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[Event news] Indie Showcase submissions open
The Indie Showcase is an opportunity for indie game developers to get their new game seen & experien…
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MCV/DEVELOP #1007 is HERE!
Hi – Matt here. I’m very excited to let you know that MCV/DEVELOP #1007 is now available…
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Untitled Goose Game tops one million sales in just 3 months
"It seems impossible"
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All 65 of Tarsier's staff will transfer to Embracer and the studio will reportedly "remain autonomous"
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"They have a very tight-knit team that managed to ship what looks like a pretty awesome game in a very impressive amount of time"
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"We and the young people we’ve spoken to are concerned at how firmly embedded gambling-type features are in many of these games"
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"We wanted to make sure we had that, day one, we could deliver on the compatibility promise"
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"The stress of the daily commute is something that we can neither physically avoid nor change, and so the best remedy is some form of mental distraction"
Read More »Kate Edwards receives GDCA’s 2020 Ambassador Award
"I'm tremendously honoured and humbled"
Read More »Facebook acquires Madrid cloud gaming company, PlayGiga
"We're thrilled to welcome PlayGiga to the Facebook Gaming team"
Read More »Niantic’s player base collectively walked 16.3 billion kilometres and picked up 145 tons of rubbish in 2019
This work is "centred on encouraging positive impact through real-world interactions"
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[Guest post] Chris Rowe: Co-Dev Without the Culture Clash
AAA development used to have rough predictability. You staffed up, you shipped, you staffed down, and you kept rolling. It wasn’t always stable, but teams could stay together long enough to build momentum.
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