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Welcome to the exploration of what turns gaming into an unforgettable journey.

Like the previous Amazon layoffs earlier in the year, the company's newest cuts affect the Crown Channel and Game Growth teams in its game division.

In addition to Baldur's Gate 3, Southworth worked on games such as MediEvil: Resurrection, Blade II, and Boundless.

During his time at Blizzard, Didier drew art for nearly all of the studio's games, and famously created the Pandaren race for World of Warcraft.

The Game Awards will air on December 7, and its many nominees include the likes of Alan Wake II, Spider-Man 2, and Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

An in-depth interview with Alan Wake 2 creative director Sam Lake and game director Kyle Rowley about designing the studio's first Black protagonist.

I don't think that immersion is as crucial as the reification of The Magic Circle in design circles makes it sound.

Gyrling worked as a programmer on nearly every Naughty Dog game starting with <>Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, and also worked on Darkwatch and The Bourne Conspiracy.

Whilst the quest continues, here are the lessons I've learned (and continue to remind myself of) each time I’ve started a new project.

Update: Digital Extremes confirmed it let go of over 30 staffers with its layoffs, and that it was giving the rights of Wayfinder over to Airship Syndicate.

Hartman, a longtime veteran at Microsoft Gaming, will be taking over as Xbox Game Studios head from Matt Booty, who now oversees the ZeniMax subsidiaries.

Zelnick and Take-Two continue to see how things play out with AI and film/TV adaptation for games, lest either damage the reputations of its biggest properties.

Months after departing Owlchemy Labs, Reimer returns to VR with a new studio that aims to create social VR games with "more accessible" design.

The two-year old revived iteration of Free Radical Design may be closed down again as Embracer continues its months long company restructure.

In this article, I will try to make a case of how different games have tried to design such an experience and how Journey’s co-op tries to differ from the conventional designs of implementations in other games.