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GDC's November 2019 Newsletter comes packed with: GDC YouTube picks from Frank Lantz, director of NYU Game Center Episode 4 of the GDC Podcast, featuring Indivisible's lead writer, Brandon Sheffield A GDC Twitch stream with Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, game directors on The Outer Worlds | | | | Get an inside look at the design of Respawn's Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. Learn More >> Game Funding & Investment Summit: A new addition to GDC 2020. Learn More >> GDC 2019 Narrative Wall Twine game is live! Check it out >> alt.ctrl.gdc submissions closing November 29. Learn More >> GDC Film Festival submissions closing December 6. Learn More >> | | |
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| On this month's episode, find out how Indivisible lead writer Brandon Sheffield injects humor, emotions, and personality into the action RPG's dozens of characters. | | Listen Now |
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| | | | | The Outer Worlds is one of the best roleplaying games of the year, with highly memorable characters and unique worlds. On theGDC Twitch Channel, game directors (and game industry legends) Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky of Obsidian told us about the design lessons pulled from creation of The Outer Worlds. |
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| | A selection of video game long-reads curated by GDC EVP Simon Carless Check out full version here >>
The Sims 4 University is better than actual college Cass Marshall / Polygon - ARTICLE "After my new Sim spent a long day hitting the books for my macroeconomics exam, I figured it was OK for her to take a break. So she headed down to an impromptu DJ party out in the wilderness. After studying all day, what’s wrong with one party?" Read More >>
Doom creator John Romero on what's wrong with modern shooter games Edwin Evans-Thirlwell / The Guardian - ARTICLE "When I meet Romero after a media showing of Empire of Sin, his partner Brenda Romero’s Prohibition-era gangster game (hence the speakeasy), I’m eager for his thoughts on how today’s shooters differ from the pixelated provocateurs of the 1990s. His eyes brighten when I start talking about demons and power-ups." Read More >>
Jedi: Fallen Order shows that a good Star Wars game doesn't have to be original Andrew Webster / The Verge - ARTICLE "There’s little about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order that actually feels new. The latest game from Titanfall and Apex Legends studio Respawn, Fallen Order is an action-adventure game that’s something of a mish-mash of its contemporaries, blending elements of Tomb Raider, Breath of the Wild, Uncharted, God of War, and more, before slathering the concoction with a fine layer of Star Wars mythology." Read More >> |
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