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Video: What's next for empathetic games?
Papa & Yo designer Vander Caballero shares tips and techniques for building better empathetic games and expounds upon the value of exploring empathy in game design during GDC 2014.
May 7, 2014
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Nintendo: 'We're not trying to provide social commentary' with Tomodachi Life
Nintendo says it is "absolutely not trying to provide social commentary" with its life sim Tomodachi Life, and has no plans to allow same-sex relationships in the game.
May 7, 2014
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Rovio launches LVL 11, a new experimental publishing arm
Rovio already has its own third-party publishing label called Rovio Stars, but today the company revealed Rovio LVL 11 -- a publishing label for those internal games that don't quite fit the overall Rovio brand.
May 6, 2014
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App Annie launches free iOS keyword optimization, ad analytics
Mobile analytics company App Annie today announced two new products for its popular analytics platform, offering free optimization and ad-tracking statistics to its developers.
May 6, 2014
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MakeGame: A new harrassment-free place to get feedback on your games
A group of indie developers have launched a new game dev forum, where they hope to encourage fellow creators to get feedback, share their work, and take part in "pageants," all in a harassment-free environment.
May 6, 2014
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GameLoop: A new mobile game recommendation engine
A group of game industry veterans today announced GameLoop, a new game-orientated social network platform for mobile which the team claims acts as a powerful game recommendation engine.
May 6, 2014
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Former Angry Birds creators secure $3.6M in funding
Whatever Finnish studio Boomlagoon is currently working on has clearly excited investors, as the company announced today that it has secured an additional $3.6 million in funding.
May 6, 2014
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Chariot started as some stick figures, ended up on PS4
When the team at Quebec-based Frima Studio first put together the stick-figure demo that would later become Chariot, there were smiles all round.
May 6, 2014
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GDC Europe 2014 debuts talks from Killzone, Assassin's Creed devs
A nuts-and-bolts programming talk from Guerrilla Games and a frank look at Ubisoft's monetization strategies are the first of many talks at GDC Europe 2014 this August in Cologne.
May 6, 2014
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Valve pulls game from Steam for marketing fabrications
Valve has been forced to remove another game from Steam, following claims that the developer had lied about the features of the game and alters Steam forum posts to paint the game in a better light.
May 6, 2014
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Activision spending $500 million on Destiny, says CEO Kotick
In the run-up to the Destiny release this September, Activision's Bobby Kotick has said that his company plans to spend around $500 million developing and marketing the game.
May 6, 2014
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Activision Blizzard profits are down, but Hearthstone helps drive digital
Activision Blizzard's continued transition to a digital game business is moving along, as the company raised its annual outlook and reported better-than-expected results for the quarter.
May 6, 2014