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Capcom's 2014 profits are up, but mobile business struggles
Capcom has released its financial results for 2014. While the company turned a profit -- up 15.9 percent from the prior year -- it suffered some significant setbacks, too.
May 8, 2014
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DICE inviting Battlefield 4 players to test, influence game changes
Today, EA and DICE have launched the Community Test Environment, giving fans "the chance to evolve Battlefield 4 with us and become a part of the development process."
May 8, 2014
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Rez creator Mizuguchi coming back to games, looking ahead
"I want to think about the future from the point of view of what the future human wants." -- Tetsuya Mizuguchi, creator of Space Channel 5, on his new approach to games.
May 8, 2014
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Sony built that light bar into the Dualshock 4 for VR tracking
According to an interview with a Sony designer, the light bar built into every PlayStation 4 controller is integral to the company's Project Morpheus VR initiative.
May 8, 2014
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Get a job: 2K is hiring a UI Programmer
2K is looking for an experienced user interface programmer/designer to work alongside the rest of the team in its Novato, California office on next-gan game projects.
May 8, 2014
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Alpha-funded Steam game Towns abandoned by devs
A day after Valve was forced to remove a game from Steam for deceitful marketing, the company now has another dilemma on its hands, as the team behind a well publicized alpha game has decided to pull the plug.
May 7, 2014
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China's mobile game market is about to surpass the U.S. market
According to SuperData Research, consumer spending in the Chinese mobile games market will overtake the U.S. market next year, making Android game development all the more relevant.
May 7, 2014
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Nintendo swings back to losses, as the Wii U pulls it down
Nintendo saw its revenues slump and its profits swing to heavy losses during the last fiscal year, due to terrible Nintendo Wii U sales -- in fact, just 2.72 million hardware units were sold over the last 12 months.
May 7, 2014
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Source code released for Crytek's Renderdoc graphics debugger
Crytek today released the complete source code for its Renderdoc graphics debugger, in a bid to get the development community more involved with improvements to the utilities.
May 7, 2014
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King profits are up from last year, but down from recent quarters
Candy Crush Saga creator King today released its first quarter results for the 2014 fiscal year, recording flat revenues and a drop in profits compared to the previous quarter.
May 7, 2014
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New Pokemon on the way: Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Nintendo has just announced Pokemon Omega Ruby and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire, the next titles in the Pokemon franchise, and a throwback to the original 2003 Ruby and Sapphire releases.
May 7, 2014
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Get a job: Firaxis Games is hiring a Graphics Programmer
Firaxis Games is looking to hire an experienced graphics programmer to work alongside the rest of the team in its Baltimore, Maryland office.
May 7, 2014