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Super Mario Run hits 37 million downloads in three days
Nintendo's iOS exclusive platformer Super Mario Run has pulled in over 37 million worldwide downloads in just three days.
Dec. 19, 2016
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CD Projekt Red nets $7M to develop 'seamless multiplayer' tech
The Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt Red has received funding to help with the research and development of, among other things, "seamless multiplayer" technology.
Dec. 19, 2016
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Nintendo Switch to support Vulkan, OpenGL 4.5 and OpenGL ES
A few developers are buzzing today about The Khronos Group's decision to add Nintendo's upcoming Switch console to its lists of hardware compliant with the OpenGL 4.5, OpenGL ES, and Vulkan APIs.
Dec. 19, 2016
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Historian completes 5-year quest to acquire & preserve the first NES ad
Video game historian Frank Cifaldi has successfully completed a quest to acquire and record for posterity what he believes to be the very first advertisement for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Dec. 19, 2016
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Gamasutra's Best of 2016: Alex Wawro's top 10 games
Friends, we made it through another year. What times we had! What interesting twists and turns our lives took! Amid it all we played some video games, didn't we? Here are a few of my favorites.
Dec. 19, 2016
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Video Game Deep Cuts: Top Of The DOOM
The latest Video Game Deep Cuts, picking the smartest longform video game articles and videos of the week, examines DOOM's making, several 'Top Games Of Year' charts, & much more.
Dec. 19, 2016
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Building Your World - Your Way
In this article I will be discussing some of the reasons as to why and how I went about decoupling Game Makers Room Editor from the production of my game: ORB, and ended up creating my own in-game editor.
Dec. 19, 2016
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AURION POSTMORTEM #0 : The Wall Breakers Path
13 years of GameDesign against everything. I explain how me and my team we started from an amateur game in 2003 to a professional Action-RPG. With african problem like power outrage, self fundraising etc.
Dec. 19, 2016
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Video game composers can make you smarter! (The music of Dragon Front) Part 2
In the 2nd of a 3-part series, video game music composer Winifred Phillips explores how music enhances focus & cognition in strategy gamers. In Part 2: cognition-enhancing tempo, with examples of Phillips' music from the Dragon Front virtual reality game.
Dec. 19, 2016
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Top 11 Games I Played This Year
Here's a couple words about each of the top 11 games I played in 2016. Well okay, these are the only games I played this year so its really just "The 11 Games I Played This Year"
Dec. 19, 2016
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The Brilliance of Super Mario Run
How Super Mario Run makes you forget you're playing a mobile game.
Dec. 19, 2016
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Games have a place in higher education, but where they are now isn’t working.
Explanations on where game development college programs are failing, suggestions on how to objectively improve them, and encouragement for students to make the most of their secondary education.
Dec. 19, 2016