Game Developer

MAY 16, 2024

'Ultima and Worldbuilding in the Computer Role-Playing Game is the first scholarly book to focus exclusively on the long-running Ultima series of computer role-playing games (RPG) and to assess its lasting impact on the RPG genre and video game industry.'

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Games 259

Game Developer

APRIL 18, 2024

It includes a host of new diverse perspectives from top industry game designers.' This updated 5th edition brings deeper coverage of playcentric design techniques, including setting emotion-focused experience goals and managing the design process to meet them.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 5, 2024

Netflix's games service may be due for a change in the near future as the streamer considers charging for games or in-game ads for different subscription tiers.

Games 294

Games 294

Game Developer

MAY 2, 2024

A game's legacy is not just the nostalgia it will come to evoke after enough time has passed. Its legacy is also in the creativity it comes to inspire in the works that arise in its wake.

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Development Games 319

Game Developer

MAY 13, 2024

Apart from the traditional screenplay and 3d production hurdles, multiverse narratives and games produce even more complex structures of going about the production of ideas and concepts.

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Concepts Games 173

Game Developer

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A ransomware group plans to sell off the personal information of Insomniac Games employees and information on the studio's Wolverine game.

Games 275

Games Studios 275

Game Developer

APRIL 29, 2024

million deal gives Phoenix new games and properties to play with, while PopReach gets to now focus on its "core responsibilities."

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Studios Games 167

Game Developer

MARCH 18, 2024

Denuvo's Tracemark tech will let developers create watermarks that could help find who's responsible for leaking games or assets.

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Asset Games Development 245

Game Developer

MAY 15, 2024

A promising game cashing in on growing enthusiasm for drag performers couldn't find necessary funding.

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Fighting Development Games 256

Game Developer

APRIL 16, 2024

With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.

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Fighting Dev Games 319

Game Developer

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The Humble Games Collection is said to be ending in early November, and at time of writing, has nothing waiting in the stands to take its place.

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Writing Games 339

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Good level design must support the actual game mechanics – this affects both level design, and ultimately, player enjoyment. This article shows how we do things with our popular multiplayer mobile shooter game War Robots.

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Mechanics Mobile Mobile Games 277

Game Developer

JANUARY 24, 2024

Talofa aims to use the newly gotten seed money to build upon its debut game, Run Legends, and create other "games for good." "

Mobile 259

Mobile Mobile Dev Games 259

Game Developer

MAY 1, 2024

Game Workers Unite Montreal has joined forces with Canadian trade union CSN to help workers establish unions at major studios in the region.

Studios 320

Studios Games 320

Game Developer

MAY 9, 2024

This book contextualises this practical guidance within a philosophical framework of how the relatively abled can ethically address accessibility issues within game design.'

Game Design 221

Game Design Game Designer Games 221

Game Developer

APRIL 5, 2024

In collaboration with one of our senior rigging and groom artists, we aim to demystify this craft and provide in-depth insights into the process of rigging characters for games.

Rigging 252

Rigging Games 252

Game Developer

MARCH 28, 2024

Ahead of its revealing its debut game next week, Yellow Brick is switching to self-publishing to 'take control' of its future as a developer.

Games 223

Games Development 223

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If game designers are to have any success combating toxicity, we must acknowledge that our own design choices are often the underlying systemic cause, and that it is our responsibility to change them.

Game Design 316

Game Design Game Designer Games 316

Game Developer

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Current and former Insomniac Games employees must now grapple with the exposure of deeply sensitive personal information.

Data 309

Data Games 309

Game Developer

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Find out why Alan Wake 2, Hi-Fi Rush, and Humanity were all among the best games we played in 2023.

Game Developer 337

Game Developer Game Development Games Development 337

Game Developer

APRIL 10, 2024

Game industry working conditions are improving, but occupational burnout still runs amok. Studios and workers have the power to slow it down.

Studios 337

Studios Games 337

Game Developer

APRIL 26, 2024

There is a corner of AI where the games tribe will find their Eden. Where creativity is enhanced and copyright is respected. What are these tools, what challenges can they help overcome and how will they positively impact and shape the industry in the near future?

AI 241

AI Games 241

Game Developer

APRIL 22, 2024

Libraries' attempts and proposed plans for archiving older games don't strike a chord with the ESA, which still thinks it remains publishers' burden.

Games 350

Games 350

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

During her 30-year career in games, McWilliams worked on a number of games such as Gears of War 4, Free Realms, and Deal or No Deal.

Game Design 332

Game Design Game Designer Games 332

Game Developer

APRIL 2, 2024

According to Unity, games that can be played "instantly" present new possibilities for game developers.

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Game Developer Game Development Development Games 325

Game Developer

MARCH 5, 2024

Hot Wheels and Barbie toymaker Mattel is expanding its video game interests, with a new publishing arm that will "co-devleop" and publish mobile games.

Mobile Gaming 273

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Games 273

Game Developer

JANUARY 30, 2024

"It's been five months since the closure of Volition, but I'm grateful to post that a group of us have re-formed as Shapeshifter Games." "

Dev 362

Dev Games 362

Game Developer

DECEMBER 28, 2023

From Dave the Diver to Dredge to Baldur's Gate 3, these are the Games community editorial coordinator Holly Green couldn't put down this year.

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Game Developer Game Development Games Development 244

Game Developer

MARCH 21, 2024

called out the game industry for its consistent inability to support Black devs. Strange Scaffold founder Xalavier Nelson Jr.

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Studios Development Dev Games 297

Game Developer

MAY 10, 2024

Wilson wants EA to be 'thoughtful' with how it puts ads in its games, but can that be done when ads are already interruptive?

Games 305

Games 305

Game Developer

APRIL 19, 2024

'Any developer, anywhere, and in any language, deserves access to funding structures and opportunities to make great games.'

Dev 332

Dev Games Development 332

PreMortem.Games

APRIL 3, 2024

Although she enjoyed her time in Turkey and her engineering studies, she decided to leave both behind to pursue her passion for game development. Today she works at Maliyo Games, based in Lagos, Nigeria. I enjoyed the thrill of playing games with friends and family. I still regularly engage in many outdoor games and board games.

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Game Developer

APRIL 30, 2024

On today's podcast, we discuss a few hot topics in game engines: including Unity's bid to rebuilt trust with developers and the case for rolling one's own tech.

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Game Engine Engine Engineering Development 197

Game Developer

MAY 10, 2024

Most of the games at risk of being lost forever are now back on Steam (at the very least) and back in their original creators' hands.

Dev 294

Dev Games 294

Game Developer

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says the company began running into financial problems "about 10 weeks ago."

Engine 357

Engine Engineering Dev Games 357

Game Developer

APRIL 12, 2024

All told, Baldur's Gate 3 may have had one of the most successful award runs of any game in years.

Games 222

Games 222

Game Developer

MAY 10, 2024

Making a game trailer is like making music: you have to decide what kind of piece you want to write.

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