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Half-Life scribe and VR guru Chet Faliszek leaves Valve
Valve has witnessed another big name departure, with long-serving writer and VR ambassador Chet Faliszek leaving the company after 12 years.
May 2, 2017
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Historians react to Call of Duty WWII
Historians Bob Whitaker and John Harney discuss the reveal of Call of Duty WWII and the recent games they've been playing. Topics include history, public memory, and Irish accents in Nioh.
May 2, 2017
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Scaling Dedicated Game Servers with Kubernetes: Part 1 – Containerising and Deploying
First part in a series covering how developers can leverage the power of open source infrastructure and software orchestration, specifically Docker and Kubernetes, to manage and scale game servers over large clusters of machines.
May 2, 2017
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Unity Editor Scripting (A kick-starter guide) - Part 1
If you are a Unity developer, there are a number of reasons why you want to create tools and utilities for your game. Unity alone or any 3rd-party tool doesn’t fulfill your requirements. In this case, editor scripting saves the day.
May 2, 2017
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Nintendo comes out on top in Mii patent infringement case
A federal appeals court has upheld Nintendo’s earlier victory in a patent infringement case between it and RecogniCorp over the technology powering Nintendo's Mii characters.
May 1, 2017
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Multiplayer dev First Strike Games is partnering up with Nexon for its first release
First Strike Games, which was created last year by ex-Halo developers from 343 Industries, has partnered up with Nexon to release its inaugural, and yet unannounced, multiplayer game.
May 1, 2017
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How Playtonic is crafting the future of Yooka-Laylee through player feedback
"It's a learning curve for us," Playtonic's Gavin Price tells Gamasutra. "Before it was always a closed loop, and the game went out."
May 1, 2017
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Get a Job: Insomniac Games is hiring a Gameplay Programmer 4
Insomniac Games is looking for a Gameplay Programmer to design and implement gameplay features as part of its Burbank, California-based development team.
May 1, 2017
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Video: Game design lessons you can learn from studying escape rooms
At GDC 2017, experienced escape room designer Laura E. Hall reveals design fundamentals and structures necessary for creating immersive real-world experiences like escape rooms or immersive theater.
May 1, 2017
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Game Tech Deep Dive: Reworking the Unreal Engine for racing
Milestone duo Ivan Del Duca and Stefano Lecchi discuss how the racing specialist transitioned from its in-house game engine to Unreal, breaking down the technical tweaks implemented along the way
May 1, 2017
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Online games in China are now required to disclose random loot box odds
Riot Games and other devs have either published said data or, in the case of Valve with Dota 2, temporarily suspended players' ability to buy 'loot box' equivalents in China until they can comply.
May 1, 2017
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Oculus VR is the latest company to forgo paying for a booth at E3
The Electronic Entertainment Expo is happening in Los Angeles next month, and now Oculus VR has confirmed it's one of the companies whose booth will not make a return appearance on the show floor.
May 1, 2017