Gamasutra is part of the Informa Tech Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.


Gamasutra: The Art & Business of Making Gamesspacer
SEARCH
GO
GAME JOBS
updates Blogs contractors newsletter Game Career Guide
SEARCH
GO

arrow
PROGRAMMING
spacer
ART
spacer
AUDIO
arrow
DESIGN
arrow
PRODUCTION
arrow
BIZ/MARKETING

arrowLatest Jobs
View All     RSS
July 16, 2019
arrowLatest Blogs
View All     Post     RSS
July 16, 2019
arrowPress Releases
July 16, 2019
Games Press
View All     RSS
arrowAbout
Contact Gamasutra
Report a Problem
Submit News
Comment Guidelines
Blogging Guidelines
How We Work
Download Media Kit
Sponsor
arrowGama Network
If you enjoy reading this site, you might also want to check out these UBM Tech sites:
Game Career Guide
Indie Games

arrowUpdates
Updates » Production
Defiant Studios axed as Lords of the Fallen 2 developer  
by Chris Kerr [05.20.19]
CI Games claims it was forced to end its development partnership with Defiant after the studio failed to meet key milestones and delivered work of subpar quality; Defiant disagrees with the assessment.
Console/PC, Production
Game Design Deep Dive: Environmental storytelling in Generation Zero  
by Emil Kraftling [05.20.19]
Here at Avalanche Studios we often refer to our game worlds as the "main character," and seeing as there were almost no other characters in Generation Zero, that felt more relevant than ever.
Console/PC, Design, Production
Video Game Deep Cuts: A Plague (Tale) On Minecraft Earth  
by Gamasutra Staff [05.17.19]
This week's roundup includes pieces on AR game Minecraft Earth action adventure A Plague Tale: Innocence, plus Rage 2, strategy guides, and the intrigue behind Ingress.
VR, Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
Get a job: Crystal Dynamics, FoxNext Games, and more are hiring now!  
by Alissa McAloon [05.17.19]
Here are just some of the many, many positions being advertised right now on the Gamasutra Job Board.
Programming, Art, Audio, Production, Recruitment
CD Projekt Red talks Cyberpunk 2077 crunch, vows to be 'more humane' to devs 10
by Alissa McAloon [05.17.19]
CD Projekt Red leadership says speaking publicly about crunch acts as a commitment to treat its devs more humanely.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Production
Riot ignores calls to scrap mandatory arbitration for all employees 3
by Chris Kerr [05.17.19]
League of Legends maker Riot Games has refused to completely scrap its mandatory arbitration policy, despite employees staging a mass walkout over the issue less than two weeks ago.
Production, Business/Marketing
Blog: Was it worth quitting my job to go indie? 11
by Gamasutra Community [05.17.19]
Two years ago I quit my job as an architect to pursue my dream of making video games. Now that the game is out, was it a good idea, financially speaking?
Production, Business/Marketing
Video: How RimWorld found success through ridiculous, contrarian design 1
by Staff [05.16.19]
In this 2017 GDC session RimWorld creator Tynan Sylvester looks at how it was designed not as a game, but as a story generator, and how its crazy, ridiculous design found surprising success.
Indie, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Blog: Picking a platform - Bottom-up vs top-down thinking  
by Gamasutra Community [05.16.19]
Outlines two approaches to picking a target platform: one which begins with your game's design and works upwards, and another that starts at the platform's player culture and works downwards.
Production
Blog: Successfully launching a game with a near-zero marketing budget  
by Gamasutra Community [05.16.19]
A detailed account of the work needed to take a completely unknown indie game,Nova Drift, and achieve a reasonably successful launch, mainly thought streamer outreach.
Production, Business/Marketing
Video: Lessons learned in making This War of Mine and Frostpunk  
by Staff [05.15.19]
In this 2019 GDC session, 11 bit studios' Przemyslaw Marszal and Michal Drozdowski explain their unique approach of the design and development processes behind Frostpunk and This War of Mine.
Indie, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Sponsored: The Talking Tom team's 5 tips for building a 'super' endless runner  
by Outfit7 Limited [05.15.19]
Talking Tom Hero Dash developer Outfit7 Limited digs into the question of "what's next?" for the endless runner genre and offers advice to developers working in a similar space.
Smartphone/Tablet, Design, Production
Register now for XRDC 2019, the premier AR/VR/MR event for devs!  
by Staff [05.15.19]
Registration is now open for XRDC, the prime event for developers, investors, and other innovators in the vibrant AR/VR/MR industries!
VR, Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing
'Record high' investments see profits fall at Paradox  
by Chris Kerr [05.15.19]
Revenues and profits are down at Paradox Interactive for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019, but that's largely because of the company's ongoing investment efforts.
Console/PC, Production, Business/Marketing
Blog: The challenges of teamwork and game design  
by Gamasutra Community [05.15.19]
Designing games in a team is a huge challenge. Despite the fact that we try to follow the same universal principles of design theory, we often disagree. So, what can we do to overcome our differences?
Design, Production
Video: The making of Larian Studios' Divinity: Original Sin 2  
by Staff [05.14.19]
In this 2019 GDC talk, Larian Studios' Swen Vincke takes a look at all the strategies employed to make Divinity: Original Sin 2 a better game than Divinity: Original Sin, and how they worked out.
Console/PC, Indie, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Video, Vault
Blog: Lessons learned working full-time for co-op credit  
by Gamasutra Community [05.14.19]
A student reflects on his experiences after dedicating six months to working full-time on his own startup for co-op credit and with funding from his university.
Production, Business/Marketing
Epic Games to receive BAFTA Special Award for contribution to game development  
by Chris Kerr [05.14.19]
BAFTA will honor Epic Games with the esteemed Special Award at this year's awards ceremony in London on June 12.
Programming, Production, Business/Marketing
Epic bolsters Unreal Engine with Twinmotion acquisition  
by Chris Kerr [05.14.19]
Epic has announced its new version of Twinmotion will be absolutely free to download and use for all customers until November 2019.
Design, Production
Rockstar acquires Indian art studio Dhruva from Starbreeze 1
by Chris Kerr [05.14.19]
Rockstar has purchased Indian art production studio Dhruva from Starbreeze for an undisclosed fee.
Art, Production, Business/Marketing