07.19]
This week's highlights include why you might be underpricing your video game, a look at the debuts of Gears Of War 5 and Wilmot's Warehouse, & how Steam users see your game.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Don't Miss: GDC has launched a new podcast! 2
by Kris Graft [09.06.19]
Game Developers Conference has a new monthly podcast! Don't miss the August episode, featuring Kris Graft and Alissa McAloon, along with game production expert Grant Shonkwiler as the first guest.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Podcast
Video Game Deep Cuts: Control The Knights On Bikes With Chains  
by Simon Carless [09.03.19]
This week's roundup includes a look at a whole heap of new games, including Control, Knights On Bikes, Ancestors, and Astral Chain, as well as a retrospective interview with Seaman designer Yoot Saito.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
GDC 2020 opens call for Summits submissions!  
by Staff [08.29.19]
Informa Tech, the organizers of the Game Developers Conference 2020, are now accepting submissions for the Summits part of the event, taking place on Monday and Tuesday of GDC week.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, GDC
New allegations of sexual assault surface against established game devs
by Kris Graft [08.28.19]
Update: Several more developers have come forward with abuse allegations against other prominent men in the game industry in the wake of yesterday's accusations.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Blog: A primer on sound design for video games 1
by Gamasutra Community [08.26.19]
We're going to analyze a few of the audio samples created for Bite the Bullet, and how they work to support the feel of the game.
Audio, Design
Video Game Deep Cuts: The Remnants Of A Lie-Telling Anthem  
by Gamasutra Staff [08.25.19]
This week's roundup includes Remnant: From The Ashes and Telling Lies, as well as a new Westworld VR title, 20 years of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Steam China, & more.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Behind the hauntingly beautiful music of Outer Wilds  
by Jay Castello [08.22.19]
We speak with Andrew Prahlow, composer on Mobius Digital's beautiful space exploration game Outer Wilds, about music and the way it connects people with one another.
Indie, Audio
Video: Inside the flexible music system of Plants vs. Zombies Heroes 1
by Staff [08.21.19]
In this 2017 GDC talk PopCap Games' Becky Allen shares an in-depth look at the experiments that shaped the dynamic music systems of PopCap's digital collectible card game Plants vs. Zombies Heroes.
Smartphone/Tablet, Audio, Design, Video, Vault
Don't Miss: A look back at the development of Ori and the Blind Forest 5
by Alissa McAloon [08.19.19]
The CEO of Moon Studios pours his heart out in a lengthy postmortem of what went right -- and wrong -- during the 4-year development of Super Metroid-inspired Ori & The Blind Forest.
Console/PC, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Video Game Deep Cuts: Dicey Dungeons Gets Rad, Patreon Follows  
by Gamasutra Staff [08.18.19]
This week's roundup includes looks at standout new titles including Dicey Dungeons and Rad, an analysis of Patreon as incremental funding, & lots more.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Video: Great game audio choreography for battle design  
by Staff [08.16.19]
In this 2017 GDC session, veteran voice director Khris Brown discusses how to approach to improving fight mechanic audio design while the player is in the heat of battle.
Console/PC, Indie, Audio, Video, Vault
Bloodborne and Mass Effect 3 composer forms new audio production company  
by Chris Kerr [08.15.19]
Bloodborne and Mass Effect 3 composer Cris Velasco has founded a new "full-service audio production company" called The Audio Hive.
Audio, Production, Business/Marketing
Blog: How music enhances virtual presence - Part 2  
by Gamasutra Community [08.14.19]
In the second of this four-part series, game composer Winifred Phillips shares ideas from her GDC 2019 talk 'How Music Enhances Virtual Presence.'
Audio, Design
PSA: Thursday is your last day to pitch Core Concepts talks for GDC 2020!  
by Staff [08.12.19]
GDC 2020 is still accepting pitches to present lectures, roundtables, and panels for the Core Concepts part of the event -- but submissions close this Thursday, August 15th at 11:59 PM PT! 
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, GDC
Video Game Deep Cuts: Eliza's Moral Panic Over Wii Sports  
by Gamasutra Staff [08.11.19]
This week's roundup includes a look at new Zachtronics title Eliza, the moral panic about Fortnite and 'good play', and the incredible Wii Sports speedrunners, among others.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing