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Former Ubisoft and EA PR Lidia Rumley shares advice on not just promoting your game but also your business
Four steps to launching a VR game on Oculus
Richard Duck details the technical and content guidelines for launching a virtual reality game on Oculus
Eight principles for making a game influencer-friendly
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How to approach mental health issues in the workplace
Games studios championing mental health awareness tell the GamesIndustry.biz Academy about how to support and safeguard your staff's emotional well-being
How every studio head can stop their business from failing
Matt Binkowski explores the three pillars to keeping your business in good health
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The best practices and design principles of VR development
VR developers tell the GamesIndustry.biz Academy about the golden rules and design challenges of making games for virtual reality
How to transition from working from home to being a remote studio
Due to the coronavirus crisis, leading games studios are having to learn to work remotely. But how do you make a success of working from home?
What's the secret to great PR?
Former Ubisoft and EA PR Lidia Rumley shares advice on not just promoting your game but also your business
A brief guide to writing for video games
Our EGX Rezzed Digital panel discusses the different aspects of being a writer in the games industry
Six ways to improve your world building
Kate Edwards gives developers advice and tools to build fully realised game worlds
Killing creative block with kindness
Gabby DeRienzo shares the process that helped her recover from burnout while working on Super Crush KO
Tips for developers making a cross-platform game
AccelByte's Raymond Arifianto shares strategic and technical insights on cross-platform design
Four steps to launching a VR game on Oculus
Richard Duck details the technical and content guidelines for launching a virtual reality game on Oculus
Eight principles for making a game influencer-friendly
ICO Partners' David Ortiz Lapaz lays out ways developers and marketers can make games work for content creators
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