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The rumors about the death of story mode are greatly exaggerated
A few years ago, game developers declared story modes dead--today, they're alive and well. We looked at some data and talked to developers to find out why.
June 8, 2016
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In the wake of Quantum Break, Remedy is becoming a two-game studio
Remedy is making a public show of becoming a dual-developing studio following the launch of its latest, Quantum Break, in an effort to "create more games and hopefully get them out more often."
June 8, 2016
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Investors pour another $4.5M into PC gameplay capture service Forge
Forge, that PC gameplay clip-sharing startup that launched early this year, has now raised another $4.5 million in funding from longtime backer True Ventures and other investors.
June 8, 2016
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Ex-SOE devs join ex-Square Enix president to form Hero Machine
There's a new indie outfit in San Diego: Hero Machine Studios, cofounded by former Square Enix America chief Mike Fischer alongside former Sony Online Entertainment devs Mat Broome and Kevin McPherson.
June 8, 2016
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You'll soon be able to sell App Store subscriptions to your iOS games
Apple's making big changes to the App Store, most notably allowing all devs to sell subscriptions to their apps & cutting its 70/30 rev-share to 85/15 on revenue from subscriptions older than a year.
June 8, 2016
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Cryptic Games co-founder appointed CEO of Daybreak Austin
"Jack Emmert’s proven record for creating and operating successful online worlds spans more than 15 years."
June 8, 2016
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Designing Diversity: Making Fairy Tale
A postmortem about Fairy Tale: an incremental game designed as a programming experiment filled with diverse characters and an interactive narrative, which saw unexpected success.
June 8, 2016
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Crisis Averted: How a Critical Bug Almost Wiped Patchwork’s Entire User Base
The worst day of my professional career was a certain Friday in March 2016, when I woke up to more than 150 angry emails from players -- with new messages pouring in every two minutes.
June 8, 2016
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Scaling your Mobile Game to Any Device Size
Mobile devices come in many formats. An iPad Mini has a resolution of 768x1024 while a Nexus 7 is full HD at 1080x1920. This article demonstrates techniques used in designing a mobile game to work at any device size.
June 8, 2016
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Modern C++ lightweight binary RPC framework without code generation
In this article, I go over the foundations of a new C++ RPC framework that requires no code generation. Using Modern C++, with type traits, variadic templates, and some other tricks, the final API is surprisingly simple.
June 8, 2016
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Postmortem: Offworld Trading Company's Early Access campaign
Soren Johnson examines Offworld Trading Company's Early Access campaign. He notes what went right and what went wrong... and he also has a few suggestions for Steam.
June 7, 2016
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Obituary: EA social advisor Claudia Adams-Esgrow
Gamasutra has learned that veteran community manager Claudia Adams-Esgrow has passed away, according to her family on Facebook.
June 7, 2016