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Ellipsis - Sales Numbers for a Premium Game on iOS in 2016
Sales number analysis for Ellipsis, a premium iOS game released in February 2016. A look into how app store promotion and press features affect sales.
May 19, 2016
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Cogmind Year 1 Sales and Dev Time Data (EA)
A summary of Cogmind's first year of sales, including basic player and revenue data, a breakdown of development time, and a quick look at the rest of 2016.
May 19, 2016
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Unexpected Narrative: Part 2
Story can be found in unexpected places in games. In this article series, I will discuss my thoughts on finding narrative in surprising places, and applying those structures to your own games.
May 19, 2016
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John Romero to share coding lessons from id's early days at GDC Europe 2016
Game industry veteran John Romero will shine a light on the way things worked at id in the early days in his talk at GDC Europe in August about game coding principles learned making games like Doom.
May 18, 2016
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Video: Killer Queen and the value of embracing the arcade community
In this interesting GDC 2016 talk, Josh DeBonis and Nikita Mikros of BumbleBear Games discuss the unique and influential communities growing around their new hit arcade game Killer Queen.
May 18, 2016
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Every decision is wrong: Portraying social anxiety in a game
How do you capture what social anxiety feels like? Make a game about difficulty of completing a simple task when every action feels like a misstep and all options seem to result in awful outcomes.
May 18, 2016
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Take-Two turns in expected full-year results, as GTA continues to shine
The launch of XCOM 2 and continued success of GTA helped the company do better than anticipated for its most recent quarter, and full-year results were in line with expectations.
May 18, 2016
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Apple classifies Palestinian-developed game as not a game, due to war theme
Rasheed Abueideh has been instructed to reclassify his game in the App Store and remove all references to it being a "game" out of its descriptive text.
May 18, 2016
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Kids getting smartphones at 10, as portable console popularity shrinks
New market research from Influence Central reveals that kids are getting phones younger and making them their primary devices.
May 18, 2016
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EA chief creative director, Richard Hilleman, departs after 33 years
UPDATE:Hilleman joined the U.S. publishing giant in the early '80s, and helped create the original Madden Football game for the Sega Genesis, reshaping the franchise into the one we recognize today.
May 18, 2016
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VR dev Lucid Sight nets $3.5 million, will release 20 games this year
"This capital will allow us to release high-quality and free ad-supported games across all VR platforms at a higher pace."
May 18, 2016
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Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi building exploratory AR title
"By peeking through the window of a supported handheld device, you can explore, discover, and create using digital objects and creatures that you place in physical space."
May 18, 2016