Want to Build a Game Boy Game? Now’s Your Chance Nick Kolakowski, May 28, 2019 3 min read If you’re a tech professional of a certain age, you no doubt remember Nintendo’s Game Boy, the handheld game...
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...
Apple Arcade: Worthy of Game Developers’ Fear? Nick Kolakowski, April 12, 2019 4 min read When Apple introduced the App Store, it opened up a whole new world for makers of mobile games. Here was a protected,...
Indie Game Developers: Study These Nintendo Switch Bestsellers Nick Kolakowski, April 10, 2019 3 min read If you’re an indie game developer, you’re well aware of the challenges you face. With great ideas, good promotion,...
Game Dev Crunch Time Crisis Illuminated (Again) by ‘Anthem’ Woes Nick Kolakowski, April 4, 2019 5 min read Game developer BioWare hoped that “Anthem,” its massive open-world game, would become an industry-defining...
Google May Finally Unveil Game Streaming ‘Yeti’ This Year Nick Kolakowski, February 21, 2019 3 min read Maybe Google’s gaming dreams aren’t vaporware after all. At the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in March,...
Do Video Game Developers Want Unionization? Nick Kolakowski, January 28, 2019 4 min read Do game developers want unionization? If so, how do they think a union will actually help them? Every year, the Game...
Blast from the Past: Retrieving Old Game Source Code David Bolton, January 17, 2019 8 min read Way back in 1985, I created games on the ZX Spectrum/Timex and CBM-64. A friend and I set up a small software house,...
Amazon’s Streaming Game Ambitions Could Prove Great for Devs Nick Kolakowski, January 14, 2019 3 min read A few years ago, Amazon launched Lumberyard, a cross-platform 3D game engine designed to leverage the storage and...
Epic Games Storefront Could Provide Valve with Real Competition Nick Kolakowski, January 10, 2019 3 min read For years, game developers of all sizes relied on the Steam network to sell their games and related wares. In exchange...
