Video game modding has been a way for aspiring developers to land professional industry jobs. The creator economy has made it possible for modders to monetize the hobby independently as well. This ...

Remember the first time you picked up a controller and realized that your hand-eye-decision coordination was making big moves? You! You were not just playing but building stories, resolving conflicts, ...

Career as a skill tree Scholz is now working on developing a career development system that is inspired by skill trees in video games. "In many games, there is a visual system where you can see what ...

This article is part of our Get into Games special, offering students insight on life in the games industry and advice on how to get into the business. You can also find aselection of the best Academy ...

AI image generation is getting better, so much better that it could potentially present an existential threat for some video game developers. Notably, there’s no discrete tie between job loss and AI ...

The modern video game development industry is constantly changing under the influence of new technologies. Every year, gamers expect more realistic, interactive and exciting products. Innovative ...

Video game development and publishing are taking a hit in a wave of layoffs at Amazon today, including the company’s San Diego and Irvine studios as the division’s head said it’s taking “a critical ...

Have you ever wondered how a video game is made and how many people help make it? Ning Wang, research associate professor of computer science at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of ...

Experts weigh in on how generative AI is shaking up the video game industry, from development to characters' dialogue. Generative AI in video game development could transform the way people work or ...

Katelyn has been a journalist for nearly 15 years, with focuses on science and technology, law, politics, and now the games industry. She's particularly proud of her work interviewing developers of ...

Middle Tennessee's tech industry is in growth mode. Same goes for the entertainment and media sector. At the crux of that growth is the world of video game development — after all, many video game ...