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After giving fans a few days to get to grips with the news, Valve has shared more details about its long-awaited return to the Half-Life franchise.
It’s not the first time talk of a rumored streaming service from Twitch parent company and retail giant Amazon have circulated, but recent chatter indicates an official reveal is on the horizon.
Leading devs Raph Koster and Rich Vogel will be presenting a Star Wars Galaxies Classic Game Postmortem at GDC 2020 in March that promises to reveal insightful stories and key lessons learned.
Mobile game company N3twork has secured $40 million in Series C funding to expand its first-party games portfolio, live publishing platform, and media network.
Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield have sold over 6 million units worldwide in one week, becoming the fastest-selling Switch game to date.
A recent interview with Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick offers a look at the longtime exec's perspective on the video game industry, alongside a handful of curious anecdotes from his 28-year career.
We’re looking for an Encounter Designer who knows how to meld interesting layouts and challenging enemies into compelling game encounters.
In this 2015 GDC talk Firewatch artist Jane Ng discuss the challenges of translating a bold 2D graphic style into the game's vibrant 3D environments.Â
The freshly founded Turkish mobile game studio Dream Games has raised $7.5 million in a funding round led by Makers Fund.
The Remote Play Together feature that allows Steam users to play local co-op games together has left beta, opening its use up to Steam’s entire playerbase, as well those on iOS and Android.
In this classic video, Shenmue director and designer Yu Suzuki appears onstage at GDC 2000 to talk frankly (with the help of an interpreter) about his unique approach to game design.
Brandon Sheffield is lead writer on Lab Zero's excellent action RPG platformer Indivisible. Find out how he injects humor, emotions, and personality into Indivisible's dozens of characters.
The new Game Funding & Investment Summit will bring together game developers, investors, and deal-makers to help build new projects and partnerships!
For November, we bring you the top GDC YouTube picks from Frank Lantz, director of NYU Game Center and a veteran of the game industry.
Spellbreak developer Proletariat has secured $20 million in Series C funding to ramp up production on the fantasy battle royale title.
Two former key developers at Dishonored and Prey dev Arkane Studios have formed a new studio and set out to try new ideas and approaches away from the world of triple-A development.
Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield have amassed over 1.36 million physical sales in Japan during their first three days on shelves.
Mythical Games, the LA-based studio established last year by a group of former Activision devs, has raised $19 million in venture funding.
A group of notable game companies including Supercell, Tencent, and Riot Games have invested $3.85 million into mobile party app, Bunch.
We talk in-depth about our experience showcasing Neko Ghost, Jump! for the first time at a convention. All the struggles and wins.
Afterparty co-director Adam Hines of Night School Studio breaks down the design direction for the game's drunken dialogue puzzles.
The team at Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen developer Visionary Realms confirmed today that studio cofounder and MMORPG veteran Brad McQuaid passed away in the night.
We are looking for Backend Engineers at all levels to help revolutionize the way we create, play, and share gameplay experiences.
In this set of talks from GDC 2019 set of talks, three modern game makers share real talk and lessons learned from some of their recent failures.
In an effort to better understand the making of the game's striking narrative, Gamasutra chats with Remedy narrative designer Brooke Maggs about her work crafting Control's eerie setting.
Discussing genre in game marketing best starts with the trailer. In this trailer breakdown of...
Your unity scene hierarchy is reducing the performance of your game. That we knew from last post....
A deepdive into what lessons Action Games can learn from classic DOOM.
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Steam sales drive game purchases. Obviously. But what is happening on an individual buyer level? How...
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University of Glasgow lecturer Dr Matthew Barr examines the ways in which commercial video games encourage players to develop critical thinking skills.
Arne Neumann discusses the creative possibilities presented by interaction density, and explains how giving players meaningful choices can enrich your game's world.
Gregory Pellechi details effective techniques for selling your game's story to your team, including tips for making appealing elevator pitches.
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