Last month Remedy Entertainment launched Control to the world, its latest game in a lineage of narrative-driven experiences, from Max Payne to Quantum Break. Protagonist Jesse Faden is trapped inside an ever-shifting environment called The Oldest House,…
Sid Meier, the designer behind the incredibly popular and influential Civilization series, once described games as “a series of interesting decisions”. In fact, it is the ability to make choices that is the core of…
If you attended the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this year you might have noticed a few of your fellow game makers chatting near the GDC Narrative Wall, a wall covered in writing prompts where…
Mobile game developer Netmarble has closed out the third quarter of its 2019-20 fiscal year with year-over-year gains in both revenue and net profit, with Korea and North America generating the most revenue this quarter.…
Every indie community person I know has dealt with the same problem. You need new, constant, content for your studio’s social media channels but: All the artists are busy and can’t help you create new…
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Producing believable, satisfying voice acting for your game is tricky business. Perversely, the work of voice actors and directors seems to be one of the most neglected aspects of game design; the topic is too…
[As Google readies to debut its cloud-based game platform Google Stadia, Gamasutra editor-in-chief Kris Graft shares hands-on impressions of what it's like to use the nascent service ahead of its November 19 launch date, and weighs…
Nintendo is preparing to introduce a subscription plan into Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, doubling down on the model initially used in Mario Kart Tour last month. In an email sent out to Pocket Camp players (posted…
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