Why does a particular type of game start to dominate? "All art is shaped by the economics of a specific time and place. All standardized forms of art are but niches within a socioeconomic ecosystem." ...
Writer Michelle Clough examines how and why developers might craft desirable male characters and how they can create a more welcoming atmosphere for straight women, gay men and others during GDC 2014. ...
Game industry veterans Don Daglow and Teut Weidemann are two of the latest additions to the speaker lineup for GDC Europe 2014, which takes place in Cologne this August. ...
"Gamers who have been playing games long ago and game developers in Korea seem to be sick of this situation where mindless copycats gain power. So do we! That is why we made Out Of Index." ...
Terri Vellmann's Heavy Bullets is reminiscent of an older-school of video games. But the way it's being made has the markings of the new school of indie game development. ...
British trade body UKIE will host Liverpool Festival for Business' first ever video game industry expo next month, with the aim to put a spotlight on the best games coming out of the UK. ...
British trade body UKIE will host Liverpool Festival for Business' first ever video game industry expo next month, with the aim to put a spotlight on the best games coming out of the UK. ...
Desura today revealed Cheap End, a new initiative that will see developers lowering the prices of their games one weekend each month in a bid to outsell other games on the platform. ...
"There are no instant successes in our industry. There never were, and that hasn't changed. Steam may have provided a short-term abberation in sales figures, but even then, it only helped a lucky few." ...
In order to record the state of the game business going into GDC Europe 2014, organizers are polling past and present attendees for their thoughts on the future of the industry and their place in it. ...