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Obituary: Fire Pro Wrestling creator Masato Masuda
Masato Masuda, the game developer best known for creating the Japanese Fire Pro Wrestling series, has passed away. He was 48 years old.
April 4, 2014
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Microsoft patches Xbox Live security flaw found by 5-year-old
Microsoft has patched an Xbox Live security flaw which allowed a 5-year-old in San Diego to log into his father's account without knowing the password.
April 4, 2014
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Indie developers build robot that plays Threes perfectly
Matthew Wegner and Walt Destler have built a robot that is programmed to play a perfect game of Threes, and you can watch it do so right now.
April 4, 2014
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Titanfall: Why Respawn is punishing cheaters
Respawn has begun to exclude Titanfall cheaters from the general player population. We speak with network engineer Jon Shiring and community manager Abbie Heppe to find out more.
April 4, 2014
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Q&A: The retrofuturistic aesthetics of Read Only Memories
Gamasutra catches up with the developers behind upcoming adventure game Read Only Memories, which recently demoed at San Francisco's Game Developers Conference.
April 3, 2014
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This Week in Video Game Criticism: Threes' company
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics including the cloning of Threes and Tim Rogers's Love: The Video Game.
April 3, 2014
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Subpoenas to be issued over 38 Studios fiasco
Rhode Island's House Oversight Committee has a new chairwoman, and she plans to subpoena all the key figures in the 38 Studios deal that went wrong two years ago.
April 3, 2014
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Hi-Rez Studios expanding, bringing new jobs to Georgia
Tribes: Ascend developer Hi-Rez Studios plans to invest $10 million in expanding its Georgia-based headquarters, stating that it will create around 30 jobs in the area.
April 3, 2014
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Tropico publisher Kalypso goes mobile
Kalypso Media, best known for the Tropico management series, today announced that it has opened a new mobile game division within the company.
April 3, 2014
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One Life Left vs. Gamasutra: GDC 2014 #5 - Voice / Over
Recorded on the afternoon of the 21st of March 2014, live from the Moscone Center with shattered voices and weary hearts, One Life Left presents OLL vs Gamasutra Show #5: FIVE STARS.
April 3, 2014
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DICE co-founder will now lead TransGaming's global push
Fredrik Liljegren, one of the original founders of Battlefield studio DICE, has joined video game social games porting company TransGaming as vice president.
April 3, 2014
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The humbling of Epic: A giant turns around
"It's strange to see Epic Games humbled," Leigh Alexander writes, as the company shifts its strategy for Unreal Engine 4. In this Q&A with VP Paul Meegan, she uncovers why those changes are happening.
April 3, 2014