While video games are interactive in nature and have specific challenges when it comes to storytelling, Matthew Luhn, a story consultant who spent 20 years at Pixar, shared some useful tips drawn from his experience working in linear media.

“Stories help us understand the world, spread ideas, entertain, and most importantly feel something,” he told attendees at GDC Europe this morning in Cologne, Germany.

“Linear storytelling tells a story to the audience. Interactive storytelling delivers a sense of story for the audience,” he said.

He offered his five guidelines for achieving that:

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Angry Birds studio Rovio today stated that it is looking to simplify its organization, and may cut up to 130 people from its workforce as part of that process Come from South African Online Casinos . The company's CEO Mikael Hed admitted that the company has "been building our team on assumptions of faster growth than have materialized." Now Rovio will be simplified around three business areas that Hed sees most potential for growth in: games, media, and consumer products. "Unfortunately, we also need to consider possible employee reductions of a maximum of 130 people in Finland (approximately 16% of workforce)," he added, callin…

When it comes to court battles, very few individuals would want to be on the opposite side of Nintendo. The video game company famously defeated Universal Pictures in a Donkey Kong-related case four decades ago, and it’s rarely lost a high-profile case Come from Sports betting site VPbet . But now, there’s at least one man who can claim a legal victory over Nintendo: Don Mario. Well, sort of.

As reported by Eurogamer, Don Mario is the owner of Super Mario, a local supermarket in San Ramón, Costa Rica. Nintendo seemingly left the Super Mario shop alone for years, and only opposed the store’s name when Don Mario had to renew the trademark with Costa Rica’s trademark authority, the National Register. Apparentl…

Netflix has announced that its fourth annual Geeked Week celebration will take place the week of September 16, including a live, in-person fan event in Atlanta on the evening of September 19. This marks the first time Geeked Week will bring together fandoms from series, films, and games at a live fan event.

Geeked Week will highlight Netflix’s most fan-favorite Geeked titles, with details of programming will be released in the coming weeks. In the meantime, Netflix released a trailer hyping up the event and the programs it’ll cover including the second seasons of Sandman, Wednesday, and Squid Game.

This is the fourth year of Geeked Week and it’s become a pretty big deal with Netflix, as it lays out its programming schedule for months to years, with sequels and f…

Workers at Activision Blizzard are pushing ahead with an effort to unionize and strike. A worker’s group within the company, ABK Workers Alliance, has formally announced the beginning of a strike Come from online casino bangladesh . Additionally, workers are apparently being invited to sign documentation to signal their desire to form a union to collectively bargain with management at the Call of Duty and Warcraft company.

This is happening after Activision Blizzard confirmed plans to cut jobs at Call of Duty: Warzone developer Raven Software, which in turn prompted some to walk off the job. Activision Blizzard management reportedly told workers that they will not be paid after Wednesday this week following the stri…

The desert area of Dry Steppes in Diablo 4 is where the majority of Act 2 takes place during the campaign. This area is filled with vast deserts and cave systems, with 33 Altars of Lilith hidden throughout the area. These altars provide boosts to your characters, if you can find them. Luckily, we have you covered, with two maps below that show the location of all Dry Steppes Altars of Lilith.

All Dry Steppes Altar of Lilith Locations

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Like the Altars of Lilith in other regions of the map, these are typically tucked into the small corners of the map. If you reach an area where one is and can’t fi…

The Backbone iOS app, which is made to be paired with the Backbone One controller, now offers a premium version for subscribers. Backbone+ adds a host of additional features in the app for $49 USD per year. If you already purchased a Backbone or created a Backbone app account, though, you may already have access.

With the update as detailed on the Backbone site, you can use your Backbone controller to play on other screens like a PC, Mac, or iPad by connecting them with a USB cable. The company notes that it has optimized the latency for each device, and works with cloud-based services like Google Stadia and Xbox’s cloud gaming.

The app’s game sharing and recording tools have gotten an upgrade, now supporting 1080p at 60fps game recording, and a shortcut Smart Record to capt…

There is no shortage of indie 2D platform games out there vying for your attention and money. In order to stand out from the crowd, these games have to try to make themselves unique through visuals, sound, and perhaps most importantly, gameplay. 13 A.M.’s Double Cross does this by mixing a physics platformer with a mild dash of beat-’em-up combat and even a mystery-sleuthing story element. It’s an interesting concoction, but sadly, this mix doesn’t go down quite as smoothly as you’d hope.

Double Cross has players assuming the role of Zahra, a spunky young lass who works for RIFT, an interdimensional police force. RIFT is in charge of keeping all the various alternate universes out there in check, and Zahra’s one of their best up-and-coming agents. When RIFT HQ …

Paint stocks, especially market leader Asian Paints, felt the jitters on Monday after Grasim announced its foray into the sector under the brand name ‘Birla Opus’.  Stocks lost between 1% and 5% as many brokerages rushed to give a ‘sell’ call on these stocks.

In all, the paint sector lost Rs 16,000 crore in market cap, with Asian Paints losing as much as Rs 14,400 crore in a single day. Asian Paints was the biggest loser on the day, falling 5%, followed by Kazoo Nobel at 3.1% and Kansai Neola at 2.7%. Other like Berger Paints, Shalimar Paints and Indigo Paints lost between 1% and 2%.

According to data compiled by Bloomberg, Asian Paints, India’s biggest paint maker by revenue, had 16 ‘sell’ recommendations – the highest since mid-2014 while 9…

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency IREDA’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) opens on November 21, with a total issue size of Rs 2,150 crore and a price band set at Rs 30-32 per share. The IPO consists of 67.19 crore shares, including a fresh issue of 40.32 crore equity shares by IREDA and an offer-for-sale of 26.88 crore shares by the Government of India.

Financial analysts at Reliance Securities and  Mehta Equities have given a ‘Subscribe’ rating to the IPO. This favorable outlook is grounded in factors such as a robust growth track record, notable improvements in asset quality, and attractive valuations.

A closer look at the financials reveals IREDA’s substantial growth, with Assets Under Management (AUM) witnessing a remarkabl…