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500 games launched per day on iOS last year (and other digital sales facts)
With digital marketplaces becoming increasingly crowded, Mike Rose, of tinyBuild dug into the current state of indie sales expectations for digital platforms.
March 2, 2015
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UK retailer Game expands into eSports with Multiplay acquisition
U.K. retailer Game has announced a deal to acquire Multiplay, a long-running U.K.-based video game event firm, for £20 million (~$30.1 million USD) as it expands into eSports and digital PC games.
March 2, 2015
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Reactive game dev: How Serious Sam 4 became The Talos Principle
Croteam kicks off the GDC 2015 Independent Games Summit with a talk on how the Serious Sam studio taught itself a new way to make games as it embarked on its first puzzle game: The Talos Principle.
March 2, 2015
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Autodesk enters the game engine business at GDC
3ds Max maker Autodesk is making its first foray into the game engine business this week at GDC in San Francisco, where it will demo its upcoming Stingray engine to developers on Wednesday afternoon.
March 2, 2015
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Exploring what it takes to make a funny game
Why is comedy in games so rare -- and so hard to get right? Developer Zoe Quinn took the stage at GDC today to explore the topic and offer fellow developers a few potential ways to make funny games.
March 2, 2015
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Unreal Engine 4 is now free-to-download for everyone
You'll still pay a royalty on any commercial projects you make, but say goodbye to subscription fees -- the popular engine is now completely free to try.
March 2, 2015
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Narrative and design insights from 80 Days' writing lead
At GDC 2015, Meg Jayanth, lead writer of acclaimed mobile adventure game 80 Days, shared insights into how the team at Inkle created a deeply narrative, highly nonlinear and satisfying story.
March 2, 2015
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What to do before you start building a free-to-play game
Ethan Levy explores better ways to design F2P games and reminds F2P developers to be as rigorous in their business design as their are about their game design.
March 2, 2015
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Valve, HTC have a new VR headset coming out this year
Valve Software and mobile phone maker HTC announced on Sunday the "Vive," a high-end VR headset that plugs straight into a PC.
March 1, 2015
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Catch Epic's Tim Sweeney and Xbox chief Phil Spencer at GDC
Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney and Xbox frontman Phil Spencer are just two of the can't-miss speakers that will be delivering sponsored talks at GDC 2015 next week.
Feb. 27, 2015
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Don't miss these standout talks during the eight GDC 2015 Summits
As everyone prepares for the big show next week, GDC 2015 officials take a moment to highlight some of the most interesting can't-miss Summit sessions at this year's conference.
Feb. 27, 2015
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Tim Schafer and Nathan Vella host next week's GDC and IGF awards
Double Fine's Tim Schafer is set to host this year's 15th annual Game Developers Choice Awards at GDC 2015, while Capy's Nathan Vella returns to host the 17th annual Independent Games Festival awards.
Feb. 27, 2015