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Developing Spore: An oral ('Sporal'?) history 10 years on  
by Aron Garst [09.11.18]
Ten years ago, Maxis released Spore. Former team members look back on the triumphs and challenges in developing one of the most ambitious games of all time.
Console/PC, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Now's the time to submit talks for the GDC 2019 Educators Summit!  
by Staff [09.10.18]
Next March, GDC 2019 will again host the Educators Summit, a program of talks dedicated specifically to game education. If you have a great talk in mind, now's the time to pitch!
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, GDC
Video Game Deep Cuts: Putting The AR in Artifact?  
by Gamasutra Staff [09.09.18]
This week's highlights include an article about Facebook Messenger's AR microgames, a detailed look at Valve's upcoming Artifact card game, & lots more besides.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
IGF 2019 Inspirations: 2016 Excellence in Audio award winner Mini Metro!  
by Staff [09.04.18]
Remember, entries for all IGF award categories are being accepted through October 1! To inspire you we've started a profile series of past IGF winners, continuing today with Mini Metro!
Indie, Audio, Design, IGF
Video Game Deep Cuts: That Donut Exapunks Mooncrash  
by Gamasutra Staff [09.02.18]
This week's highlights include analyses or interviews on Donut County, Exapunks, Prey: Mooncrash & many more.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Submissions for GDC 2019 Summits are now open!  
by Staff [08.30.18]
The wait is over: the call for submissions is now open for GDC 2019’s Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC), GDC Summits, & Game Career Seminar through October 5th at 11:59 pm Pacific Time!
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, GDC
Video Game Deep Cuts: The Two-Bit GoldenEye Circus  
by Gamasutra Staff [08.26.18]
This week's highlights include a look at innovative 'alternative arcade' Two-Bit Circus, a retrospective on the creation of GoldenEye for the N64, and lots more besides.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Don't Miss: Crafting an evocative score for Hollow Knight 5
by Alissa McAloon [08.24.18]
The music for Hollow Knight presented many challenges for composer Christopher Larkin. The most significant being how to create an evocative score with distinguishable leitmotifs.
Console/PC, Indie, Audio, Design
Don't Miss: Creating dynamic audio in the destructible levels of Rainbow Six: Siege 5
by Louis Philippe Dion [08.20.18]
In this deep dive, audio director Louis Philippe Dion explores how the Siege dev team used strategically placed nodes to calculate the flow of sound in ever-changing, destructible battlegrounds.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Audio, Design
Video Game Deep Cuts: A PICO Double Walking Dead  
by Gamasutra Staff [08.19.18]
This week's highlights include articles about new Walking Dead narrative & AR games, a talk on PICO-8's playfulness, and lots more besides.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Blog: What can game composers learn from VR arcades?  
by Winifred Phillips [08.15.18]
Video game composer Winifred Phillips explores how composers can learn about virtual reality through VR arcades.
VR, Audio
Reminder: Thursday is your last day to pitch Main Conference talks for GDC 2019!  
by Staff [08.14.18]
Heads up, game makers: The last day to pitch talks for the 2019 Game Developers Conference is this Thursday, August 16th -- so get your submissions in now!
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, GDC
Video Game Deep Cuts: We, Happy To Take The Magic Leap  
by Gamasutra Staff [08.13.18]
This week's highlights include impressions of the much-pivoted We Happy Few, hands-on with the vaunted Magic Leap AR glasses, and lots more besides.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Video Game Deep Cuts: It's VGDC Issue #100!  
by Gamasutra Staff [08.06.18]
This week's longform article & video highlights include neat analysis on Six Ages & King Of Dragon Pass, the battle for Manchester Cathedral in Resistance revisited, and lots more.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
EA says mistake led to censorship of Colin Kaepernick's name in Madden 19's soundtrack 2
by Bryant Francis [08.02.18]
Update: An EA representative says the omission was a mistake, and Kaepernick's name will be re-added to Madden NFL 19.
Console/PC, Audio, Design
Now's the time to pitch your great Audio talks for GDC 2019!  
by Staff [08.02.18]
If you have a talk that would fit perfectly in the Audio track at Game Developers Conference 2019, organizers want to hear it -- and they're accepting submissions through Thursday, August 16th!
VR, Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Audio
Don't Miss: A postmortem of Failbetter Games' Sunless Sea 7
by Alexis Kennedy [08.01.18]
Failbetter Games co-founder Alexis Kennedy offers a look behind the scenes at what went right (and wrong) during development of the studio's darkly comedic roguelike game Sunless Sea.
Console/PC, Art, Audio, Design, Production
Video Game Deep Cuts: Slay The Totally Accurate Spire  
by Gamasutra Staff [07.29.18]
This week's highlights include juicy math(s) in Slay The Spire, the creation of Totally Accurate Battlegrounds, and loads more.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Blog: Composing video game music for virtual reality - Part 4  
by Gamasutra Community [07.25.18]
In the fourth part of her blog series, video game composer Winifred Phillips shares ideas from her GDC 2018 talk 'Music in Virtual Reality' and discusses the idea of comfort versus performance.
VR, Audio, Design
Video Game Deep Cuts: Go, Go, No Man's Pokemon  
by Gamasutra Staff [07.22.18]
This week's longform game writing/video highlights include a report on the latest Pokemon Go Fest, the return of Sean Murray & No Man's Sky, and lots more besides.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing