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Get a job: Insomniac Games is hiring a Character TD
One-quarter of developers say their studio is not working on D& I initiatives
Don't Miss: Insomniac Games' Ratchet & Clank (2016) postmortem
Rovio's game revenue grows 3.4% as Angry Birds 2, Dream Blast revenue remains flat
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick reduces salary by 50% to $875K
Video: Using photogrammetry to scan faces for State of Decay 2
Improve your community strategies at Victoria Tran's GDC 2021 talk
Open Saves is a new cloud-native game storage system from Google Cloud and 2K
Narrative design, indie life with Oxenfree dev Night School - GDC Podcast ep. 19
EA has completed its $2.1 billion Glu Mobile acquisition
PC devs will soon be offered an 88 percent revenue share on the Microsoft Store
Blog: Announcing your upcoming Steam indie game for maximum exposure
Epic won't let Microsoft add streaming support for Fortnite on 'competitor' xCloud

Get a job: Insomniac Games is hiring a Character TD

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 02:42 PM PDT

Insomniac Gamesâ€ ™ Character TDs are responsible for creating character setups, including the rigging of various heroes, enemies, weapons, vehicles and props. ...

One-quarter of developers say their studio is not working on D& I initiatives

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 02:39 PM PDT

One quarter of GDC State of the Industry respondents indicated their companies are not currently investing in D& I initiatives. ...

Don't Miss: Insomniac Games' Ratchet & Clank (2016) postmortem

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 02:24 PM PDT

"We needed to make a big game that blew away our previous efforts. It needed to sync up with the just-getting-started film. And we needed to ship it in 10 months to line up with the movie release." ...

Rovio's game revenue grows 3.4% as Angry Birds 2, Dream Blast revenue remains flat

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 01:51 PM PDT

Rovio's flagship Angry Birds franchise appears to be hovering mid-air rather than soaring higher and higher, but Rovio leadership isn't terribly concerned. ...

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick reduces salary by 50% to $875K

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 01:01 PM PDT

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has taken a voluntary salary reduction, lowering his base salary by 50 percent for 2021 and 2022, which also trims a couple million from his bonuses for those years. ...

Video: Using photogrammetry to scan faces for State of Decay 2

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 10:26 AM PDT

In this 2019 GDC session, Undead Labs' Matt Heiniger shares lessons learned from 2 years and over 200 faces scanned in implementing photogrammetry in State of Decay 2. ...

Improve your community strategies at Victoria Tran's GDC 2021 talk

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 09:30 AM PDT

Don't miss Victoria's GDC 2021 talk, where she'll be giving tips on how to improve your community management strategy. ...

Open Saves is a new cloud-native game storage system from Google Cloud and 2K

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 09:15 AM PDT

Google Cloud and 2K Games have launched aÂ new open-source cloud-native storage interface called Open Saves. ...

Narrative design, indie life with Oxenfree dev Night School - GDC Podcast ep. 19

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 09:11 AM PDT

On GDC Podcast episode 19 we welcomed Adam Hines and Sean Krankel, cofounders of Night School Studio, developers of games such as Afterparty and the iconic indie game Oxenfree. ...

EA has completed its $2.1 billion Glu Mobile acquisition

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 09:01 AM PDT

EA has completed its $2.1 billion purchase of mobile developer and publisher Glu Mobile.Â ...

PC devs will soon be offered an 88 percent revenue share on the Microsoft Store

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 06:23 AM PDT

Microsoft plans to offer Microsoft Store developers on PC an 88 percent revenue share moving forward, up on the 70 percent share it currently offers. ...

Blog: Announcing your upcoming Steam indie game for maximum exposure

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 05:52 AM PDT

So, you're about ready to announce your indie game to the world and direct fans towards that all-important Steam page. But have you thought about how to get the most out of your announcement? ...