Knowledge

By Chris Wren, Chair, XDS Advisory Committee The COVID-19 pandemic is undeniably a human catastrophe, and has impacted a great number of businesses in the video game development ecosystem. This article is intended to provide leaders a snapshot on the evolving...Read More

Each year attendees at XDS events enjoy vibrant presentations and panels, but they are always left wanting more. XDS 2019 introduces Table-Topics, an interactive learning format in which small groups of participants gather around tables to deep-dive on relevant and...Read More

We are incredibly excited to release this year's Industry Insights Report on External Development. The report is packed with invaluable info including: TOP FACTORS considered when developers select partners Annual AVERAGE SPEND on external development The #1 place service providers...Read More

In our latest video release, Ciaran Daly and Stephen Broadley from Sony London share how they developed tools and workflows to support fully scalable, high volume and integrated development teams across the world, including for their upcoming title Blood &...Read More

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 making of Shadow...Read More

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, can be...Read More