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War Games Become Vital History Lesson as Greatest Generation Dies Out | Glixel (Rolling Stone)

Charles Scot-Brown, 94, is watching Call of Duty: WWII’s soldiers storm Omaha Beach. “It’s basically authentic,” he says. “Whoever designed that knew something about what they were doing.” And he’d know: at just 20 years old, he left his native ...

Devs reflect on the impact and legacy of Burnout Paradise | Gamasutra

“Nobody was interested” in Burnout Paradise prior to its release, series co-creator Alex Ward tells Gamasutra. “I remember taking it to E3, and pretty much nobody came to see it. The folks running EA [the game’s publisher] were thinking: ‘get ...

How a Gears of War dev built the chill Shape of the World on the side | Gamasutra

Stu Maxwell spends his days designing blood splatters and giant guns at a triple-A studio, and his nights making a serene exploration game about planting seeds and floating across treetops. It’s a development life of contrasts: his indie game, called ...

Elea Episode 1 Review | Trusted Reviews

The first episode of Elea is full of bugs, awkward voice acting, wonky animations and boring puzzles. And yet, somehow, it remains intriguing. Its story is deeply personal, and its sci-fi setting—fleshed out with short, sharp text descriptions—feels believable...

Wot I Think – Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

The voices won’t stop. They’re whispering in my ear, gnawing at my skull from all angles. “Turn back”, one says. “They’re watching you”. “She falls for their tricks every time,” says another, cackling while Senua screams. More than once during ...

Google is building a smart city in Toronto – here’s what you need to know | TechRadar

We know Google can build phones, tablets, laptops, thermostats, watches, smart glasses (sort of) and driverless cars, but can they build a city? Over the next few years, we’ll find out: Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, ...

Meet the dev making his first DOS game -- in 2018 | Gamasutra

“It’s frustrating,” says David Murray, developer of Planet X3, which has raised over $100,000 on Kickstarter. “You Google [a programming problem], it will pull up some forum that will say ‘here’s how you do that, check this link’. You click ...

How Bossa relied on players to help build its skyfaring MMO Worlds Adrift | Gamasutra

Creating a massively multiplayer online game with a persistent world, physics-based combat and complex open-world flying mechanics would be difficult enough with a 100-strong team of talented developers. But four years ago, Bossa Studios set out to do it with ...

How Slay the Spire 's devs use data to balance their roguelike deck-builder | Gamasutra

Mega Crit Games' roguelike deck-builder Slay the Spire has already amassed nearly 400,000 players since entering Early Access in November, according to SteamSpy, and received almost unanimous praise from critics and players – not bad for a game with just ...

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