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Get a job: Io-Interactive is seeking a Senior Environment Artist
Interested in joining the next Hitman project? Copenhagen-based Io-Interactive is seeking a senior environment artist to manage large portions of the project from its inception.
July 30, 2015
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Sony's PS4 business keeps getting better and better
Despite depressed sales of the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 4 more than makes up for it -- with a significant leap for the company's games business.
July 30, 2015
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The difficulty with game difficulty: Advice from the 2015 Game Career Guide
Looking for advice on how to tackle game difficulty? Klei Entertainment designer and programmer James Lantz offers a slew of practical advice on the topic, in our free-to-download Game Career Guide.
July 30, 2015
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GDC 2016 opens call for papers, welcomes new board member Amy Hennig
Heads up game devs: GDC 2016 officials have opened the Call for Papers, running until August 27th, and added new advisory board member Amy Hennig.
July 30, 2015
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New VRDC virtual reality conference will debut at GDC 2016
Game Developers Conference officials are proud to debut a new standalone Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) that will take place March 14th and 15th in San Francisco alongside GDC 2016.
July 30, 2015
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Eye-tracking tech Tobii boots up $1m game dev fund
The company's "Boost to the Big Time" program offers $1 million in cash and support for developers who use its tech in PC games -- "with no restrictions on the size or scope of the game."
July 29, 2015
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AltspaceVR bags $10.3 million... for virtual D&D
The company's mission is to build shared spaces in VR -- and it's now playtesting "V20," a virtual roleplaying environment.
July 29, 2015
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Splatoon, Amiibo drive Nintendo's swing to first-quarter profits
Nintendo beat analyst expectations this week when, rather than recording a loss for the first quarter of its fiscal 2016 year, the company posted a tidy profit.
July 29, 2015
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Freddy's dev: Focus on your own success, don't tear others down
In a rare public post, Five Nights At Freddy's dev Scott Cawthon publicly admonishes his critics and asks 'haters' to turn their passion towards creating things, rather than tearing others down.
July 29, 2015
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Sony hopes to go big in China with PlayStation 4
With a press conference and a number of game announcements at local game event ChinaJoy, it sounds like the console manufacturer has serious plans to boost its Chinese success.
July 29, 2015
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Dropped by Deep Silver, Dead Island 2 studio files for insolvency
Yager Productions GmbH, the subdivision of Yager Development established purely to develop Dead Island 2, is filing for insolvency less than a month after Yager parted ways with publisher Deep Silver.
July 29, 2015
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Reminder: GDC Europe online registration closes today
With less than 24 hours left until online registration closes today, July 29th at Midnight UTC, GDC Europe organizers are showcasing a round of conference highlights.
July 29, 2015