Czech mobile studio Madfinger Games nets $6 million in funding
Czech mobile studio Madfinger Games has secured €5 million ($6.1 million) in funding from Chinese publisher Nuverse. ...
eBay is banning the sale of 'adult' video games in July
Online marketplace eBay is banning the sale of 'adult' video games, which it defines as titles with a "rating of X, XXX, R18, or unrated for an adults-only audience." ...
Get a job: Join Sucker Punch Productions as a Senior Games Writer
Sucker Punch is looking for a Senior Writer to join our writing team and help us craft engaging narrative content for its next project. ...
Don't Miss: The creative challenges BioWare faced designing Mass Effect 3
Take a look back at this 2012 interview with Casey Hudson on the creative challenges his team faced while closing out the original Mass Effect trilogy. ...
Video: Rewarding exploration with collectibles in level design
In this 2019 GDC talk, game designer Leah Miller delves into the various principles governing the placement of interactable and collectible objects in environments. ...
A decade of mods helped devs zero in on improvements for Mass Effect Legendary Edition
A larger PC Gamer interview with the Mass Effect Legendary Edition team explores how BioWare looked to the modding community to discover where they should focus their efforts on the remaster. ...
Online voting is now open for the IGF and GDCA Audience Awards
Online voting is now open for the IGF and GDCA Audience Awards. Voting will close on May 24th. ...
Xbox partners with Tencent-owned Timi Studios to create new game content
Microsoft has formed a 'strategic partnership' with Tencent-owned Honor of Kings developer Timi Studios to create new game content. ...
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut cleared for sale in Australia after rating review
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut has finally been cleared for release in Australia after developer ZA/UM pled its case to ratings regulators. ...
PUBG owner Krafton has acquired mobile studio Dreamotion
Krafton, the South Korean holding company that owns PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, has acquired mobile studio Dreamotion for an undisclosed fee. ...
20% of last year's Nintendo Switch sales were to households that already owned one
Even before releasing its entirely portable Switch Lite in 2019, Nintendo frequently named the fabled Second Household Switch as its biggest growth opportunity in the West. ...
Get a job: Join Grove Street Games as a Systems Engineer
Grove Street Games is looking for UE4-experienced Systems Engineer to join its team in Gainesville, Florida. ...
Analyst: Only 6% of iOS 14.5 users chose to opt in to ad tracking so far
Very few iOS users are choosing to allow apps to track their browsing habits on their iOS devices according to an ongoing survey from Verizon-owned Flurry Analytics. ...
Itch.io's first Creator Day gives devs 100% of game revenue for 24 hours
Game platform Itch.io is hosting its first Creator Day on May 14, and will forgo its usual cut of game sales made through its platform for a solid day. ...
Don't Miss: Inside the deveptively simple design of Doom (2016)
Doom's apparent simplicity belies a core design that is difficult to achieve. On the 5 year anniversary of its release, find out how Id Software tackled its demon-slaying game design. ...
