Star Wars Galaxies devs discuss why it died By Jody Macgregor 23 July 2021 News "The most infamous patch in videogame history."
Two murder mysteries and a game about smashing walls compete for the IGF grand prize By Jody Macgregor 09 May 2021 News Along with an urban photo safari, a life sim about death, and a game where you're a beagle with a magic paintbrush.
Nearly half of game devs work more than 40 hours per week, survey finds By Andy Chalk 28 April 2021 news The 2021 State of the Industry survey indicates that long working hours remains an issue for the game industry.
GDC is going digital in 2021 with online events running throughout the year By Andy Chalk 18 February 2021 news The first GDC Showcase will run in March, while the IGF and Game Developers Choice Awards will take place in July.
One third of developers have had their games delayed due to coronavirus By Joe Parlock 20 July 2020 News Longer hours, reduced income and stress have also affected development.
GDC will go 'fully digital' for its summer event in August By Andy Chalk 30 April 2020 news GDC Summer is still happening, but the planned show floor event has been dropped.
GDC Relief Fund Bundle lets you name your price for 167 games By Andy Chalk 30 March 2020 news A fundraising livestream is live on Twitch, and all the bundle proceeds go towards helping indie developers.
GDC 2020 talks are now free for everyone By Rebecca Jones 25 March 2020 News Last week's pre-recorded conference talks are now available to watch on Twitch and GDC Vault
GDC 2020 developer talks and IGF Awards will now be streamed online By Steven Messner 10 March 2020 News After it was cancelled due to coronavirus, parts of GDC will be streamed during the week it was supposed to take place.
The GDC Relief Fund is raising money for indies affected by the postponement By Fraser Brown 03 March 2020 News Several companies have teamed up to get indie devs out of a jam.
Game Developers Conference 2020 has been postponed due to coronavirus concerns By Andy Chalk, Steven Messner 29 February 2020 news Multiple high-profile participants, including Electronic Arts, Microsoft, and Facebook, have pulled out over the past week.
Epic Games and Microsoft have pulled out of GDC over coronavirus fears By Andy Chalk 27 February 2020 news GDC takes two more big losses.
GDC survey reports that 54% of developers think game workers should unionise By Fraser Brown 24 January 2020 News But most aren't sure it will happen.
Death Stranding, Control, and Outer Wilds lead the 2020 Game Developers Choice Award nominations By Andy Chalk 08 January 2020 news Disco Elysium, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Sekiro, and the Goose also drew multiple nominations.
Mutazione, Untitled Goose Game, and A Short Hike do battle for IGF award's top prize By Andy Chalk 07 January 2020 news Slay the Spire, Elsinore, and Eliza also have multiple Independent Game Festival award nominations.
Unity is betting big on ray tracing—here's how they brought it to their engine By Alan Bradley 03 April 2019 Engine Revving We chat with the makers of Unity about doubling down on ray tracing and making it accessible for developers.
Google is announcing its big gaming plans right now, watch it live By Tyler Wilde 19 March 2019 news What's the tech giant up to? Find out right now.
Google teases its 'vision for the future of gaming' keynote at GDC By Andy Chalk 12 March 2019 news Tunnels. Passages. Portals. Get the message?
Loot boxes aren't going away, GDC survey says By Andy Chalk 24 January 2018 news Developers say the industry needs to figure out how to make them work, because studios need them to survive.
Tim Sweeney earns the Game Developers Choice Lifetime Achievement Award By Andy Chalk 20 January 2017 news Sweeney is the founder of Epic Games and creator of the Unreal Engine.
