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GDC 2023: all the latest from the Game Developers Conference

GDC isn&rsquo;t as flashy as something like Gamescom, E3, or Summer Game Fest. But the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco is always a great chance to take stock of the industry and get plenty of new insights. Sometimes that means big announcements &mdash; Google announced the ill-fated Stadia service at GDC way back in 2019, for instance &mdash; but more often, it&rsquo;s talks and interviews with a wide range of people from the game-making community. In the past, we&rsquo;ve used GDC as a chance to speak to developers behind games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nier: Automata, Devil May Cry 5, PUBG, No Man&rsquo;s Sky, Splatoon, and many more.
This year, we&rsquo;re back on the ground covering GDC in person, and you can follow along right here.

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AI offers new tools for making games, but developers worry about their jobs

Why classic gaming names like Atari and MapleStory are still going in on the blockchain

Fortnite and Roblox are dueling for the future of user-built games

Minecraft Legends is a blast in multiplayer

The shape of Kirby

Danganronpa’s creator wants to make detective games more approachable

How Wordle lives on at The New York Times

Life by You is trying to shake up life sims with a greater sense of freedom

Fortnite’s generous new creator economy has an Epic catch

9 cool new games from GDC 2023

It’s okay to be flat!

Scuttlebutt: Pico pulled the plug on a VR headset launch at GDC because of TikTok.

Tim Sweeney explains how the metaverse might actually work

Oculus publishing is now Oculus Publishing.

Look at this face.

Unity is jumping on the AI train.

The average Xbox Series X game draws 122 watts.

The biggest announcements from Epic Games’ State of Unreal 2023 keynote

Epic is merging its digital asset stores into one huge marketplace

Epic is going to give 40 percent of Fortnite’s net revenues back to creators

Fortnite’s Unreal editor adds powerful new creative tools and launches Wednesday

Incredible timing.

Epic’s hyperrealistic MetaHumans can soon be animated using an iPhone

Tune in to see the State of Unreal.

Unreal in real life.

How to watch Epic Games’ State of Unreal 2023

Greetings from GDC.

Paradox reveals Sims competitor Life by You

Meta’s historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million

Apple raises the Mac Mini’s starting price

Spirit Airlines shuts down after Trump’s war on Iran doubled jet fuel prices

Anker’s discounted 2-in-1 USB-C cable is a great way to spend $15

How the internet’s favorite squirrel dad made the hottest camera app of 2026

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