Feature
Indie games: who buys what, and why?
Humble's Phil Hofman breaks down the results of a study into indie game buyers' tastes and preferences
GDC 2023
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) brings the game development community together to exchange ideas, solve problems, and shape the future of the industry across five days of education, inspiration, and networking. Attendees include programmers, artists…
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Academy
Understanding the barriers facing games students – and how to remove them
At GDC, Cristina Amaya and Kenzie Gordon went through some of the issues with game education, and what could help students and new graduates
Academy
Everything you never wanted to know about burnout
A panel of people with experience in occupational burnout share their professional and personal perspectives on its causes, effects, and how it can be avoided
Feature
How does Zynga hunt for whales? | This Week in Business
VP of player success details how the company uses gambling industry tactics to maximize the money it gets from its biggest spenders
Feature
Rod Humble says the future of the metaverse is private and player-first
Developer with experience on The Sims and Second Life explains why Life By You is offline and single-player
News
GDC 2023 sees attendance of 28,000
San Francisco's Moscone Center hosted over 1,000 speakers; the 2024 show is set for March 18-22
Feature
Sarkeesian: "Your DEI initiatives are making your culture worse"
GDC session from Feminist Frequency's Anita Sarkeesian says current corporate diversity efforts are part of the problem, offers ways to improve them
News
GDC exploring development of abuse hotline following recent allegations
Organisers emphasise the strict code of conduct in place for annual conference, and other health and safety measures
News
Abuse allegations emerge in the wake of GDC 2023
Update: GDC organises say assault and drink spiking are "outrageous and unacceptable," encourages reporting to the police
Feature
GDC 2023's AI buzz has a familiar feel | This Week in Business
The pandemic's impact remains apparent, but this year's show is back to normal in a number of ways
Opinion
Fortnite's evolution is delivering on metaverse dreams | Opinion
More than just a buzzword to Epic, the evolution of Fortnite is on the cusp of creating a genuine metaverse-esque platform with many millions of daily users
News
Unity details 2023 roadmap
GDC 2023: Engine provider also says developers will gain access to more tech from Speedtree and Ziva later this year
News
New York Times: "Buying Wordle substantially changed our business"
GDC 2023: Executive producer Zoe Bell shared one year of Wordle success and described the pillars of a NYT game
Feature
Merge games as a fulfillment of the American Dream
GDC 2023: Big Fish's newly installed VP of creative Jason Mai explains how he approached EverMerge and a genre he didn't really know when he was hired six months ago
News
Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarök sweep GDC 2023 Awards
Meanwhile, Betrayal At Club Low takes both top accolades at Independent Games Festival Awards
Feature
Tim Sweeney believes the metaverse is "happening for real"
GDC 2023: Epic Games boss says Apple "will either try to crush the metaverse, or extract all the profit from it"
News
Unreal Editor for Fortnite launching in beta today
GDC 2023: Epic's State of Unreal showed off long awaited UEFN and Creator Economy 2.0, as well as new unified marketplace Fab, which is open to all engines
Feature
Pokémon Snap, systemic comedy and siding with the player: How Bugsnax came to life
GDC 2023: Young Horses' John Murphy on Bugsnax's pitching and prototyping stages and the unexpected inspirations behind the hit
News
Amazon Luna launches in the UK, Germany and Canada
Ubisoft+ support also available to UK subscribers from today as Amazon's cloud gaming service expands
News
ID@Xbox has paid out more than $4bn to developers in ten years
Microsoft's indie initiative has launched over 3,000 games, another 3,000 to come, revamped submission process in the works
News
Xbox upgrades its developer program designed to support underrepresented creators
Microsoft details the ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program
News
CCP raises $40m for AAA blockchain game in EVE Online universe
Funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz
Feature
The evolution of Sky's seasonal events
GDC 2023: That Game Company's Tim Nixon details how the Children of the Light developer builds its free-to-play live service events around emotion
News
Respawn opens third studio to keep Apex Legends going for '10 to 15 years'
Call of Duty veteran Ryan Burnett to lead new studio in Madison, Wisconsin
News
Facepunch cancels GDC meet-up following threats to developer safety
Rust developer will instead speak to attendees and review portfolios via email
