GDC 2023
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Indie games: who buys what, and why?
Humble's Phil Hofman breaks down the results of a study into indie game buyers' tastes and preferences
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Understanding the barriers facing games students – and how to remove them
At GDC, Cristina Amaya and Kenzie Gordon went through some of the issues with game education, and what could help students and new graduates
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Everything you never wanted to know about burnout
A panel of people with experience in occupational burnout share their professional and personal perspectives on its causes, effects, and how it can be avoided
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How does Zynga hunt for whales? | This Week in Business
VP of player success details how the company uses gambling industry tactics to maximize the money it gets from its biggest spenders
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Rod Humble says the future of the metaverse is private and player-first
Developer with experience on The Sims and Second Life explains why Life By You is offline and single-player
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GDC 2023 sees attendance of 28,000
San Francisco's Moscone Center hosted over 1,000 speakers; the 2024 show is set for March 18-22
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Sarkeesian: "Your DEI initiatives are making your culture worse"
GDC session from Feminist Frequency's Anita Sarkeesian says current corporate diversity efforts are part of the problem, offers ways to improve them
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GDC exploring development of abuse hotline following recent allegations
Organisers emphasise the strict code of conduct in place for annual conference, and other health and safety measures
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Abuse allegations emerge in the wake of GDC 2023
Update: GDC organises say assault and drink spiking are "outrageous and unacceptable," encourages reporting to the police
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GDC 2023's AI buzz has a familiar feel | This Week in Business
The pandemic's impact remains apparent, but this year's show is back to normal in a number of ways
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Fortnite's evolution is delivering on metaverse dreams | Opinion
More than just a buzzword to Epic, the evolution of Fortnite is on the cusp of creating a genuine metaverse-esque platform with many millions of daily users
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GDC 2023: Engine provider also says developers will gain access to more tech from Speedtree and Ziva later this year
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New York Times: "Buying Wordle substantially changed our business"
GDC 2023: Executive producer Zoe Bell shared one year of Wordle success and described the pillars of a NYT game
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Merge games as a fulfillment of the American Dream
GDC 2023: Big Fish's newly installed VP of creative Jason Mai explains how he approached EverMerge and a genre he didn't really know when he was hired six months ago
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Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarök sweep GDC 2023 Awards
Meanwhile, Betrayal At Club Low takes both top accolades at Independent Games Festival Awards
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Tim Sweeney believes the metaverse is "happening for real"
GDC 2023: Epic Games boss says Apple "will either try to crush the metaverse, or extract all the profit from it"
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Unreal Editor for Fortnite launching in beta today
GDC 2023: Epic's State of Unreal showed off long awaited UEFN and Creator Economy 2.0, as well as new unified marketplace Fab, which is open to all engines
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Pokémon Snap, systemic comedy and siding with the player: How Bugsnax came to life
GDC 2023: Young Horses' John Murphy on Bugsnax's pitching and prototyping stages and the unexpected inspirations behind the hit
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Amazon Luna launches in the UK, Germany and Canada
Ubisoft+ support also available to UK subscribers from today as Amazon's cloud gaming service expands
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ID@Xbox has paid out more than $4bn to developers in ten years
Microsoft's indie initiative has launched over 3,000 games, another 3,000 to come, revamped submission process in the works
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Xbox upgrades its developer program designed to support underrepresented creators
Microsoft details the ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program
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CCP raises $40m for AAA blockchain game in EVE Online universe
Funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz
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The evolution of Sky's seasonal events
GDC 2023: That Game Company's Tim Nixon details how the Children of the Light developer builds its free-to-play live service events around emotion
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Respawn opens third studio to keep Apex Legends going for '10 to 15 years'
Call of Duty veteran Ryan Burnett to lead new studio in Madison, Wisconsin
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Facepunch cancels GDC meet-up following threats to developer safety
Rust developer will instead speak to attendees and review portfolios via email