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Game DesignVidar Leaves Steam Early Access on June 15
Vidar Leaves Steam Early Access on June 15<p>/ May 27, 2017 at 11:47 AM / Gaming, Gaming News<p>RPG Puzzle game <i>Vidar</i> by Razbury Games will be departing …
GamingMost Challenging And Difficult RPG Video Games Of All Time
Role Playing Video Games is one of the most popular and oldest genres in gaming. RPG videos games have come a long way and the genre is still unique …
Gaming IndustryEpic's Unreal Dev Grants program hands out $275k
Epic Games has distributed the latest round of its Unreal Dev Grants, this time to the tune of a $275,000 of no-strings-attached funding for 17 …
Game DesignHow Games Can Change People's Perceptions of the World
<b>By Lindsay Grace, American University School of Communication</b><p>In 1904, Lizzie Magie patented “The Landlord’s Game,” a board game about property …
Game DesignNintendo stocks jump to eight-year high following Monster Hunter XX Switch reveal
Nintendo’s share price rose significantly following the announcement that Capcom’s <i>Monster Hunter</i> series would bring its latest entry, <i>Monster Hunter …
Game DesignThe emerging legal battle over video game streaming rights
Esports advertisers, consumers, brands, investors, and athletes are congregating around streaming game content, competing for the revenue it generates. Juniper Research reports that esports and streaming video game content will generate $3.5 billion by 2021, up from $1.8 billion in 2016. …
copyrightFeral Updates 'Sid Meier's Railroads!' for macOS Compatibility
Feral has announced that <i>Sid Meier's Railroads!</i>, the classic "tycoon" strategy game released on PC in 2006, has been updated on Mac to include full compatibility with Apple's latest macOS platform.<p>If you missed <i>Sid Meier's Railroads!</i> last time around, the game is a re-imagining of the best-selling</i> …
GamingThere’s already an Arms fan game — and its creator wants Nintendo to see it
That was fast<p><i>Arms</i> isn’t out until June 16, but it’s already got an active fandom. If you need proof, here it is: Someone’s already gone ahead and made a 2D remake of it, called <i>Arms2d</i>.<p>“While Nintendo's game is a complex over-the-shoulder fighting game, my simple fan project is a free-for-all Super …
GamingRumor: Blizzard is Working on a Warcraft Mobile Game
We’ve got another job posting rumor to report today! This time it’s surrounding word of a Warcraft mobile game of some description, as Blizzard has …
GamingHow PixelJunk Eden is going to get even more surreal on mobile
Baiyon explains your phone’s cameras will enhance the remake, Eden Obscura<p>The PixelJunk division of Q-Games in Kyoto is releasing an updated version of the hit 2008 title <i>PixelJunk Eden</i><i>.</i> The remaster itself is newsworthy, but it will also be the first PixelJunk title to come to mobile.<p>To stand out …
Gaming IndustryOwlboy dev shares advice on staying motivated -- and inspired
After nearly 9 years of development, indie dev D-Pad Studio finally released their game <i>Owlboy</i> late last year -- to critical acclaim.<p>What made them …
Game Design‘Clash Of Clans’ Update Photos On App Store Leak Future Builder Base Troops
<i>Clash Of Clans</i> ’ Builder Base update has just arrived, and we may already have a sneak peek of what to expect from future patches. Oddly enough, …
App StoreBlizzard Job Posting Hints at Mobile Warcraft Game
Blizzard Job Posting Hints at Mobile Warcraft Game<p>The company requires an FX artist with a "passion for creating imagery synonymous with the Warcraft …
Gaming‘Overwatch’ Director Jeff Kaplan Reflects on Its Explosive First Year
It’s been a full year since Blizzard released <i>Overwatch</i>, its competitive, hero-based first-person shooter. In the intervening months we’ve become all …
Gaming IndustryWhy do devs love Slack, and how do they get the most out of it?
It seems like the majority of people working in or with small and middle-sized game studios and teams use the cloud-based chat app these days. Put a …
Game DesignChat about rhythm violence with Thumper developer Marc Flury at 6:30 PM EDT
Last year, <i>Thumper</i> became a standout VR title by making significant changes to its art style to terrify people who played it using a VR device. A few …
Game DesignAvoid Rip-offs or Fake Games on iOS & Android
Find out how to stay away from rip-offs and fake games on iOS and Android.<p>With the rise of the "fake news" scare in 2016, it's worth noting that …
AppsThe newest dystopian setting in one of gaming’s top franchises: Rural America
Ubisoft announced Friday that its upcoming video game, Far Cry 5, will set the series in the United States for the first time. The story pits a player's band of Heartland resistance fighters against a charismatic doomsday cult leader who kidnaps townspeople all while proclaiming a love of freedom, …
GamingGamesBeat weekly roundup: Overwatch turns 1, and Far Cry comes to America
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Rockstar delayed Red Dead Redemption 2, and we went hands-on with Middle-earth: Shadow of War.<p>Have a great weekend, everyone!<p><b>Pieces of flair and opinion</b><p><b>News</b><p><b>Mobile and social</b><p><b>Reviews, previews, and interviews</b>
GamingIs a New Blizzard Mobile Game in the Works?
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GamingVirtuos Games spinoff Lusionsoft nets $1.8M to delve into VR
Lusionsoft, an new spinoff venture from game development contractor Virtuos Games, has netted $1.8M to create high-quality virtual and augmented …
Game Design7 books that taught me how to code
List of seven (plus) books that gave me solid knowledge about software development. From Learning C++ to Game engines and soft skills.
Game ProgrammingTruly intelligent enemies could change the face of gaming
L<i>ive, die, repeat</i> -- the tagline for the 2014 science-fiction film <i>Edge of Tomorrow --</i> describes its protagonist, who "respawned" every time he died in the real world. Critics noted that the conceit resembled the cyclical experience of playing a video game, in which dying resets a staged arrangement …
Game DesignWhy Games Still Have Bad Loading Times
Video games look better and better with every passing year. Just in the last few months alone we’ve seen gorgeous technical marvels like <i>Horizon: Zero</i> …
Rime is beautiful and heartbreaking, but a little too familiar
A wonderful game that struggles to be more than an homage<p>Praise for the works of Fumito Ueda — the iconic director behind games like <i>Ico</i>, <i>Shadow of the Colossus</i>, and <i>The Last Guardian</i> — tends to lean on the same handful of descriptors. Ueda’s games are solemn and sad, sweet and surreal. They’re among …
GamingHow Unity convinced investors it’s worth $2.6 billion
From what we hear, a lot of investors in Silicon Valley wanted to get in on Unity Technologies’ $400 million funding round. Unity received bids, or term sheets, for more than three times the amount of money it was seeking, according to a source familiar with the matter.<p>And that puts John …
Gaming IndustryGoat Simulator Payday lets you rob banks as a mask-wearing goat with no sense of physics
Whether it was a zombie apocalypse or outer space, the Goat Simulator series retained its sense of fun thanks to its ridiculousness and sheer disregard for physics. That joy hopes to continue with Goat Simulator Payday, which introduces players to the world of heists.<p>In terms of moving around, Goat …
Gaming IndustryEpic Games’ Latest Unreal Dev Grants Include 7 VR Studios
Epic Games’ Unreal Dev Grants began back in 2016 as a $5 million USD initiative awarding developers with funding for contributions to the Unreal …
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If you’ve ever felt the urge to make a video game of your very own, this StackSocial deal is too good to pass up. Right now, you can get a lifetime …
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