The Old Guard: An Interview with Tim Sweeney 17
by Brandon Sheffield [03.22.13]
Sometimes we reach greatness by standing on the shoulders of giants -- and anyone who has ever made a game with the Unreal Engine knows that Tim Sweeney is just such a behemoth. In this interview he folds forth on the present and future of 3D engines for high-powered games.
Business/Marketing, Design, Interview

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Game Developer Quality-of-Life Survey 6
by Patrick Miller, Brad Bulkley [03.18.13]
What about the long hours, frequent layoffs, and crunch phases the game industry is notorious for? Are you confident in your current project? Do you want to be in this industry five years from now? Read on to find out how your colleagues responded.
Business/Marketing

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Winds of Change: Ben Cousins on Today and the Future 18
by Brandon Sheffield [03.15.13]
The big publishers are in danger, the console market is in decline, and the tablet is an ascending game platform -- the evidence is all around you, but infrequently is it presented with such clarity as by Ngmoco's Ben Cousins, studio head of Scattered Entertainment, in this interview.
Business/Marketing, Interview, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet

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Ridiculous Fishing: The Game that Nearly Ended Vlambeer 10
by Mike Rose [03.08.13]
The story of how the Dutch indie developer (Super Crate Box) almost lost its way entirely after its game was cloned, and that clone became a big hit on the App Store -- and how it found its way to work again with the help of some notable collaborators.
Business/Marketing, Design, Interview, Indie, Smartphone/Tablet

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Sponsored Feature: From Coast to Coast, Telefilm Canada Gives a Glimpse of Canada's Gaming Best 4
by Telefilm Canada [03.07.13]
Governmental agency Telefilm Canada supports dynamic companies and creative talent across Canada and, in this feature, showcases talent all across the country, which is famous for big studios, in the form of indies and smaller studios.
Business/Marketing, Indie, Sponsored Feature

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Game Design Tools for Collaboration 14
by Damien Djaouti [03.05.13]
Can a tool for modeling game design make it easier for designers to work with engineers? Many different tools and frameworks have been proposed, and researcher Damien Djaouti explores them for practicality and adaptability.
Business/Marketing

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Clone Wars: The Five Most Important Cases Every Game Developer Should Know 27
by Stephen C. McArthur [02.27.13]
"How courts treat developers copying ideas for video games, however, has quietly but dramatically evolved over the past year," writes attorney Stephen McArthur, who takes a look at how the legal precedent on cloning has changed from Asteroids through Triple Town.
Business/Marketing

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Postmortem: Unknown Worlds Entertainment's Natural Selection 2 20
by Charlie Cleveland [02.26.13]
The six year story of an indie Steam hit -- this is the story of how the team behind the popular shooter was formed, worked, and what they very much wish they could have changed about the company and project if they could.
Business/Marketing, Design, Postmortem, Production, Indie

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Finding and Keeping Your Perfect Investment Partner 3
by W. Todd Tribell [02.25.13]
Heading to GDC and hoping to score some funding? Digital Capital's W. Todd Tribell here takes a hard look at the developer/investor relationship, and shares his perspective on what the investor really expects -- from his side of the table.
Business/Marketing

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Defender's Quest: By the Numbers, Part 2 22
by Lars Doucet [02.20.13]
Indie developer Lars Doucet takes us back for another look at how his game has performed now that it's received a massive update and, in the process, landed on stores like Steam and GOG, detailing both his gross revenue and what, on the developer's end, goes into generating those numbers.
Business/Marketing, Design, Indie

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