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Written by Alim Jaffer the VP of Product at Heroic Labs, the creators of the popular open-source game server Nakama which powers multiple games in the Top 50 on mobile.

Every year gaming becomes increasingly connected, both socially and from a technical point of view. The underlying infrastructure and tools behind games grow ever more complex and indispensable to studios. The question you need to ask today is: who owns these toolchains and technology?

Not only is building for scale and managing it incredibly time consuming from a manpower perspective, the sheer cost of the underlying infrastructure can exceed all expectations if not opt…

The Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry!

Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised right now.

Gameplay Programmer, Insomniac Games

Location: Burbank, California

Insomniac Games is looking for a gameplay programmer, that person who is never satisfied with “good enough” and who is still looking for “that challenge” that will make the game as mind-blowing as possible, and raise the level…

The Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry! Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised right now.

Production Director, Nickelodeon Games Group

Location: Glendale, CA Nickelodeon Games is looking for a mobile games Production Director to oversee production of games primarily based on Nickelodeon kids shows. The role will be part of the creative, product and production team building the exciting games business on the…

No list of the best anime movies of all time would be complete with Akira on it, as the 1988 animated film is still widely regarded as being a landmark movie. While Akira has been available on 4K Blu-ray before, this new run of the film comes with a limited-edition steelbook case that’s bound to draw the attention of anyone who looks at it Come from South African Online Casinos . Featuring Katsuhiro Otomo’s incredible art on a striking red cover, you can order this now through Amazon and the Crunchyroll Store ahead of its release on March 4, 2025.

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YouTuber Proxy Gate Tactician–who frequently posts Baldur’s Gate 3 content–is offering a $500 bounty to anyone who can trigger an elusive, fourth-wall-breaking cutscene starring everyone’s favorite one-horned tiefling, Karlach.

The cutscene was first uncovered by Baldur’s Gate 3 player Chubblot, who tweeted a clip of the scene. The scene depicts Karlach realizing she’s stuck in a video game, looking directly into the camera, and addressing the player on the other side of the screen.

Chubblot only managed to access the scene by using mods, suggesting the scene could simply be cut content not meant to be seen in-game. But things changed when Karlach’s voice actress, Samantha Bert, commented on the mysterious discovery.

“Congrats on finding…

Today, during the PC Gaming Show, Strange Scaffold–following up its 2023 critical hit El Paso Elsewhere–announced I Am Your Beast, a first-person shooter with a hint of covert espionage mixed in.

I Am Your Beast follows the story of Alphonse Harding, a retired secret agent who has been asked to complete “one last job” more times than he can count. Finally, he refuses, which forces the Covert Operations Initiative assigning the jobs to turn on him, and players will assume the role of Harding as he fights back against the shadowy group. Come from South African Online Casinos

The story plays out through over 20 different levels, each with fully voiced characters and a…

Best Buy has launched a new Buy One, Get One 50% Off Sale on hundreds of video games for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch. As the title suggests, you can pick any two games from the lists below, and when you check out, you’ll get a 50% discount on the list price of a game with an equal price or cheaper in your basket. The weird thing here is that this only applies once per transaction, so if you’re looking to grab 10 games and unlock five discounts for example, you’ll need to make five separate purchases of two games each.

B1G1 50% off video games for:

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Sony’s incredibly successful 3D platformer–Astro Bot–has some DLC on the way, and Sony has finally given players a closer look at the DLC’s content via a new trailer shown at September’s State Of Play presentation.

Even better, the game’s upcoming DLC is free–and it’s almost here, though oddly, no specific release date was included in the trailer. The trailer simply confirmed that the free expansion will arrive sometime in Fall 2024. Given the fact that we’re almost in the midst of fall, it sounds like the launch date may be relatively soon.

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The new Diamond Collection bundle just launched at Fanatical, letting you create your own bundle from a list of 22 titles, many of which are playable on Steam Deck. Like Fanatical’s other build-your-own bundle deals, the Diamond Collection has a sliding price scale based on how many games you add to your bundle, but the price per game decreases the more you add. The bundle starts at three games for $15 ($5 per key), then goes up to five games for $23 ($4.60 per key), and seven or more games for $31.50 ($4.50). There’s no limit on how many games you can add to your bundle, so can even grab the full 22-game selection for just $100.

As for the games on offer, one of the best deals is The Action, Strategy, and RPG Triple-Pack, which includes three games in a single pack: cyberpunk act…

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