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Creative Assembly design director joins Sony VR team
Creative Assembly design director, Gary Napper, has revealed he'll be leaving the Alien: Isolation developer to work at Sony - specifically with the PlayStation creator's Morpheus VR headset.
Aug. 31, 2015
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New AbleGamers program aims to support game dev students with disabilities
The AbleGamers Charity has launched a fellowship program meant to support prospective game design students with disabilities through financial aid, internship opportunities and mentorship.
Aug. 31, 2015
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Ex-Blizzard exec donates 20+ years' worth of company artifacts to museum
Longtime Blizzard exec Paul Sams has donated a collection of over 1,500 Blizzard games, marketing materials and merchandise accrued over his 23-year tenure at the company to The Strong Museum of Play.
Aug. 31, 2015
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Smartwatch games heat up, as dev Everywear nabs $2.25m in funding
Runeblade, billed as "the first fantasy adventure on a smartwatch" according to its devs, must have impressed someone: The company closed a big funding round.
Aug. 31, 2015
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Oculus Rift SDK gets performance boost: 'Direct Driver Mode' unlocked
Latency is the enemy of virtual reality development, and Oculus has convinced both AMD and Nvidia to collaborate on a new mode that offers more horsepower.
Aug. 31, 2015
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Sales of unearthed Atari games from New Mexico dump generate over $100k
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and other carts that were buried in a desert landfill turned out to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Aug. 31, 2015
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Why Apple banned chart-topping game Monster Strike from the App Store
Mixi's game has consistently ranked at the top of the iOS charts in Japan -- it's #2 right now. So why did Apple take it down over the weekend?
Aug. 31, 2015
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Disney: Roughly half of Disney Infinity players are girls
A Disney exec notes the company was surprised to find that Disney Infinity's playerbase is roughly 50/50 girls and boys. In response, Disney is developing the games to appeal more strongly to girls.
Aug. 28, 2015
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Activision Blizzard set to join the S&P 500
Call of Duty and World of Warcraft publisher Activision Blizzard will join the S&P 500 today, replacing Pall Corp on the stock market index.
Aug. 28, 2015
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Report: U.S. average daily mobile game time drops over 30% in a year
A Flurry report suggests that while the average daily time Americans spend on mobile devices continues to increase, average time spent playing mobile games has dropped significantly in the past year.
Aug. 28, 2015
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UK cops arrest PSN, Xbox Live DDoS attackers
The UK's National Crime Agency has picked up six teens who allegedly participated in attacks against PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, and other online services.
Aug. 28, 2015
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Funding for smaller developers: Tips from the Game Career Guide
In this article from the 2015 annual Game Career Guide, Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games offers tips on incremental funding strategies for smaller developers.
Aug. 28, 2015