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Get a job: Retro Studios seeks a Character Artist
Get a job: Retro Studios seeks a Character Artist
Nintendo-owned developer Retro Studios (Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze)is looking for a character artist to do modeling, texturing and art design in Retro's Austin, TX office.
June 25, 2015
Stonehearth studio nets $4.5M to keep making PC games
Stonehearth studio nets $4.5M to keep making PC games
Indie studio Radiant Entertainment has secured $4.5 million in investments from firms like London Ventures Partners as it continues to develop its Kickstarted PC game Stonehearth.
June 25, 2015
Want to find the right game? UC Santa Cruz debuts a new discoverability tool
Want to find the right game? UC Santa Cruz debuts a new discoverability tool
It's a big problem: Players can't find the games they might like. And developers can't locate prior art, either. Here's an attempt at solving discoverability issues.
June 25, 2015
France loosens up the rules for video game tax breaks
France loosens up the rules for video game tax breaks
Mature games are now eligible for funding, retroactive to projects from 2014 -- and the government is getting more flexible about smaller-budget games and staffing costs, too.
June 25, 2015
Make a game like it's your last, and burn bright
Make a game like it's your last, and burn bright
Advice from the Fire Emblem team: The venerable series had reached its conclusion -- but Awakening revitalized the franchise, and now it's a core Nintendo series.
June 25, 2015
Apple pulls games that feature Confederate flag from the App Store
Apple pulls games that feature Confederate flag from the App Store
Amid reignited controversy surrounding the use of the Confederate flag in America, Apple has reportedly pulled all games that feature the flag from the App Store.
June 25, 2015
Jordan Mechner encourages developers to accept their dark sides
Jordan Mechner encourages developers to accept their dark sides
Speaking in Barcelona, the veteran game designer shared stories of battling his own personal dark side after releasing Prince of Persia and exhorted fellow developers to embrace their "shadow" selves.
June 25, 2015
Games are key to Microsoft's 'broader vision for Windows,' says CEO
Games are key to Microsoft's 'broader vision for Windows,' says CEO
Today, a company-wide email from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella obtained by Geekwire suggests that the company sees games chiefly as a useful commodity for selling its Windows ecosystem.
June 25, 2015
Watch Unity's Unite Europe 2015 keynote here
Watch Unity's Unite Europe 2015 keynote here
Unite Europe 2015's keynote is beginning, with Unity CEO John Riccitiello talking, to be followed by CTO Joachim Ante, technical director Lucas Meijer, and CEO of Colossal Order Mariina Hallikainen.
June 24, 2015
Get a job: Be a Senior Engineer at Tangentlemen
Get a job: Be a Senior Engineer at Tangentlemen
Indie studio Tangentlemen is looking to hire someone with Unreal Engine experience to serve as a gameplay-focused senior engineer alongside the team at the studio's Los Angeles, CA headquarters.
June 24, 2015
Yu Suzuki sheds light on Sony's involvement with Shenmue 3
Yu Suzuki sheds light on Sony's involvement with Shenmue 3
Yu Suzuki has slightly elucidated how funds pledged in the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter will be spent, noting that no crowdsourced money will go to development partners Sony and Shibuya Entertainment.
June 24, 2015
See game console history unfurled on this interactive timeline
See game console history unfurled on this interactive timeline
Game industry history buffs, take note: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has published a neat interactive timeline of video game consoles through the years.
June 24, 2015