Games Games Games : 08/22/20

5 ways Apple is diversifying its business

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality ( VR) ... NextVR, which has a decade of experience bringing together VR with video live streaming.

Rocksteadyâ€ ™s response to claims of inaction outlines past and future anti-harassment plans

After a few daysâ€ ™ wait, Rocksteady has issued its statement on earlier accusations that it ignored a 2018 letter from female staff disclosing cases of sexism and harassment faced while at the studio. ...

Get a job: Wizards of the Coast is looking for a Lead Client Engineer

The Magic: The Gathering Arena team is looking for an experienced engineer to help manage and direct the engineering team who builds and maintains our game client in Unity. ...

Don't Miss: The tricky history of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

In this timeless 2009 feature Bill Loguidice and Matt Barton trace the history of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, the game that popularized a niche genre and sparked a host of imitators. ...

Apple on Epic's retaliation claims: 'The emergency is entirely of Epicâ€ ™s own making'

Apple also says that it has offered to leave Epic's developer account intact (and bring Fortnite back to the App Store) if Epic agrees to undo the hotfix that added in the rule-breaking payment method. ...

How Fall Guys' bouncing, bumbling beans gave the game its soul

Mediatonic creative director Jeff Tanton has shared a fascinating thread on Twitter revealing how the internal pitch for Fall Guys took shape. ...

Epic is hosting a Fortnite tournament themed around its legal battle with Apple

Epic tells Fortnite players that the tournament is the last time all platforms can play together due to Appleâ€ ™s delisting of Fortnite, and points unhappy players toward Apple's social media. ...

March Capital establishes $60 million game investment fund

U.S. investment company March Capital has launched the March Gaming Fund, a $60 million fund that will invest in companies developing "gaming content, technology, and infrastructure." ...

Blog: How to measure fun for game designers

In this blog post I shortly introduce my approach to measuring fun and how different measurements help me make better design decisions. ...

Q& A: Making an outer space roadtrip with Night School's Next Stop Nowhere

The lead developers behind Next Stop Nowhere take a moment to discuss what they've learned making a narrative game for Apple Arcade. ...

Get a job: Join Hidden Path as a Senior Level Designer

As a senior level designer at Hidden Path, you will interface with numerous strike teams across all disciplines, creating levels from concept to completion. ...

Don't Miss: Musical scoring with SFX in mind for Call of Duty: WWII

"Call of Duty: WWII used original recordings of historically-accurate weaponry and vehicles, so we wanted to make sure the sound design would be unobstructed by musical elements." ...

Amazon Games signs on to publish a Smilegate RPG game in the West

Amazon Games has nabbed the exclusive publishing rights to an upcoming (but undisclosed) game from Korean game dev Smilegate RPG. ...

Video: Watch a GDC Summer game music concert from insaneintherain

Hey game makers, don't missÂ this concert featuring musician insaneintherain (Carlos Eiene) from GDC Summer, an hour-long performance of jazz arrangements of video game music! ...

Game Discoverabilityland: Tim Epic vs. Tim Apple (also non-Tim news!)

Tim tim tim? Tim tim tim tim. Tim tim tim tim tim tim. Tim tim, tim tim tim tim tim tim. Tim tim tim tim tim. Tim tim tim! Tim tim tim tim tim, tim tim tim tim tim tim. ...