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The 2017 Game Developers Conference is a place for game makers to learn from experts around the game industry, and today organizers are proud to announce a great talk from one of the veterans of the competitive fighting game scene.

Tom Cannon, cofounder of Radiant Entertainment and, before that, the long-running Evolution Championship Series (EVO) fighting game tournament, is coming to GDC 2017 later this month to deliver an eSports Day talk on "Arcade to eSports: How Your Competitive Game Influences Player Culture and Values."

Cannon is intimately familiar with all sides of this subject, being both a key player in the competitive fighting game community and a game developer with…

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While the full global impact of coronavirus is yet to be revealed, the video game industry has shown great resilience in the face of the pandemic. 

That’s welcome news if you’ve had your sights set on getting a job in the games industry.

Game sales have skyrocketed and consumer demand is high as social distancing has encouraged people to explore new ways to stay connected and entertained at home.

But it’s not quite business as usual for most game studios, and there are a number of shifts to consider as you make your first steps into the industry. 

For one, networking is a challenge when many in-person events have been postponed o…

It's been a good year for Sony's Game and Network Services division — which handles the company's video game operations — with sales, operating revenue, and operating income all growing year-over-year. 

Sales and operating revenue for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, increased by 11.8 percent, rising to 1.6 trillion yen ($13.7 billion) from 1.4 trillion yen ($12.8 billion) in 2015.

Operating income also received a welcome boost, climbing to 88.7 billion yen ($785 million) from 48.1 billion yen ($443.8 million) — an increase of 84.3 percent. 

The company attributed its upturn in fortunes to a significant rise in PlayStation 4 software and hardware sales, with the company shi…

PocketGamer reports developer Kukouri Mobile Entertainment is leaving game development.

In a statement, CEO Petri Piipari revealed the studio has gradually moved away from game development "for a few years now." It's already sold its two game IPs, Pixel Worlds and Tiny Troopers, to Social First. The studio itself still exists, but will pivot to another industry.

Piipari revealed its struggles with the two, now delisted properties: Pixel Worlds has failed to be "commercially viable" in recent months, and Troopers is licensed to a separate developer and p…

Canadian indie studio Spearhead Games is laying off the majority of its development team after struggling to secure funding.

The company is also "indefinitely" halting development on Unforetold: Witchstone on March 8, 2024. That means Hotfix #7 will likely be the last update for the title.

Spearhead was founded in 2012 by Malik Boukhira and Atul Mehra. It has produced multiple games including Stories: The Path of Destinies, Tiny Brains, and Omensight. Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches

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Heads up, European game makers: this year's call for submissions to present games in the second annual European Innovative Games Showcase at GDC Europe 2015 ends this Friday, May 22nd.

That's coming up quick, but you've still got time left to submit your game for possible inclusion in the Showcase, which will take place during the Independent Games Summit at the Cologne, Germany show this August.

The winning creators will be offered 5-minute microtalks at the final session of GDC Europe's IGS, showcasing what's special about their current project. For an idea of what we're talking about, check out the GDC Vault v…

Final Fantasy maker Square Enix is looking to reshape its production pipeline to revitalize its game business.

As reported by Bloomberg (via Google translate), company president and representative director Takashi Kiryu announced the pivot during a financial briefing.

Kiryu suggested that Square Enix will become less reliant on outsourcing studios and focus on producing large-scale titles internally with a focus on improving the quality of its releases and driving profit.

Multiple people who attended the conference call told Bloomberg that Square wants to implement its new system in April and will bake additional procedures into its workflow to better assess the quality of projects at an earlier stage