Video game designer education – it’s in electives

In an increasingly saturated video game programming market, how does a developer distinguish himself enough to stand out of the crowd? The Game Career Guide has recently published Michael McCoy’s feature on Academics for Game Designers, reflecting on 12 years in the computer industry as a game designer, and suggesting academic pursuits for a career [...]

XNA community site for game development

If you are a small game studio, hobbyist, or student looking to get started in game development or find resources to help a game concept already in development, look no further than the XNA Creators Club Online community.

The new Creators Club Online website has recently gone live, and already offers resources to aspiring XNA game [...]

Profitability in video game industry

BBC’s recent technology article questions the profitability of the video game industry. The shift to the next generation consoles has placed the market into a low point during the transition, and “games developers are unlikely to make a profit on new titles until 2008″. Based on Screen Digest’s report.

The abundant hardware power that came with [...]