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Video Game Deep Cuts: Untitled Goose Newsletter  
by Gamasutra Staff [09.29.19]
This week's highlights include Untitled Goose Game, of course, but also pieces on Noita, Later Alligator, What The Golf, The Last Of Us 2, an unreleased MC Hammer game (!), & more.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Get a job: Deep Silver Volition, Hyperkinetic Studios, and more are hiring now!  
by Staff [09.27.19]
Here are just some of the many, many positions being advertised right now on the Gamasutra Job Board.
Art, Design, Production, Recruitment
Don't Miss: Accommodating player failure and recovery 4
by Phill Cameron [09.27.19]
We talk to Clint Hocking, Chris Avellone and Michael De Plater about the convention of player death as a fail state, and what happens when you move past it.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Production
Naughty Dog drops online mode from The Last of Us Part II to focus on single-player 4
by Chris Kerr [09.27.19]
Naughty Dog has revealed The Last of Us Part II will be a single-player only affair, unlike the original game which shipped with an online mode called Factions.
Console/PC, Production
Ubisoft opens new mobile and instant game studio in Vietnam  
by Chris Kerr [09.27.19]
The new opening was made to bolster the company's mobile workforce in Asia, and give the developer more room to maneuver in the fast-moving mobile market.
Smartphone/Tablet, Production, Business/Marketing
Frogwares says publisher Focus Home is wrongfully delisting games 4
by Chris Kerr [09.26.19]
The Sinking City and Sherlock Holmes developer Frogwares claims its livelihood is under threat after publisher Focus Home Interactive began unfairly pulling some of its games from digital storefronts.
Console/PC, Production, Business/Marketing
Improbable acquires online game dev company The Multiplayer Guys  
by Chris Kerr [09.26.19]
SpatialOS-maker Improbable has acquired multiplayer games services company The Multiplayer Guys for an undisclosed fee.
Production, Business/Marketing
Blog: Digging into the development of Creature in the Well with Bohdon Sayre  
by Gamasutra Community [09.26.19]
Bohdon Sayre (or Bo) is the programmer for Creature in the Well, a game that has recently been released and has been coined by fans as a pinball hack and slash adventure game.
Design, Production
Blog: How the California AB5 Labor Bill might affect game companies 3
by Gamasutra Community [09.25.19]
Assuming it is signed by the Governor, on January 1st, 2020, California’s AB5 Labor Bill will go into effect and will prevent many companies from treating their workers as independent contractors.
Production, Business/Marketing
Blog: Creating the adaptive score for Temtem  
by Gamasutra Community [09.25.19]
Hi there! This is Damian Sanchez, the music composer for Temtem and I'm going to share some of the adaptive music approaches I used when creating the score for the game.
Audio, Production
Bandai Namco is suing AtGames over Ms. Pac-Man copyright infringement  
by Chris Kerr [09.25.19]
Bandai Namco its suing retro console maker AtGames for alleged copyright infringement over its use of the Ms. Pac-Man characters.
Production, Business/Marketing
Don't Miss: A deep dive into the art that gives colors back to Dead Cells' cryptic worlds 5
by Gwenaël Massé [09.24.19]
"Despite featuring zombies and developing a game where the foreboding sense of danger never leaves you, we choose not to mimic the artistic direction of similar titles." - Gwenaël Massé, artist on Dead Cells.
Console/PC, Indie, Art, Production
GDC YouTube Top 5: NYU Game Center's Mitu Khandaker 1
by Staff [09.24.19]
Mitu Khandaker, CEO and technical director of Glow Up Games, professor at NYU Game Center, and GDC Advisory Board member, picks her top 5 GDC YouTube videos, from player inclusivity to writing modular characters for system-driven games.
Programming, Art, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, GDC
Getting goosey with Debussy: Creating an adaptive score for Untitled Goose Game  
by Chris Kerr [09.24.19]
Untitled Goose Game composer Dan Golding explains how Debussy's Preludes were broken down and reworked to create a charming adaptive score.
Console/PC, Audio, Production
Video: How Aliens, Odysseus, and Toyota can help improve game production  
by Staff [09.23.19]
In this 2017 GDC talk, Justin Fischer digs into the science of game production by explaining why the same tools used to manage billion-dollar supply chains can work for game development!
VR, Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Production, Video, Vault
Get a job: PlayStation, Game Closure, and more are hiring now!  
by Staff [09.20.19]
Here are just some of the many, many positions being advertised right now on the Gamasutra Job Board.
Programming, Audio, Design, Production
Video Game Deep Cuts: Sayonara, Switch Lite, Wild Herds 1
by Simon Carless [09.20.19]
This week's highlights include the gorgeous Sayonara Wild Hearts & the launch of the Switch Lite, as well as a doc on the making of Them's Fighting Herds, Borderlands 3, and lots, lots more.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Blog: Development stress, choices that matter, and language of games  
by Gamasutra Community [09.20.19]
Eliza is the latest title from Zachtronics that took everyone by surprise. We caught up with developer Matthew Burns to talk about the game's original approach to interactive storytelling.
Production
Get a job: Sony Pictures Entertainment is hiring a Sr. Product Manager  
by Staff [09.19.19]
A successful candidate has a passion for evidence-based product & business analysis and can quickly become a trusted partner in helping Games realize economies of scope/scale.
Smartphone/Tablet, Production, Recruitment
Video: How to be an effective, high-performance game producer  
by Staff [09.19.19]
In this 2017 GDC session, Gearbox Software's Aaron Thibault shares advice on how producers can work smarter to help game development teams work more efficiently while building trust with each other.
Console/PC, Indie, Production, Video, Vault