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Developing video games that work for everyone

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Developing video games that work for everyone


  • Monday, January 14, 2019
  • By Matias Nicolas Rodriguez

There's now a bigger audience for gaming video than the combined audiences of HBO, Netflix, ESPN, and Hulu - that’s a lot of people. But developers now have to think of the gaming experience from both the player’s perspective and the spectator’s....


5 rules of monetizing like a mobile game developer

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5 rules of monetizing like a mobile game developer


  • Wednesday, January 9, 2019
  • By Sean Webster

Learn to monetize your app using these 5 tips that teach you to act like a game developer in order to maximize the user’s return to your app and increase session length. Study your stickiest users, get to know their behaviors, and create more experie...


Unity releases gameplay frequency report

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Unity releases gameplay frequency report


  • Saturday, January 5, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

From Unity developers who opted to share their analytics, a final report of Unity games' player statistics nationwide has been released, showing the most popular games, as well as how many millions of hours were spent playing Unity games....


Independent Games Festival finalists and ceremony at GDC 2019

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Independent Games Festival finalists and ceremony at GDC 2019


  • Friday, January 4, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

The Independent Games Festival (IGF) announced the finalists for its 21st annual awards ceremony at the Game Developers Conference 2019 (GDC). The ceremony will be hosted by Meg Jayanth, the award-winning writer of 80 Days, the acclaimed globetrottin...


What game developers can learn from Fortnite's rise

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What game developers can learn from Fortnite's rise


  • Friday, December 28, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

Has Fortnite peaked? And why is it that hefty software updates can contribute to decreased gamer loyalty? That's what we seek to find out through a recent conversation with Adrian Wilkins of Limelight Networks. We talk about the challenges that game ...


Lineage 2: Revolution update features new holiday in-game content

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Lineage 2: Revolution update features new holiday in-game content


  • Saturday, December 22, 2018
  • By Christian Hargrave

Lineage 2: Revolution players can collect special holiday-themed items and magical monster attribute items by clearing quests in the new Aymel’s School event....


Facebook Instant Games turns two with 20 billion game sessions played

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Facebook Instant Games turns two with 20 billion game sessions played


  • Thursday, December 13, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

Facebook is celebrating the second year for its Instant Games platform with some updates, a blog post, and news about the future of gaming on Facebook....


Retro gaming talk with Matthew Thomas of Storytellers Entertainment

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Retro gaming talk with Matthew Thomas of Storytellers Entertainment


  • Tuesday, November 20, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

A retro game development company led by Matthew Thomas is releasing Imperium Omni, their newest RPG game designed for the PC. We talk with them to get the grit on the release and what the future holds....


New game studio wants to bring back fantasy based retro gaming

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New game studio wants to bring back fantasy based retro gaming


  • Tuesday, November 6, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

Retro gaming company, Storytellers Entertainment will release a PC game (with future expansion to Xbox and PS4) called "Imperium Omni", which is based on his own novel. It's a four part serialized solo-RPG set in the vast fictional world of Aeris Pri...


Top ranking mobile games earn 10X what other games do

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Top ranking mobile games earn 10X what other games do


  • Monday, October 29, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

Mobile games revenue report by player analytics firm finds that the top ranking mobile games generate as much as 10x more revenue than the industry average, with the bottom 15% earning virtually nothing from their apps....


Ghost Tappers game lands just in time for Halloween

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Ghost Tappers game lands just in time for Halloween


  • Wednesday, October 24, 2018
  • By Christian Hargrave

A new game from Wild River comes just before Halloween. In this charmingly quirky clicker game, players will be turned into ghost hunters chasing after Scottish ghosts, creepy monsters and delicious Mocktails!...


Star Trek Timelines developer Disruptor Beam teams with Tilting Point

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Star Trek Timelines developer Disruptor Beam teams with Tilting Point


  • Monday, September 24, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

Disruptor Beam and Tilting Point make a deal worth over $29 M in order to increase the Disruptor Beam's user acquisitions....


Game monetization models are changing

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Game monetization models are changing


  • Tuesday, September 11, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

Game monetization models look to be changing as reported by a new Profitability Index, that finds developers are now less reliant on ‘whales’ as more players choose to spend money in-game...


Game developers get new matchmaking platform called Open Match

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Game developers get new matchmaking platform called Open Match


  • Monday, September 10, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

Game developers can now just focus on the matchmaking logic in their games (the inputs and logic for selecting players) instead of building a whole matchmaker from scratch for each game, thanks to Open Match from Google Cloud and Unity....


PC gaming developer fund launches from Intel and Overwolf

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PC gaming developer fund launches from Intel and Overwolf


  • Tuesday, August 21, 2018
  • By Christian Hargrave

A PC gaming software development fund launches by Intel in order to improve the software experience of platforms used by PC gamers....


Mobile game developer help is coming to Barcelona

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Mobile game developer help is coming to Barcelona


  • Thursday, August 16, 2018
  • By Christian Hargrave

The mobile game developer community in Barcelona will receive advertising help from Tilting Point as they expand into their new offices in Spain....


Flaregames partners with MeeWow to publish Tap Empire

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Flaregames partners with MeeWow to publish Tap Empire


  • Friday, August 10, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

Mobile game publishing company, Flaregames, has announced their partnership with MeeWow for the release of their new game Tap Empire....


GDC 2019 adds five new members to the advisory board

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GDC 2019 adds five new members to the advisory board


  • Monday, July 30, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2019 is adding five new members to the Advisory Board for the upcoming conference which takes place March 18 - 22 at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center....


Game Developers Conference is now accepting submissions

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Game Developers Conference is now accepting submissions


  • Monday, July 23, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

Game Developer Conference 2019 organizer UBM Tech Game Network has announced that they are now accepting submissions to present lectures....


Unreal Engine Marketplace says it will take less developer revenue

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Unreal Engine Marketplace says it will take less developer revenue


  • Wednesday, July 18, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

Epic Games has announced that their Unreal Engine Marketplace will be paying devs back the difference between their previous percentage of cut per transaction and their new rate of just 12%....


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