The GDC Film Festival returns for GDC 2020 — submit your film today!
Heads up, film-makers: The 2020 Game Developers Conference will play host to the third annual GDC Film Festival, and you have until Friday, December 6th to submit your work for potential inclusion Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches !
Organizers seek submissions from video game documentarians (in particular) as well as other filmmakers creating works that feature video games in a significant way. The GDC Film Festival is a great place to showcase such work, as it's one of the first ever documentary and narrative film fests focused on the art and culture of video games.
The …
Sweden, Germany and the UK rated top European dev hubs in GDC Europe survey
In order to better understand the European sector of game development right before GDC Europe, the Game Developers Conference has surveyed over 400 European games industry professionals who have attended GDC shows, read Gamasutra, or plan to attend GDC Europe 2014 in August. The resulting GDC Europe State of the Industry report offers some interesting insight into which popular and emerging platforms European developers are most excited to make games for, as well as how those developers are adapting to emerging trends like VR development and regional tax incentives for game makers. We've run multiple stories about the results, and last week we shared some data suggesting European developers are embracing crowdfu…
EA wants to use machine learning to create real-time game narratives
EA boss Andrew Wilson has been speaking to Glixel about the publisher's plan for the next five years.
Now, it's not uncommon to hear some of the industry's biggest names wax lyrical about the future or the 'next big thing' during E3. The whole point of the show, after all, is to get consumers foaming at the mouth about what lies ahead.
But what's interesting about this particular pitch is the way Wilson described EA's plan to harness neural networks and machine learning to tell dynamic, engaging, and highly-personal stories.
You see, he believes all games should strive to tell "amazing stories in an interactive world," and as a result, he…
One Life Left x GDC podcast- carousels, cash and the coldest GDC ever
GDC X One Life Left presented by Gamasutra is live on the conference floor and we are Twitch streaming together for the first time!
Today we’re joined by some incredible guests who chat carousels, cash, and the coldest GDC on record. Tune in again tomorrow at 4PM EST for more.
On the show were:
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Gemma Thomson, Kaludoscope
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Rovio shares fall by 20 percent thanks to rising UA costs
Rovio has seen its share price drop by 20 percent two months after its IPO, with declining profits and rising user acquisition (UA) costs the likely culprits.
Shares began trading for around $13.6 when the Finnish outfit first went public, but are now going for around for $11 per share.
The company's financials for the three months ended September 30 show that revenues actually increased 41.2 percent year-over-year to $83.8 million.
However, user acquisition costs rose by 308.7 percent to $26.3 million, while profits fell by 70 percent to $1.9 million.
Meanwhile, revenue in Rovio's games division rose by 40 percent, with the company explaining it received a monetization…
Get a job- Join System Era as a Senior Services Engineer
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Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised right now.
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As Senior Services Engineer at System Era, you are responsible for our online services technology stack. The team will rely on your understanding of the backend service needs of modern live-service online multiplayer games and the…
Packaged sales continue to rise at Sega, but profits are in decline
Sega has just released its financials for the nine months ended December 31, 2019, and both sales and profit are down. Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches
According to the fiscal report, consolidated sales dropped by 4 percent year-on-year to 250.3 billion yen ($2.3 billion), while profits fell by 95 percent to 681 million yen ($5.6 million) over the same period.
Digging into the company's Entertainment Contents division, which houses its video game business, sales rose by 5.2 percent to 166.2 billion yen ($1.5 billion), while operating income dropped by 38.6 percent to 10.6 billion yen ($96.5 million).
That sales upswing was partly down to t…
Report- Amazon’s New World, PlayStation games to headline video game anthology series
Prime Video is developing a new video game show, this one an anthology focused on various titles from multiple developers. Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches
Per Deadline, the series is dubbed Secret Level. Episodes will be set in the worlds of games including Spelunky and Amazon's MMO New World, along with unspecified PlayStation properties.
Deadpool director Tim Miller will head up the show through his Blur studio. The company previously worked on Love, Death, & Robots for Netflix, and was name checked as a specific source of inspiration for Secret Level.
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Sweden, Germany and the UK rated top European dev hubs in GDC Europe survey
In order to better understand the European sector of game development right before GDC Europe, the Game Developers Conference has surveyed over 400 European games industry professionals who have attended GDC shows, read Gamasutra, or plan to attend GDC Europe 2014 in August. The resulting GDC Europe State of the Industry report offers some interesting insight into which popular and emerging platforms European developers are most excited to make games for, as well as how those developers are adapting to emerging trends like VR development and regional tax incentives for game makers Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches . We've run multiple stories about the resul…
Report- Godfall dev Counterplay Games has quietly closed down
A developer at Jackalyptic Games claims Godfall creator Counterplay Games closed its doors over the holiday break.
PlayStation Lifestyle spotted a LinkedIn post from an anonymous employee, who revealed the two studios were at work on an unannounced project. This title was said to be "supercharged" by Counterplay's contribution, and they said it was "impossible to overstate [the team's] impact. From the very first day, that team put their shoulders to the wheel like it was their baby."
"Unfortunately," the Jackalyptic developer continued, "we were unable to continue our partnership into the new year, and CPG was disbanded." Game Developer can c…