Four years ago, Bin Xie was happy to sing the praises of WeChat. The IT manager from Houston had seen his pro-Trump blog, “Chinese Voice of America,” go viral on the app. Today, Xie stands…
Dont Miss: 7 examples of game AI that…
Nearly all games need some amount of artificial intelligence — most commonly to give the player non-human opponents. But conversations about good AI in games are still dominated by Façade, Black & White, The Sims,…
Facebook quietly debuts cloud-streaming service for Facebook Gaming
Facebook is working on a cloud-streaming service that will grant instant access to select titles via the Facebook app or in-browser. The service will be integrated with Facebook Gaming, and is already available in beta form for…
Implementing screen space reflections in Blightbound
The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community.The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company. An important focus…
Dont Miss: What Nintendos indie program looked like…
What's the state of Nintendo's indie program? Earlier this year, Dan Adelman -- who had long been the company's most prominent booster of independent developers -- left Nintendo after a long period of public silence.…
We need to talk about Steam & China
The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community.The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company. [The GameDiscoverCo game discovery…
Dont Miss: The designer is god–or the devil–in…
There has always been a kind of God/creation relationship between developers and players. The developer creates a world, filling it with life and shaping challenges in it for the player to overcome. The developer then…
AOC’s Among Us livestream hints at Twitch’s political…
Just before 9 p.m. on October 20, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went on Twitch to play the hottest game in America: Among Us. “Hi, everyone! This is crazy!” she began, urging viewers to make a plan for…
Data Deep Dive: Meteorfall: Krumits Tale on Steam
The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community.The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company. [The GameDiscoverCo game discovery…