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'Care more about your streamers' advises Magic: The Gathering Arena dev
“When you have happy streamers...you will get so much more than you could ever imagine," said Wizards of the Coast's Michelle Sutterfield today in a GDC talk on Wizards' community-building efforts.
March 19, 2019
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Games for Change debuts new accelerator program for 'social impact' games
New York-base nonprofit Games for Change announced today that it's partnered with financial backers to launch the Games for Change Accelerator to support devs making things with 'social impact'.
March 19, 2019
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How indie devs can form their own worker cooperative
Given the current state of the games industry, there needs to be alternative ways to run indie and midsize studios. Worker cooperatives could be the solution.
March 19, 2019
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'No console required': Google unveils streaming game platform, 'Stadia'
At GDC 2019 this morning, Google detailed its long-awaited streaming game platform, dubbed Stadia.
March 19, 2019
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Google unveils first-party game studio led by Jade Raymond
As Google took the wraps off its streaming game platform Stadia, the company also announced Stadia Games and Entertainment -- a new game studio headed up by industry vet Jade Raymond.
March 19, 2019
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Pokemon Go's PvP was designed to appeal to players new and old--and it worked
"Pokemon Go's always been about real-world social connections. We looked to this as a way to compliment our gameplay of players walking around and catching Pokemon together."
March 19, 2019
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How The Haunted Island: A Frog Detective Game subverted genre for laughs
The Haunted Island: A Frog Detective Game developer Grace Bruxner discusses the process behind writing jokes for games without feeling stiff.
March 19, 2019
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Chet Faliszek and Kimberly Voll form co-op game studio Stray Bombay
"Players are smart, they are social. But games often don’t reflect that and we think that can change. So we’re forming a new studio in Seattle that is itself co-operative."
March 18, 2019
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Rohrer: Make fewer consumable games, more 'unique situation generators'
Worried about an indiepocalypse? Veteran indie Jason Rohrer spoke at GDC today about how his own sales data suggests indies can minimize risk by making long-lived 'unique situation generator' games.
March 18, 2019
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Unity partners with Havok to roll out new physics systems
Unity has partnered with Microsoft-owned Havok to update its game engine with two new physics systems: one new default option and a 'high-end' option backed by Havok's proprietary physics engine.
March 18, 2019
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Don't miss all the cool stuff happening next week on the new GDC Main Stage!
Media Molecule, Hello Games' Sean Murray, and industry veteran Laralyn McWilliams will be part of this inspiring GDC Main Stage event (which will also be livestreamed!) next Wednesday at 12:30 PM PDT!
March 15, 2019
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PSA: Know and abide by your GDC 2019 Code of Conduct!
As you lock in your plans for GDC in San Francisco next week, take time to review and commit to the Code of Conduct, which applies to everyone at the show!
March 15, 2019