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Get a job: Health Scholars is hiring a Unity Software Engineer

Health Scholars is looking for an experienced Unity Software Engineer to help develop virtual reality simulations on multiple platforms including PC and Android devices. ...

Nintendo denies use of forced Uyghur labor in affiliated factories

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa stated in a recent shareholders meeting that the company has not identified any use of forced labor in its current supply chain. ...

Amazonâ€ ™s Lumberyard game engine is now open source

Amazonâ€ ™s Lumberyard game engine is now fully available as an open source project under the newly organized Open 3D Foundation. ...

Blog: The future of interactive characters - Why games need believable NPCs

In this final post, we discuss four reasons why games need better NPCs: 1) players want them, 2) bad character AI is a creative bottleneck, 3) better collaborative NPCs can make games more inclusive, 4) they're a necessary part of our 3D & XR future. ...

Apex Legends devs forced into holiday work by Titanfall-linked hack

A major Apex Legends on July 4th prevented players from entering matches and forced the team to work on a holiday weekend. ...

Exploring the subliminal spaces between strobing lights in GaÃ«l Bourhis' Kristallijn

The developer of Kristallijn share what interested them in exploring the space between the blinks of a strobe light, and what questions the game aims to ask as players see what lies in the moments of darkness. ...

What do devs really want from a game platform?

Sometimes, as a gameâ€ ™s creator and 'the little guy', you feel helpless in the face of 'the big guy'. So let's talk about game platforms, and what devs need from them! ...

Video: Creating branching narrative for location-based AR games.

In this 2019 GDC talk, Playlines' Robert Morgan breaks down the challenges of designing branching digital narratives for real spaces and real players. ...

Analysis: Nintendo Switch OLED Model is a minimal upgrade that won't alter Nintendo's trajectory

Omdia's game console analyst, Matthew Bailey, assesses Nintendo's announcement of its new Switch OLED model and explains why it isn't - and never needed to be - the "Switch Pro" many were expecting. ...

Atari Gaming walks away from free-to-play games to refocus on console and PC

Atari Gaming is pivoting away from its free-to-play mobile game business to instead refocus on premium games for console and PC, and in turn create more titles for its recently-released Atari VCS console. ...

Check out Amazon Web Services' Devnote session at GDC 2021

Amazon Web Services will be showing off its Game Tech tools in a sponsored Devnote at GDC 2021. ...

Analysis: Despite Facebook's stumble, ads can still become a key part of the VR ecosystem

Facebook's first attempt at VR ads on Oculus has fallen flat, but there is still room for ads to become a substantial VR monetization stream that the ecosystem badly needs. However, finding the right formats and contexts for VR ads will be crucial. ...