A lot can happen in five years, especially in a tech field as fast-moving as virtual reality. For Oculus VR, it started with an 18-year-old Palmer Luckey making headset prototypes in his parents’ house. Then came more duct-taped prototypes, some serious evangelizing from prominent tech figures like John Carmack, a multi-million-dollar Kickstarter campaign, a grassroots VR developer movement (that continues today), and a $2 billion Facebook buyout.

Oculus VR is the company responsible for kicking off enthusiasm for a whole new generation of VR – today’s VR tech has the support of not only a growing and engaged VR development community, but also companies with the resources and business interest to push VR in the mainstream, eventually.

It's been clear for some time that Microsoft has lagged behind Sony when it comes to sales of modern consoles. However, it's been difficult to pin down the exact difference due to the paucity of public sales data. The best we've been able to do is report that, as of April, Sony had sold at least 7 million PlayStation 4 consoles through to consumers while Microsoft had sold just 5 million Xbox Ones to retailers. Today, Ars Technica took a stab at shedding more light on the topic in an interesting report that estimates Microsoft has sold no more than 7.5 million Xbox Ones worldwide since September, while Sony has sold at least a bit more than 10 million PlayStation 4 units

Research firm Juniper Research has put together a report that suggests revenues from tablet games to jump from $3.6 billion this year to $13.3 billion in 2019. The factors that will influence this growth include "improved storage capacity of devices, better graphical capabilities, increasing mobile broadband penetration and consumers' preference for convenience and ubiquity," Juniper says. The firm suggests that over the next year, independent developers will be further squeezed in the app store markets and need to raise more funds to compete for "consumer awareness," something we're already seeing in blog after blog after blog. Notably, Juniper pre…

Show two from GDC, and the first from the convention floor! Join us and 12 super special guests as we talk about what's coming up this week, how many VR panels can fit into one lineup and we continue to ask the all-important question 'How do you pronounce Vive Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches ?'

Featuring John Warner from Over The Moon Games, Andy Nealen from NYU, Tarn Adams from Bay 12 Games, Kongregate co-founder Emily Greer, Fullbright's Nina Freeman, Henrike Lode

With GDC Europe just weeks away, conference officials are excited to debut two more expert talks that will take place during the August conference in Cologne, Germany and address contemporary issues facing the game industry. Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches

You'll find both of these sessions on the GDC Europe Business track of talks, which encompasses everything from practical game studio staffing advice to insight into the value of new free-to-play monetization techniques.

Case in point: GDC Europe is proud to host an expert panel of studio hiring managers from Square Enix Europe, Gameloft, King and more in conversation on "

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Art Director, Nix Hydra

Location: Los Angeles, CA Nix Hydra Games is seeking an Art Director to join our team. The qualifying person will be a key member on our project teams! This is the perfect opportunity for someone who loves working on small teams and having a voice that’s heard in a productive and collaborative work environment. If you are a …

The Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry! Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised right now.

Senior Manager of Engineering, Big Data, GREE International

Location: San Francisco, CA The GREE Game Studio develops AAA games for the iOS and Android platforms. The Studio builds games natively using the advantages of each operating system. To date, the Studio’s published titles have all been in iTun…

Life is Strange: Double Exposure developer Deck Nine Games has laid off an undisclosed number of employees. Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches

Studio CEO Mark Lyons confirmed the news in a post on Linkedin.

"Today, we are sad to share the news that we must say goodbye to some of our talented team members," he wrote, echoing the chorus of studios that have downsized in 2024. "This was an extremely difficult decisions and reflects the challenging times many companies in our industry are facing."

The news comes shortly after the release of Double Ex…

We're just weeks away from GDC 2016, and a group of developers who want to ride the rails from Chicago to California in time to attend the March conference in San Francisco — and make a game along the way — have signed on to do so as part of the third annual Train Jam game jam.

The brainchild of indie developer Adriel Wallick, Train Jam has become a valuable place for developers to collaborate in close proximity with the promise (and the pressure) of knowing their work will be part of a unique showcase on the GDC show floor the following week.

This year the third annual Train Jam will once again last a little over two days and take place entirely within an Amtrak train. Participants have from when the trai…