Twitch announces 'Prime Gaming' rebrand
Amazon-owned streaming giant Twitch announced today it would rebrand its Twitch Prime premium service to "Prime Gaming." ...
Controller leak all but confirms 'Xbox Series S'
New images of a revamped Xbox-style controller point to a heavily rumored, more affordable Xbox Series S next-gen console. ...
Game Discoverability Now: How big is your game's Discord? (Not this big!)
Some of the trends in the biggest/most active video game Discord servers are super interesting, and here's a look at what I learned from checking this out. (Plus, a bunch more info on discoverability!) ...
How to usher more women into leadership roles within the game industry
At GDC Summer last week, Victoria Setian, sr. producer at Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios, described a three-pronged approach to cultivating female talent, particularly within triple-A studios. ...
Fall Guys has sold over 2 million copies on Steam alone
Fall Guys has sold over 2 million copies on Steam during its first week on sale, according to publisher Devolver Digital. ...
Riot forms global deals council and ethics committee after NEOM controversy
Riot Games has established a global deals council and a new ethics committee to help avoid a repeat of the recent NEOM games partnership. ...
Sponsored: In-game advertising, the compliance perspective
With the increase of mobile device users and not to mention, a global pandemic with stay-at-home guidelines, the gaming industry is growing rapidly. ...
Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono is departing Capcom
The veteran producer joined Capcom as a sound programmer and composer in the early '90s, cutting his teeth on arcade titles like Street Fighter Alpha and Saturday Night Slam Masters. ...
How to better design your game communities for kindness
At GDC Summer this week Kitfox comms director Victoria Chan offered up five rules for being a better community manager and five steps you can take to build kinder, cozier communities. ...
Leveraging physical animation to sell Force powers in Jedi: Fallen Order
Every Star Wars fan has dreamed of being a Jedi. But what is it about becoming a monk-like guardian of peace and justice that's so damn appealing? It's force powers. The answer is always force powers. ...
Blog: Five secrets of game art direction
Getting the art of your game right is a big part of creating something successful, but it isn't easy. In this post, I reveal five lessons I've learned from managing art teams over the past decade. ...
Mobile developer Big Run Studios nets $5.25 million to expand operations
Mobile developer-publisher Big Run Studios has netted $5.25 million in seed funding, meaning it has raised a total of $6.6 million to date. ...
Blog: The value trap of free-to-play design
Free-to-play design has attracted many gamers and developers to it for its low cost of entry. Today, we're going to talk about the cost that keeps people playing them to the point of manipulation. ...
Final Fantasy VII Remake surpasses 5 million digital sales and shipments
Final Fantasy VII Remake has shipped and digitally sold over five million copies worldwide, according to Square Enix. ...
Five tips for making better loot experiences in games
In tabletop games, the art of collation determines how players receive randomized items when buying blind-item packs. According to designer Eric Engelhard, those systems can work in video games too. ...
