Video game charts: a series of lenses

Sure, you're looking at the top games on the Steam charts, but are those really the 'top games'? This and lots more discoverability takes in this latest round-up. ...

Get a job: Join Treyarch as a Senior Gameplay Engineer

A successful Senior Gameplay Engineer will have an †œeye† for gameplay and a knack for understanding how to deliver exciting features that millions of fans are going to love. ...

Steam now lets devs join forces and create their own bundles

DIY Collaborative Bundles are a new way for devs to team up and sell their games as part of a package deal without needed to work directly with Steam's staff to do so. ...

Don't Miss: Water interaction model for boats in video games

Avalanche Studios senior software engineer Jacques Kerner (Just Cause 3) walks us through coding "a simplified model that captures the important features of a boat" in this meaty programming article. ...

Knockout City hits 5 million players during ten-day free trial

EA and Velan Studios' extreme dodgeball brawler Knockout City has attracted the attention of at least 5 million players during a free event spanning the first ten days of its launch ...

Blog: Is Ubisoft's leap into free-to-play AAA forward-thinking or a real risk?

On May 11th, 2021, Ubisoft announced that it plans to develop free-to-play triple-A in order to rely less on the premium business model. Is Ubisoft taking a real risk or is it being proactive in looking to the future? ...

Congratulations to the 2021 Game Narrative Review winners!

Here are the winners of the 2021 Game Narrative Review competition. ...

Snowed In Studios launches new division to help high-flying brands make games

Snowed In Studios has launched a new division called Scarab Games to help brands create console and PC games. ...

'Anything can be a game': The intriguing views within Chasing Light

"Now is the time to deal with games inclusively. Anything can be a game, and people must be tolerant about it." says Bae Sang Hyun, developer of the Nuovo Award-nominated Chasing Light. ...

Mobile esports platform Skillz buys marketing company Aarki for $150 million

Mobile esports platform Skillz has acquired machine learning marketing company Aarki for $150 million in cash and shares. ...

Astro's Playroom dev Team Asobi is the newest internal PlayStation Studio

Sony has officially inducted Astro's Playroom developer Team Asobi into its family of internal PlayStation Studios. ...

Riot Games plans to join in on the mobile FPS boom with a mobile version of Valorant

Riot Games is bringing its free-to-play competitive FPS Vaolrant to mobile and joining a growing list major developers taking their shooters from consoles and PC to iOS and Android. ...

Get a job: Join Gameloft Australia as a Lead Game Designer

Gameloft Australia in Brisbane is seeking a passionate Lead Game Designer to join its professional team and deliver fresh experiences for players. ...

BlitWorks devs join Larian Studios at new Barcelona office

The game development staff from prolific port studio BlitWorks have now joined up with Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios to staff its freshly founded game development studio in Barcelona. ...

Here†™s a bunch of useful talks for programmers at GDC 2021

Programmers shouldn†™t miss out on these upcoming incredible GDC sessions. ...