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In our recent video post, Max Belanger of Eidos Montreal and Richard Turek of Virtuos Games reveal how they structured collaborative development around a series of core principles to create an environment where creativity could flourish in the makin......

Monolith Producer Philip Dennison shares his XDS Ignite 2018 presentation and spreadsheet in which he calculates the conditions under which engaging an external team for long-term work, even when you can’t be sure they’ll always be fully busy, ca......

Wondering what the top tools are for external development  Want to know the top ten reasons developers engage service providers Curious about the outlook for AR/VR in external developmentYou can discover this and more in our highly anticipated 3r......

Following the success of the vendor-only session at XDS 2015, in 2016 we are hosted a panel discussion on “How to Sell Your Company’s Services” XDS organized a panel of developers in decision making roles to talk about what works and what doesn......

It’s back, and better than ever! XDS has once again gathered data from over 200 leading developers and service providers working within external development to bring you the 2017 Insights on External Development for the Video Game Industry report......

We spoke to XDS 2016 Speaker, Lauren Freeman (Senior Manager on EA's External Development Team), and asked her for some insight on External Development, how she got to where she is, the key takeaways from her presentation "Expert Panel: Virtual Real......

Name: Kassi O'Connor Title: Director of Outside Services Organization: Glu Mobile1 Please provide some career history What are the roles you’ve had working in games"I started at Griptonite Games (F9E) in 2009 as a Production Coordinator Durin......

In collaboration with professionals from across the games industry, XDS conducted a survey of 40+ leading developers collecting anonymous data on over 60 external development projects  This research is the first of its kind on external development a......

Name: Christopher M Hunt Title: Senior Art Director Organization: Xpec Art Centers, based out of Taipei, Taiwan1 How many XDS events have you attended to date“I have attended all XDS conferences since 2013”2 Please provide some career histo......

Co-authors: Ashley Liu and Hannah Wood (Mindwalk Studios)This year’s XDS saw a variety of exciting and innovative sessions One of these was the first-of-its-kind, “How to be a True Partner to your Clients” This break-out session provided an ......

Name: Isabelle Bismuth Title: Project Manager Codev-Outsourcing Organization: Ubisoft Montreal and Toronto1 Please provide some career history What are the roles you’ve had working in games“My career in the games industry began when I joined ......

We asked Games Industry Professionals (buyers) from 35+ leading development studios what they choose to engage with external partners…check it out here and feel free to share with your peers!We also asked the same Games Industry Professionals why......