Get a job: Join Phaser Lock Interactive as a Senior Software Engineer
Phaser Lock Interactive is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to develop solutions that address design requirements in an efficient manner as a member of its Texas-based team! ...
Is Steam really conspiring to price fix?
A new class action lawsuit against Valve suggests that price fixing could be at play on Steam. Is this really happening, and if so, has antitrust law actually been breached? We look into it (& lots more!) ...
Google shuts down first-party Stadia game studios to refocus as platform provider
Just over one year in, Google is making major changes to its Stadia strategy and shutting down the game development studios it created to develop Stadia games. ...
Tabletop Simulator devs face criticism for Google Translate-sourced translations
Berserk Games released an update for Tabletop Simulator that aimed to expand its list of supported languages, but the actual update missed the mark by opting to use Google Translate to do so. ...
The IGF 2021 deadline for submissions is today!
Today is the last day to submit your game to the 2021 Independent Games Festival! ...
Blog: Analyzing Unexplored's secret cyclic dungeon generation
2017 dungeon crawler Unexplored pioneered a new approach to procedural dungeon generation by designing cycles of gameplay that are translated into level designs. ...
Sumo acquires Polish work-for-hire studio PixelAnt Games
Sumo Digital parent Sumo Group has acquired Polish work-for-hire studio PixelAnt Games for an undisclosed fee. ...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold over 31 million copies in nine months
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has surpassed 31 million sales in nine months to become the second best-selling Switch title of all time. ...
Nintendo raises fiscal forecast as Switch closes in on 80 million lifetime sales
Nintendo has reported an upswing in net sales and profits off the back of bumper Switch hardware and software sales. ...
Riot Games pushes gender discrimination case back towards arbitration
Riot Games is taking its ongoing gender discrimination dispute with former employees out of the courtroom and back into private arbitration after a court granted its motion to compel earlier this week. ...
Get a job: Join Gunfire Games as a Sr. Boss Designer
The Boss Designer will work with the design leadership to implement compelling boss encounters from conceptualization to implementation utilizing Unreal 4. ...
Report: Mismanagement plagues Amazon's struggling push into video games
Bloomberg offers an inside look at the management missteps that led to retconned releases like Crucible and a number of high-profile departures while games endured development hell. ...
Video: The value of large spenders in free-to-play games
In this 2015 GDC session, Kongregate co-founder Emily Greer examines the game industry practice of building financial models based on large-spending users. ...
Ori charity drive raises $58,000 for Rainforest Trust
Ori developer Moon Studios has raised over $58,000 for the Rainforest Trust with the help of publishing partners iam8bit and Skybound Games. ...
Australian games industry delivers 29 percent revenue growth despite COVID-19
The Australian games industry generated an estimated $184.6 million in revenue during the 2019-2020 fiscal year, delivering growth of 29 percent. ...
