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Get a job: Crystal Dynamics is hiring a Systems Designer
The studio behind the most recent Tomb Raider game is looking to hire a systems designer to work on another one alongside the team in its Redwood City, CA office.
April 14, 2014
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Video: The story of Cave Story, as told by its creator
Cave Story creator Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya shares his game development philosophy and shows the beta version of Cave Story during a postmortem presentation on the game at GDC 2011.
April 14, 2014
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Crafting To Leave, an autobiographical indie game from Ecuador
Upcoming indie puzzle-platformer To Leave was built a team of student developers, and purports to be the first PSN game based on original IP to ever come out of Ecuador.
April 14, 2014
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Square Enix shutters short-lived India branch
Square Enix has decided to close its office in Mumbai, India, laying off six employees in the process. The office did not release a single game, though projects may well have been in development.
April 14, 2014
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Georgia passes law offering $25 million in video game tax breaks
Georgia state governor Nathan Deal signed a bill into law that aims to provide $25 million in tax breaks for video game developers in the region, including companies like Hi-Rez Studios and CCP Games.
April 14, 2014
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GaymerX2 will be the final GaymerX -- for the foreseeable future
Organizers of the annual GaymerX convention plan to discontinue the event after GaymerX2, which will still take place at the Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco July 11 - 13, 2014.
April 14, 2014
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But is it hot? Design challenges for sex in games
A panel at Different Games convened designers working on expressing intimacy, sexuality and diversity in games to talk about ways to confront common design challenges, and evolve the role sex plays in games.
April 14, 2014
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CCP cans World of Darkness MMO after eight years of development
EVE Online developer CCP said today it is canceling its long in development MMO World of Darkness, and laying off dozens of staff.
April 14, 2014
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Designer ego vs. player agency in Broforce
Broforce is out on Steam Early Access, and it's got quite a kick to it. Players are able to destroy anything in each level, and essentially forge their own path through the world.
April 11, 2014
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Get a job: Gearbox is seeking a Graphics Programmer
The developer of Borderlands 2 is looking to hire an experienced rendering programmer to work alongside the team in the Plano, TX studio on projects in development.
April 11, 2014
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Want monetization suggestions for your zombie MMO? Head to Reddit
Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley took to Reddit yesterday to solicit suggestions as to how Sony should monetize its recently-announced post-apocalyptic MMO game H1Z1.
April 11, 2014
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Upcoming documentary depicts development of That Dragon, Cancer
Filmmakers David Osit & Malika Zouhali-Worrall are currently working on Thank You For Playing, a documentary about the development of the Green family's autobiographical game That Dragon, Cancer.
April 11, 2014