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Get a job: Join the Xbox team as a Sr. Software Engineer (Performance Tooling)

The PIX team is hiring experienced graphics programmers and GPU engineers. ...



Don't Miss: 6 ways to make your game more appealing to speedrunners

Take a look at these tips from the Spelunky, Shovel Knight, Crypt of the Necrodancer, and Axiom Verge devs on making speedrunable games. ...



Blog: Initial thoughts on Rational Design

The idea of Rational Design, born more than 10 years within the walls of Ubisoft, is still living and breathing. Here, Alexis Jolis-Desautels provides some initial thoughts on why the idea is more relevant now than ever ...



Learn how data-driven personalization can drive player engagement in this free webinar

Sponsored: Personalization is critical to driving player engagement, but this comes with real-time performance and scalability challenges. Learn how to address those concerns in this free webinar. ...



Tencent rolls out facial recognition tech to enforce late-night gaming curfews

Chinese publisher Tencent wants to enforce China's gaming session restrictions for younger players with new technology: facial recognition. ...



36 states take legal aim at Google, argue its Play Store practices violate antitrust law

Attorneys general from 36 states have filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of antitrust behavior through its dealings with Android devices and its own Google Play Store. ...



Make time for the Sponsored Developer Summits at GDC 2021

Don't miss out on all the great Sponsored Developer Summits you can check out at the all-digital GDC 2021. ...



The relaxing, open-world puzzle design of A Monster's Expedition

"The way that the music is calming, and even quiets down as you pause to think about a tricky puzzle, really lends itself to a sort of †œpuzzle-solving meditation† style of play..." ...



Codemasters CEO and CFO step down following EA acquisition

Dirt dev Codemasters is losing its executive leadership following its acquisition by EA earlier this year. ...



DICE LA rebrands as Ripple Effect Studios

The EA-owned game development studio unveiled its new name and look today, noting in a blog post that, while DICE remains part of its DNA, the team was eager to carve out its own unique identity as Ripple Effect. ...



Please welcome Imogen Mellor as your host for GDC 2021

Game journalist and streamer Imogen Mellor will be your host for the 35th annual Game Developers Conference. ...



Visit our friends at Omdia when you attend GDC 2021

Our colleagues at Omdia will be on hand at GDC 2021 for all your marketplace research needs. ...



Using mundane objects to evoke heartfelt memories in Some Old Stuff

"When you find an object you have not seen for a long time, you start to figure out why you had that object. That moment felt very human to me." ...



Blog: An ode to optimization video games

A subgenre of strategy games, optimization/logistics games have attracted fans to a different kind of gameplay and thinking that I wanted to talk about today. ...



Assassin's Creed becomes a cross-studio project, starting with Assassin's Creed Infinity

Ubisoft says working from home has fundamentally changed the way games are made, allowing it the chance to increase collaboration on future Assassin's Creed titles. ...