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Niantic has announced that it is now licensing out The Niantic Lightship Augmented Reality Developer Kit (ARDK), the AR tech behind their hit game Pokémon GO.
Read More »Niantic is now licencing out the AR tech behind Pokémon GO
“Having direct support from Unity allowed us to make Outer Wilds a reality at the level of polish it was released at” – Developers discuss Unity support
Building a game in an off-the-shelf engine is par for the course for today’s developers. But such engines also now offer services that go way beyond the core technology. MCV/DEVELOP talks to three developers about the additional services which helped make their titles a success
Read More »The Orcish Patent: How do video game patents work, and should you be protecting your ideas?
The Nemesis system has prompted a debate about patenting video game mechanics. We talk to patent law experts to find out more about the practice.
Read More »Ubisoft employees call for public support with a petition pushing for change at the company
A Better Ubisoft, a group of current and former Ubisoft employees pushing for better working conditions at the company, have launched a public petition to help encourage change.
Read More »Konami temporarily pulls Metal Gear Solid titles from stores
"We are currently working on renewing the licenses for select historical archive footage used in-game, therefore, we have made the temporary decision to begin suspending the sale of METAL GEAR SOLID 2, METAL GEAR SOLID 3 and all products that include these games from digital storefronts globally starting from November 8th, 2021"
Read More »Annapurna names Nathan Gary as its new president
“Nathan has helped build Annapurna Interactive from the ground up, showing impressive leadership as well as the innate ability to identify and foster creative voices"
Read More »“Straight indie publishing, signing games, publishing them. It will end, it won’t make it over time.” – Zordix on the future of games publishing
Zordix has come out of Sweden in 2021 to acquire both the UK’s Merge Games and France’s Just For Games. Putting all three under its wizard’s hat. So what’s the strategy behind this latest Swedish force and where does it go next?
Read More »Devolver Digital goes public, acquires Dodge Roll, Nerial and Firefly Studios
"We’re insanely proud of what we’ve accomplished over the last decade, and we genuinely believe this will make us even better."
Read More »Nintendo won’t be able to meet Switch demand this holiday, says Furukawa
“We can’t produce enough to meet the demand we are expecting during the upcoming holiday season. Currently there is no sign of improvement and the situation continues to be severe so I can’t say how long it will continue.”
Read More »How to Keep Empathy at the Heart of Customer Support – Alice Murdoch, Player Support Project Manager with Keywords Studios
When you think about customer support on a large scale, it’s easy to forget that every one of those support tickets represents a human-to-human interaction.
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