Articles about Game development

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Seattle Indies Summer Picnic

The annual Seattle Indies Summer Picnic returns to Madrona Park. Join the local indie game development community for a relaxed… Read More

Game devs unionize to improve working conditions on ‘Magic: The Gathering – Arena’ team

Developers working on Magic: The Gathering – Arena at Renton, Wash.-based Wizards of the Coast have formed a union with the Communications Workers of America, seeking protections on remote work, layoffs, AI use, and overtime. Read More

The state of video games: Big releases, bigger layoffs, and an imminent crisis point

2023 has been one of the best years in recent memory if you’re a fan of video games. The release… Read More

Unity’s Marc Whitten shares apology note following backlash to controversial licensing policies

After more than a week of controversy, Unity Technologies posted an apology letter to its community and promised to undo… Read More

Veteran video game developers, visual effects experts launch new Vancouver B.C. studio Blinkmoon

An Emmy-winning visual effects artist has joined an industry colleague and a veteran video game producer to found a new… Read More

How this co-working space helps build community and camaraderie around indie game development

Christopher Floyd moved to Seattle in 2014 because of its massive gaming industry presence. Along with big game publishers including… Read More

‘Game Development the Musical’ is an entertaining take on the realities of working in video games

Working in the video game industry can be glorified by those who don’t understand the ins and outs of game… Read More

Four Seattle girls score top prize in national Girls Make Games competition with game about bullying

When Gracie Clauson, Isadora Tiffe, Keira Munko, and Crystal Nelson decided to attend Seattle’s Girls Make Games day camp last… Read More

‘It’s very David and Goliath’: Inside the growing effort to unionize video game developers

Jen MacLean, the newly appointed executive director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), hosted a round-table discussion at the… Read More

GeekGirlCon: What the rest of the tech industry can learn from women in games

Diversity, and particularly gender diversity, seems to be a constant struggle for most areas of technology and science. “I always… Read More

Microsoft acquires SyntaxTree, boosting support for Unity game engine

Microsoft has acquired SyntaxTree, the developer of the UnityVS plugin for Visual Studio. The UnityVS tool allows game creators to use… Read More

The power of perspective: DigiPen students debut popular mind-bending game

“Perspective,” the latest creation from Redmond’s DigiPen University, is not easy to explain in words. It’s an experimental first person puzzle… Read More