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How A Small Studio Got Its Hands On Halo

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With HALO’s latest twin-stick shooter available today, Control500 takes a look at how this major IP ended up in a small studio in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. How HALO found its way to the Dutch capital is a ... Read More...

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It was a good idea and the game was solid, but WeirdBeard needed a bit of magic to bring 99 Bricks: Wizard Academy to life. It started as a relatively simple Flash game that linked Tetris blocks to real life... Read More...

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What makes any Mass Effect-screenshot so instantly recognizable? Let me help you, use the slider on these images: (If you don't see them, first click here, then here) It’s the arc. It’s everywhere, an... Read More...
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Making The Last of Us’ Iconic Giraffe Scene

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Meeting the giraffe in The Last of Us is for many players the emotional peak in an already emotional journey. Concept Artist John Sweeney tells... Read more →

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A Handcrafted Feel: ‘Unexplored’ Explores Cyclic Dungeon Generation

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Stop creating branching paths, start using cyclic dungeon generation. Your levels will feel so much more hand crafted. Read more →

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As a level designer there is nothing more satisfying than having a solid puzzle idea inexplicably popping into your head that needs only few iterations to be... Read more →

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Take a look at the trailer above, and you’ll see that Nuclear Throne is in essence an action game. That’s what we do at Vlambeer,... Read more →

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Pillo is a new intuitive and comfortable interface for controlling games, in the shape of a pillow. Sounds cool, right? And it is! It is... Read more →

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How Firewatch translated 2D concept art into a 3D open world

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This Micro Mortem is based on the talk that Jane Ng’s, Lead Artist at Campo Santo, gave at GDC 2016 Graphic designer Olly Moss designed the... Read more →

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How We Cheated Physics To Avoid Players Feeling Cheated

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When we first started with KABOUNCE, a multiplayer competitive pinball game, we tailored it to the theme of a UE4 game jam: Rocket and Roll.... Read more →

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A Handcrafted Feel: ‘Unexplored’ Explores Cyclic Dungeon Generation

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Stop creating branching paths, start using cyclic dungeon generation. Your levels will feel so much more hand crafted. Read more →

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Dimension Drive is a split screen game for a single player. Game designer David Jimenez explains how putting two games next to each other opens up a world of possibilities. Read more →

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