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Video Game Deep Cuts: A WiLD eSports Mario Approaches  
by Gamasutra Staff [04.07.18]
This week's highlights include the current fate of Michel Ancel's WiLD, a 'state of eSports' profile, Super Mario RPG archival interview goodness, & much more.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Sponsored Content
Sponsored: How Arm is solving mobile game development's big 3 challenges  
by Arm [04.02.18]
At GDC 2018, find out how Arm is addressing what it calls the "holy grail of mobile game development."
VR, Smartphone/Tablet, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Sponsored Article
Video Game Deep Cuts: Guns, Water & The Nintendo King  
by Gamasutra Staff [04.01.18]
This week's longform article highlights include musings on guns in games, a postmortem of Where The Water Tastes Like Wine, & a profile of a top retro YouTuber, among others.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
One Life Left x GDC podcast: Representation, storytelling, and war  
by Staff [03.26.18]
In the second GDC x One Life Left show, we talk about space, representation, storytelling, and war over 90 minutes of scintillating chat.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Podcast, Video
Video Game Deep Cuts: We're Through The GDC Valley  
by Gamasutra Staff [03.25.18]
This week's longform article & video highlights include plenty of GDC standouts, as well as a fascinating profile of Stardew Valley's creator. 
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
One Life Left x GDC podcast: PlayerUnknown, pro wrestling, and positive death  
by Staff [03.23.18]
Gabby DaRienzo, Brendan Greene, and other incredible guests join One Life Left's Ste Curran & Ann Scantlebury & Gamasutra editor-in-chief Kris Graft as they bring the best bits of GDC 2018 to you.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Podcast, Video, GDC
Video Game Deep Cuts: The Exoplanets Of Trust  
by Gamasutra Staff [03.19.18]
This week's longform writing/video highlights include helping gamers find undiscovered exoplanets, research about 'the trust spectrum' from Raph Koster, and lots more.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
GDC 2018 is this week! Follow along on Gamasutra's official event page  
by Staff [03.16.18]
Game Developers Conference 2018 is here, and Gamasutra reporters will be onsite bringing you loads of stories. Follow along on our event page here!
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Don't Miss: The minimalist sound design of The Witness 2
by Staff [03.16.18]
'It's a very minimalist game,' says Andrew Lackey, 'which meant we couldn't introduce any sound that was unnecessary, or that didn't fit with the game's logic.' Like, for example, a soundtrack.
Console/PC, Indie, Audio, Design
Blog: The tech behind music in virtual reality
by Gamasutra Community [03.14.18]
Video game composer Winifred Phillips presents some of the extra research she gathered for her GDC 2018 talk, 'Music in Virtual Reality.'
VR, Audio
Q&A: An indie dev's guide to hiring, casting, and directing voice actors  
by Jay Allen [03.13.18]
Voice actor and indie dev Ashe Thurman chats with Gamasutra about casting and directing voice actors for small-budget indie games.
Indie, Audio
Don't Miss: How working on gross, violent games can mess with developers 21
by Staff [03.07.18]
We often hear about how playing violent or otherwise disquieting games affects people, but how does the process of working on these projects affect developers? Gamasutra chats with a few to find out.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Indie, Art, Audio
Blog: Building the audio-reactive soundscape of Suara  
by Gamasutra Community [03.06.18]
This article focuses on the unique technical and aesthetic challenges involved in making our audio-reactive action game, Suara.
Audio, Design
Video Game Deep Cuts: It's Perfect, It's Water, It's Wine  
by Gamasutra Staff [03.04.18]
This week's article & video highlights include Bennett Foddy on the pitfalls of perfectionism, a piquant analysis of Where The Water Tastes Like Wine, and lots more besides.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Designing Florence to convey the ineffable feeling of being in love  
by Joel Couture [03.02.18]
"I learned a lot about storytelling during this," says creative director Ken Wong. "So much of it is about making the characters relatable, getting [players] to feel like they've been in this moment."
Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Art, Audio, Design, Video
Doing an HD remake the right way: Chrono Trigger edition 16
by Gamasutra Community [03.01.18]
"The Chrono Trigger 'HD re-make' has all the same problems as FFV and FFVI," writes longtime game dev Lars Doucet in this in-depth blog post on remastering games faithfully. "Let's talk about it."
Console/PC, Programming, Art, Audio, Design
Video Game Deep Cuts: Rolling The DICE For An Oregon Trail Switch  
by Gamasutra Staff [02.25.18]
This week's longform highlights include Phil Spencer's speech at the DICE Summit, how the Switch is encouraging people to play games they wouldn't otherwise, & rare documents on The Oregon Trail's history.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild big winner at DICE Awards 3
by Kris Graft [02.23.18]
At the 21st DICE Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday night, Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild won game of the year, in addition to three other awards.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Attend the Audio Bootcamp at GDC 2018 and learn from game audio wizards  
by Staff [02.21.18]
GDC 2018 organizers are offering an early look at the informative and intriguing sessions taking place during the Audio Bootcamp that helps open the March conference.
Console/PC, Indie, Audio, GDC
Capcom will present a postmortem of Monster Hunter World at GDC 2018!  
by Staff [02.20.18]
Yuya Takuda, a longtime Capcom game dev who served as director on Monster Hunter World, will spend an hour speaking in rare detail about how the remarkable game was designed and developed.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, GDC