Facebook accidentally sent developer reports to app testers

While Facebook is still reeling from it’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, it has been trying to clean up its image as a company that plays fast and loose with your privacy. Unfortunately, there’s yet another issue. According to TechCrunch, Facebook accidentally leaked analytics reports from developers to app testers. A developer contacted TechCrunch with the news […]

Interview: Ikaruga’s beloved developer Treasure on keeping games old-school forever

Treasure won. Masato Maegawa and his crew of arcade game obsessives tore out of Konami in 1993 to start their own company. To make games the right way. “If we don’t find the game interesting ourselves,” said founder Masato Maegawa, “we won’t be satisfied with it.” They’ve never strayed from that ambition, churning out a […]

‘Terraria’ developer cancels the sandbox adventure’s sequel

Terraria made quite a splash when it launched in 2011, that its creators ended up releasing it on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PS Vita, Wii U and even on mobile platforms. The 2D sandbox action-adventure title was so warmly received that indie developer Re-Logic announced that it’s working on a sequel three years […]

Jam City president thinks every developer should think about branded content

Not every developer is willing to commit to creating an entire game based on licensed IP, but Jam City president and chief operating officer Josh Yguado thinks every developer should at least consider incorporating branded events. “As a game developer, it’s something everyone should think about,” he said onstage at today at the Ga…Read More

Developer removes randomized loot boxes from Middle-Earth: Shadow of War

Enlarge / Scenes like this one of purchasing in-game orcs for real money will soon be removed from Shadow of War. The widespread backlash against paying real money for randomized loot boxes full of in-game items has claimed another high-profile victim. Last night, developer Monolith announced that it will be “permanently removing Gold, War Chests, […]

Magic Leap developer units must be kept in locked safes

Magic Leap is known for its secrecy. The company kept its One headset under wraps for years, teasing out details with ambiguous conference speeches and restrictive press opportunities. It should come as no surprise, then, to hear that developer units are being shipped out with an unusual caveat: while not in use, they have to […]

Play With Gilbert Developer Talks Game Design With His Daughter

The world of game design is tough. You have to keep functionality, integrity, and entertainment value in balance for a great concoction. Now, try mixing in the imagination of a child and their wild ideas – maintaining that balance is a whole lot trickier! Joure Visser is the developer for a game called Play With […]

When slow downloads hit an app developer, only Comcast customers suffered

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) App developer Panic Inc. knew it had a network problem when customers began complaining about trouble downloading and updating Panic apps. “Geez, your downloads are really slow!” was the common complaint that started coming in a few months ago, Panic co-founder Cabel Sasser explained in a blog post titled, “The Mystery […]

Android P Developer Preview arrives with new notification panel, notch support

Enlarge / Google’s logo for the Android P Developer Preview. (credit: Google) In what is quickly becoming an annual March tradition, Google is once again releasing an early preview of the next major version of Android. The Android P Developer Preview is out right now for developers (and eager Android enthusiasts) to take for a […]

Chrome 65 arrives with Material Design extensions page and new developer features

Google today launched Chrome 65 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Additions in this release include Material Design changes and new developer features. You can update to the latest version now using the browser’s built-in silent updater or download it directly from google.com/chrome. With over 1 billion users, Chrome is both a browser and a […]