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Leap Motion offers devs $50k in prizes for its second annual 3D jam
The folks at motion controller company Leap Motion are having another go at encouraging developers to make innovative use of Leap Motion tech this fall via a six-week "3D Jam" with a $50k prize pool.
July 22, 2015
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Square Enix boss: It takes three releases for a series to take off
You can't judge the potential of a franchise based on just its first game, argues Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda: there's a "law of third titles."
July 22, 2015
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GDC Europe: Wargaming shows you how to succeed with F2P on consoles
Wargaming shares lessons learned from successfully adapting a F2P PC game to consoles and a leading expert show you how and why to monetize your "play-create-share games" at GDC Europe in Cologne, Germany this August.
July 21, 2015
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Nintendo prevails in another patent suit, defending its handheld systems
The DS, 3DS, and Game Boy Advance are safe -- as Nintendo successfully defends against a patent infringement suit in an Oakland, California court.
July 21, 2015
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Gree International lays off 30% of staff
UPDATE Japanese mobile game company Gree has laid off an estimated 30 percent of those working in its San Francisco office this week, months after shuttering its Vancouver studio entirely.
July 21, 2015
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Edge Case nets $1.3M to keep developing its F2P PC space shooter
UK studio Edge Case Games has managed to reap $1.3 million in a round of investment funding as it continues to develop its debut F2P game Fractured Space on Steam's Early Access service.
July 21, 2015
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This Week in Video Game Criticism: Remembering Iwata
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics ranging from tributes to Nintendo's Satoru Iwata to what games can still learn from the field of photography.
July 20, 2015
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What's next for Nintendo? Industry analysts weigh in
How will the death of Nintendo's CEO and president change the future of the company? How can they possibly replace him? We asked several industry analysts for their take.
July 20, 2015
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Shenmue 3 breaks another Kickstarter record with $6.3M raised
Last month Yu Suzuki's Shenmue 3 Kickstarter campaign became the fastest video game Kickstarter to hit $1 million raised, and now it's wrapped up as the most-funded video game Kickstarter yet.
July 20, 2015
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Capcom taking cues from F2P games in designing Street Fighter V
Capcom seems to be taking a page from popular F2P games like League of Legends by designing Street Fighter V with dual in-game currencies: one earned by playing the game, one bought with real money.
July 20, 2015
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Seth Killian joins Radiant to pitch in on new F2P fighting game
More than a year after leaving Sony Santa Monica to 'do his own thing,' the fighting gamesman has popped up at Radiant Entertainment hyping the studio's upcoming F2P fighting game Rising Thunder.
July 20, 2015
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Nintendo and DigiPen team up to bring Singapore devs' games to 3DS
Singaporean devs will have their chance to see their games become downloadable Nintendo 3DS titles, with government backing.
July 20, 2015