A Video Game Dev Guide

When Uncharted launched for the Playstation 3 a while back, it was viewed as a visual powerhouse for the platform. It boasted very impressive texture work and shaders, great lighting, and an advanced animation system. Naughty Dog has released some screenshots of their latest work on Uncharted 2, and boy does it look impressive. Read the rest of this entry »

Back at E3 2005, Sony showed off an amazing preview of what we could expect from Killzone 2 on the Playstation 3. Fast forward ahead to December 2008, and we’re happy to say that Killzone 2 is shaping up to be the most visually impressive game released on a console, and that the target renders in many areas have been equaled. What’s even more exciting is that in areas such as lighting and filter effects, Killzone 2 has gone beyond what we saw in 2005, and beyond any game we’ve seen.

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Game Art and Design degrees offer a good foundation for the various aspects of game design without the more hardcore programming aspects of the whole process. These programs basically let you focus more on the artistic side of video game development and let the programmers do more of the technical stuff. Getting a degree in this area of development can lead to jobs in gameplay testing, texture artist, user interface artist, 3D modeler, background artist, concept artist and more.

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a job in video game development? Have you ever seen a video game and drooled over the idea of having been part of working with the dev team? Have you been one of those people who thought it would be a cool job to create video games but think that jobs like that are way out of reach? Well, luckily for you, you CAN be a part of a game dev team, and it is within reach. You just need to get started in the right direction and have the drive, passion and skill set to get there.

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