Articles associated with topic: game development career
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How to Become a Game Developer
For avid gamers, there’s never been a better time to turn your passion into a viable career as a game developer. Technological advancements and the rise of different types of development houses, genres and gami… -
Video Game Designer Salary and the Skills You Need to Maximize It
Video games are a big business, with the most popular titles earning billions of dollars. Given all that money in play (so to speak), how much do video game designers earn? Is game design more lucrative than ot… -
Game Designer Resume Template: Tips and Tricks for Writing a Great One
When you’re a game designer, your professional objective is a simple one: beat out all other competitors for a chance at taking on the big boss (i.e., landing the job of your dreams). What’s the best way to sta… -
Are Game Developers Making Their Games Accessible to Everyone?
Building accessibility into video games is a key issue for many game developers. A new study suggests the game industry is making progress when it comes to making the majority of games accessible to disabled pe… -
SponsoredChanging 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 around the world ar… -
Are Most Game Developers Still Dealing with 'Crunch Time' and Overwork?
“Crunch time” remains an endemic problem in the software-development world, despite companies’ very public attempts to squish the practice. Video game development has a particularly bad reputation as an arena i… -
Has the Video Game Industry Embraced Diversity and Inclusion?
Over the past few years, companies throughout the tech industry have devoted more resources to promoting workforce diversity and inclusion. Have game studios put the same focus on a more diverse and inclusive w… -
Sony's Bungie Acquisition Will Fuel Designer, Engineer Hiring Spree
Microsoft’s recent acquisition of Blizzard Activision (for an eye-popping $68.7 billion) has potentially kicked off a wave of consolidation within the video-game industry: Now Sony has announced the acquisition… -
Which Game Platforms Interest Developers the Most for Future Games?
What game platforms interest developers right now? That’s a crucial question: Devoting immense time and resources to building a game for an unpopular platform can potentially sink a game studio (and hobble a de… -
Riot Games to Pay $100 Million to Settle Gender-Discrimination Suit
Riot Games will pay $100 million to settle a gender-based discrimination class-action suit. Some $80 million of that will go to members of the class-action suit, and the rest to plaintiffs’ legal fees. “This is… -
Could Unity's Weta Digital Acquisition Draw More Developers to Platform?
Unity Software, builder of the popular cross-platform game engine, announced the acquisition of digital-effects powerhouse Weta Digital for $1.65 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Unity will make Weta’… -
SponsoredWhy Finding Your 'Work-Life Integration' is Better Than 'Work-Life Balance'
We’re all familiar with the so-called Work-Life Balance. But, this conjures up visions of see-saws that must be perfectly balanced with equal weights on both ends at all times to ensure success. I personally be…