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Two-week brainstorming and prototyping session to be livestreamed, projects selected by fans

Tim Schafer has voiced his issues with the game industry’s revolving door regarding employment. One of the most frustrating things about the games industry is that teams of people come together to make a game, and maybe they struggle and make mistakes along the way, but by the end of …

Continually rebuilding teams means loss of wisdom and experience

Game projects bring in more cash for crowdfunding site than any other category

Veteran game writers Erik Wolpaw and Tim Schafer believe titles that push player-driven experiences such as Minecraft and DayZ are the future of the general gaming medium. Speaking at a panel in Seattle over the weekend (and passed on by Kotaku), the pair waxed poetic on what the two titles …

Free-to-play title Middle Manager of Justice to be first of free new titles

Studio moving away from work for hire to focus on self-publishing free-to-play

Game Masters took place down under this week, while some new businesses partnered, SEGA respawned, and Trip Hawkins confirmed for iFest. A new distributor has opened its doors, with Turn Left Distribution securing Disney and aiming squarely at the triple A high-end publisher market. While Sega’s restructure has also seen …

'I think they're going to see a lot of migration from developers and fans to more open environments'

Open source multiplatform SDK weapon of choice for Kickstarter project