Articles associated with topic: game development career
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Weekend Roundup: Apple Arcade Strategy Shift; Facebook VR Glasses
It’s the holiday weekend! Whether you’re participating in a socially-distanced BBQ or just sticking at home by yourself, it’s a good time to take stock and relax. In the meantime, here were some… -
Weekend Roundup: Uber CEO Layoff Approach, Unreal Engine 5
It was quite a week, huh? Before we plunge into the weekend, here’s a rundown of some interesting stories from the past few days that we hadn’t yet covered, including reports of Uber CEO Dara Kho… -
Epic Games’ Google Fight Over Fortnite Highlights App Revenue Issue
Three years ago, Epic Games launched “Fortnite,” a cartoonish battle royale game that quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. The game was available through a variety of storefronts and portals—ex… -
Rockstar Games Trying to Ease Crunch Time, Boost Work-Life Balance
In the game-development industry, “crunch time” remains a persistent and emotionally fraught issue. Game companies of all sizes have pledged to respect their developers’ work-life balance, and no… -
What Distinguishes a Leader From a Manager?
Within the hierarchy of any business organization, there are obvious and necessary levels of managers who have tremendous responsibilities for keeping various business units and teams chugging al…Sponsored -
What Big Game Dev Companies Look For When Hiring
In 2020, the global games market will generate revenues of more than $160 billion. Combine this with the fact that there are over 2.5 billion video gamers across the globe, and it’s no wonder tha… -
Swift Tutorial: Learning Enums and Switch Statements
Swift enums aren’t quite as easy to master as some other aspects of the Swift programming language, but it’s a feature you should familiarize yourself with early in your quest to learn Swift. Tho… -
Weekend Update: Atari Hotels, Google Planning a Slack Killer?
Is it just us, or did January feel like it went on forever? In any case, it’s the weekend—and February! This week featured some… unusual news, to put it mildly: Google really wants to beat Slack,… -
Game Developers: Are Stories of 'Crunch Time' Overblown?
Do most game developers really struggle with endemic overwork and “crunch time,” as news reports often suggest? A new survey suggests the answer is “no”—with some important caveats. According to… -
Game Developers Wary of Subscriptions, Cloud Streaming
Game developers remain overwhelmingly interested in building games for the PC, despite a new generation of consoles and streaming services competing for gamers’ attention. There’s also some poten… -
14 Top Skills for Video Game Designers to Learn
Want to become a video-game designer? The potential rewards are vast—nobody in the industry has forgotten how Markus Persson, the creator of “Minecraft,” earned a multi-billion-dollar payday by s… -
Changing The Way The World Moves
How Ford’s Technical Specialists Manage a Globalized Workforce The automotive industry is in a state of rapid change. In addition to the expedient move to electrification, auto manufacturers arou…Sponsored