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Investors pour $5 million into Marmalade as its CEO steps down
Investors pour $5 million into Marmalade as its CEO steps down
Investor Bloc Ventures leads a recent $5 million round of funding for Marmalade, maker of the Marmalade 2D/3D game engine that drives mobile games like SimCity BuildIt and Godus.
Jan. 20, 2016
Survey: Hearthstone appreciated as more strategic, less exciting than League of Legends
Survey: Hearthstone appreciated as more strategic, less exciting than League of Legends
Consulting firm Quantic Foundry has synthesized data gathered from surveys filled out by over 140,000 game players to compare the perceived challenge and thrill of popular strategy games.
Jan. 20, 2016
Mobile game devs can now use Skillz to run cross-platform cash tourneys
Mobile game devs can now use Skillz to run cross-platform cash tourneys
Heads up, mobile game makers: cash prize platform Skillz, which lets you accept and pay out real money, has rolled out support for cross-platform tournaments between Android and iOS devices.
Jan. 20, 2016
Placing kid characters in a tragic situation in This War Of Mine
Placing kid characters in a tragic situation in This War Of Mine
Gamasutra speaks to some of the developers at 11bit about how and why they decided to add children -- modeled by their own kids -- into their grim war survival game This War Of Mine.
Jan. 20, 2016
Get a job: Telltale Games seeks an experienced Rigging Artist
Get a job: Telltale Games seeks an experienced Rigging Artist
Minecraft: Story Mode developer Telltale Games seeks a Senior Rigging Artist to work on games alongside the rest of the team at the company's San Rafael, CA headquarters.
Jan. 19, 2016
Riding the rails to GDC: A Q&A with Train Jam conductor Adriel Wallick
Riding the rails to GDC: A Q&A with Train Jam conductor Adriel Wallick
There's another Train Jam happening on the way to GDC this year, and GDC 2016 officials speak to organizer and game developer Adriel Wallick about where the Train Jam came from -- and where it's headed.
Jan. 19, 2016
Video: Cinematic storytelling in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Video: Cinematic storytelling in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
At GDC 2015's Narrative Summit Monolith's Ethan Walker takes the stage to showcase how the studio designed Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor to feel like a cinematic story you can play through.
Jan. 19, 2016
Come to VRDC for VR production tips from the experts at Kite & Lightning
Come to VRDC for VR production tips from the experts at Kite & Lightning
The co-founders of Kite & Lightning, a team who have worked on VR experiences for everyone from NBC to Lionsgate, will share their knowledge at the inaugural VRDC during GDC 2016 in San Francisco.
Jan. 19, 2016
Rise of the Tomb Raider, and the dubious benefit of a console exclusive
Rise of the Tomb Raider, and the dubious benefit of a console exclusive
"Anything under $100 million for console exclusivity of Rise of the Tomb Raider is probably a bad deal for Square-Enix, and I doubt Microsoft paid anywhere near that amount."
Jan. 19, 2016
New incubator fund aims to boost Japanese VR development
New incubator fund aims to boost Japanese VR development
With the dawn of consumer virtual reality drawing ever closer, Tokyo VR Startups (TVS) has launched an incubation program to help nurture the Japanese virtual reality industry.
Jan. 19, 2016
Former Sony Online Entertainment head now leads new venture
Former Sony Online Entertainment head now leads new venture
Former Daybreak CEO and Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley will lead new studio, Pixelmage Games.
Jan. 19, 2016
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture scribe honored at UK Writers' Guild Awards
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture scribe honored at UK Writers' Guild Awards
The Chinese Room co-founder Dan Pinchbeck took home the award for Best Writing in a Video Game at last night's Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards.
Jan. 19, 2016