Alissa McAloon

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Lawful Average, speaks at 1.5x speed, plays too much D&D. Editorial Director/Publisher at @GameDevdotcom. Ace, Bi, She/Her

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A note from the Publisher

Dec 3, 2024 | gamedeveloper.com | Alissa McAloon

Dear reader,Today, Informa Tech, the company behind Game Developer, is combining with TechTarget's technology websites and Industry Dive's award-winning industry publications to create a new company: Informa TechTarget. Our editorial footprint is greatly expanding. The combined Informa TechTarget newsroom features many of the most trusted publications in B2B media, over 300 world-class business journalists and in-depth coverage across 30+ technology segments and 45+ industry verticals.
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Aug 21, 2024 | gamedeveloper.com | Alissa McAloon

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Hackers dump personal data, game files, in Insomniac Games leak

Dec 19, 2023 | gamedeveloper.com | Rod Humble |Holly Green |Danielle Riendeau |Alissa McAloon

At a GlanceHacker group Rhysida publicly dumped 1.67 terabytes of data harvested from Insomniac Games onto a "darknet link site."Personnel documents, Slack conversations, and other sensitive data in the theft puts Insomniac Games workers at risk. Members of ransomware hacker group Rhysida have publicly shared thousands of documents acquired in their cyberattack on Sony subsidiary Insomniac Games, exposing employees' personal information just days before the holidays.
The Best Games, Blogs, and Articles of 2023

Dec 18, 2023 | gamedeveloper.com | Rod Humble |Holly Green |Danielle Riendeau |Alissa McAloon

Game Developer is part of the Informa Tech Division of Informa PLCThis site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.
Realtime Rendering With OpenGL – A Students Perspective (Weeks 5 - 6)

Dec 15, 2023 | gamedeveloper.com | Rod Humble |John Harris |Alissa McAloon

Weeks 5 - 6Manipulating the first pass:Moving off of the cut and dry tutorial style where there was an obvious right way of doing things was quite hard. Both Gooch Shading and Cell Shading require edge detection. The first implementation I tried occurred during the first drawing of the geometry. It took the position of the current point then took the the colors of the adjacent pixels from the texture and checked whether or not the change in color was enough to warrant an edge.
Protecting and Growing Online Communities Through Proactive Voice Moderation

Dec 15, 2023 | gamedeveloper.com | Rod Humble |John Harris |Alissa McAloon

Game developers spend endless hours crafting and refining experiences to ensure their players walk away with a strong and positive impression of their game. And rightfully so; at the end of the day, player experience can make or break even the most promising titles. However for online games, so much of that lasting impression rests on the shoulders of online interactions between players—interactions developers often feel fall beyond their control.
Naughty Dog cancels its multiplayer spinoff of The Last of Us

Dec 15, 2023 | gamedeveloper.com | Rod Humble |John Harris |Alissa McAloon

At a GlanceThis is the first time Naughty Dog has publicly cancelled a previously announced game. The standalone multiplayer spinoff of The Last of Us was in development for at least four years. Development on a multiplayer spinoff of The Last of Us has come to an end. Naughty Dog shared the news in a blog posted on December 14, offering some additional transparency into why it will not be releasing the previously-announced game.
The Business Case for Content Moderation in Game Development

Dec 15, 2023 | gamedeveloper.com | Rod Humble |John Harris |Alissa McAloon

Earlier this year at Devcom, I had the honour of delivering my first-ever live presentation to a passionate audience of game developers and community management professionals. Throughout my 15-year career in video games, I've noticed a significant gap between what the community management team sees and what the development team understands about community.
New dev Barnyard Games formed to make games within Fortnite

Dec 14, 2023 | gamedeveloper.com | Rod Humble |John Harris |Alissa McAloon |Justin Carter

At a GlanceBarnyard has been tapped to make triple-A games within Fortnite and expand its possibilities as a game platform. Epic's Fortnite has found a new developer in Barnyard Games. While not an Epic subsidiary, the studio will make triple-A games inside the popular title using the Unreal Engine for Fortnite (UEFN) platform. UEFN was first announced back in March as a Fortnite add-on that lets users make and publish their own works directly into the game.
Embracer reportedly cuts staff at 3D Realms & Slipgate

Dec 14, 2023 | gamedeveloper.com | Rod Humble |John Harris |Alissa McAloon |Justin Carter

At a GlanceEmbracer continues to make layoffs as 2023 winds down, now allegedly at Duke Nukem creator 3D Realms and Graven dev Slipgate. More layoffs have allegedly occurred this week, this time at 3D Realms and Slipgate Entertainment. Both studios are subsidiaries of Embracer, which acquired them in 2021. According to 3D Realms founder Scott Miller, "at least half" of the combined company has seen reductions.