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PopCap veteran Gwertzman wants to help build your backend
James Gwertzman, formerly a PopCap business veteran, has launched a new outfit that aims to help developers organize a more robust back-end architecture for their games.
April 1, 2014
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Bungie co-founder secures $5M for his first mobile game
Industrial Toys, a mobile game studio headed up by former Bungie founder and president Alex Seropian alongside science fiction writer John Scalzi, today announced that it has secured $5 million in funding.
April 1, 2014
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Oculus swipes yet another VR expert from Valve
Oculus VR already snapped up a couple of Valve veterans last month -- and today the company said that it has hired yet another Valve developer to help steer its virtual reality business in the right direction.
April 1, 2014
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Video: Hero Generations interview with creator Scott Brodie
Gamasutra speaks to Scott Brodie about Hero Generations, the procedurally-generated roguelike about fame, fortune and the importance of family that he's trying to revive through Kickstarter.
April 1, 2014
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Sony Japan sharpens its focus on China with new strategy division
The company quietly announced that it has opened a China Strategy Department in the SCE Japan Asia division, suggesting it may be moving to take advantage of China's grudging acceptance of game consoles.
April 1, 2014
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Indies seem to be warming up to Microsoft's ID@Xbox program
Indie developers and Xbox VP Phil Harrison share their thoughts about the current state of Microsoft's ID@Xbox self-publishing program in a new post-GDC interview feature published by Edge.
April 1, 2014
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Amazon adds Metacritic to video game purchase pages
The popular review-of-reviews site becomes an even more ubiquitous yardstick for the industry as the biggest online retailer incorporates Metacritic scores.
April 1, 2014
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Origin drops physical sales, goes all digital
It would appear that the vast majority of Origin users also didn't realize that the platform sells physical games too -- and as such, EA has decided to drop physical sales from the platform.
March 31, 2014
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Splinter Cell director joins Warner Bros. Montreal
Patrick Redding, previously Ubisoft's game director on Splinter Cell: Blacklist and Conviction, and narrative designer on Far Cry 2, has left the company to join Warner Bros. Games Montreal.
March 31, 2014
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Phil Spencer is Microsoft's new Xbox frontman
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced today that Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft Studios, is stepping up to become head of Xbox in the wake of former Xbox chief Marc Whitten's departure.
March 31, 2014
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A house divided: Siblings compete in public game dev contest
Chris and Ryan Campbell are brothers, coders and aspiring indie game developers. To stay motivated during development they've started a public sibling rivalry -- The One Year Game Dev Duel.
March 31, 2014
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Q&A: Modern Zombie Taxi Driver, the VR game that stormed BitSummit
Gamasutra reaches out to Modern Zombie Taxi Driver developer Vitei Backroom to learn a bit about the process of developing a fun, fanciful slapstick comedy game for the Oculus Rift.
March 28, 2014