Lumberyard: What Happened to Amazon’s Gaming Dreams? Nick Kolakowski, September 27, 2019 3 min read In the beginning (that is, early 2016), Amazon Lumberyard offered a lot of promise to game developers at all...
Apple Arcade: Game Developers Still Don’t Have Answers They Need Nate Swanner, September 16, 2019 6 min read Apple Arcade, a monthly subscription service that Apple says will have more than 100 titles, launches September 19...
Unity Offering New Project Tools for Student Coders Nick Kolakowski, August 14, 2019 4 min read Unity Technologies is pushing into the education realm with two new educational tools, one aimed at students and the...
Developers Split on Tech Unionization Question Nick Kolakowski, July 10, 2019 3 min read Should developers unionize? We put that question to you last month. The results… were decidedly mixed. Some 52...
Amazon Game Studio Layoffs Hint at Long-Running Issues Nick Kolakowski, June 18, 2019 3 min read Amazon has reportedly laid off dozens of employees in its game division. According to Kotaku, the gaming blog that...
Crunch Time Drama Continues with ‘Fortnite’ Creators Nick Kolakowski, April 26, 2019 5 min read It’s bad when a company launches a product that fails. But a product that succeeds beyond its creators’ wildest...
Pump the Brakes: Google Stadia is Largely an Idea Right Now Nate Swanner, March 25, 2019 14 min read Google Stadia sounds cool. Gaming anywhere you have a data connection, streaming console-level titles from one of...
Here’s How Game Developers Make Money Nate Swanner, October 4, 2018 4 min read Game developers are making more money, according to a recent study from Developer Economics. That's good news for...
Hyper-Casual Games: Should You Make One? Nate Swanner, August 15, 2018 4 min read If you’ve never heard of "hyper-casual games," don’t be alarmed. It’s a relatively new term, but a genre that's...
Niantic’s Incoming AR Developer Platform Has It All Nate Swanner, June 29, 2018 4 min read Niantic Labs, made popular by the blockbuster game "Pokemon Go," has unveiled a new developer platform for augmented...
