WeChat, China’s most used social platform, on Wednesday announced it is partnering with major technology platforms including Facebook and Microsoft to invite developers to a global hackathon in order to help the fight against the coronavirus pandemic with technology. WeChat is joining with industry peers to launch the COVID-19 Global Hackathon starting March 26, 2020,[…..] […]
The BFI and The Film and TV Charity have set up a new COVID-19 emergency relief fund for the Film and TV industry with a £1M donation made by Netflix. The BFI and The Film and TV Charity have partnered to create a new industry-backed Covid-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund to help support[…..] […]
Game Developers Conference organizers are excited to announce that the insightful talks delivered by game industry experts during GDC 2020 last week are now available to watch on the GDC Vault! The unique challenges presented by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic demanded some quick thinking on the part of GDC presenters, and this year organizers were[…..] […]
As an event that celebrates a global community, our thoughts go out to all who have been greatly impacted by COVID-19. SIGGRAPH 2020 leadership is actively monitoring news from the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other trusted sources. A Health & Safety web page is being[…..] […]
Dave Lang is founder of Iron Galaxy Studios, known for Killer Instinct, Extinction, Divekick, and world class ports of games like Skyrim, Overwatch, and the venerable Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition. Lang has a storied past in game development and shares his learnings about how to make a studio that’s built to last,[…..] […]
NACON ANNOUNCES WRC 9, WRC 10 AND WRC 11 Lesquin, France, March 19, 2020 – NACON and its development studio KT Racing are pleased to announce WRC 9, the official video game of the FIA World Rally Championship. After the success of WRC 8, WRC 9 has multiple improvements and new features for rally gaming[…..] […]
SAN FRANCISCO – March 19, 2020 – Informa Tech, organizer of the Game Developers Conference® (GDC), has announced GDC Summer, a three-day celebration of the art, craft and business of game development, to be held from August 4-6 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. GDC Summer will be a unique Game Developers Conference experience[…..] […]
Remedy Entertainment’s Control, ZA/UM’s Disco Elysium and Hempuli’s Baba is You Win Multiple Awards SAN FRANCISCO – March 18, 2020 – House House’s runaway viral sensation, Untitled Goose Game, was honored by the game development community with the prize of Game of the Year at tonight’s 20th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) ceremony. Originally[…..] […]
Adam Robinson-Yu’s A Short Hike won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game at the 22nd annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards tonight! Originally scheduled to take place during the now-postponed Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, the IGF Awards ceremony was reformatted as a virtual livestream to recognize some of the most[…..] […]
The winners were revealed by writer and comedian Paul Merton and were streamed live to nominees and viewers at home, via the RTS website. The Royal Television Society (RTS), Britain’s leading forum for television and related media, announced the winners of the prestigious Royal Television Society Programme Awards, in partnership with Audio Network, behind closed[…..] […]
