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Madame Bovary, the Gritty Triple-A Experience
In this humor column reprinted from the December 2009 edition of Game Developer magazine, Matthew Wasteland reminds us of some of the creative baggage triple-A games have yet to leave behind.
Nov. 21, 2013
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Sponsored News: Havok wants you for the Project Anarchy Game Dev Challenge
Havok wants you develop games using its free, mobile-focused engine and toolset Project Anarchy, and is ready to put up the money to get game developers on board.
Nov. 21, 2013
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Get a job: Insomniac is hiring an AI programmer
"Insomniac Games is looking for a talented programmer who can design and implement gameplay systems and features -- specifically with AI in mind. If AI is your thing -- then we want to hear from you!"
Nov. 21, 2013
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Insomniac supporting Starlight Children's Foundation holiday drive
Ratchet & Clank developer Insomniac Games is participating in this year's Starlight Wish Lists event, providing donations to children's hospitals in California and North Carolina.
Nov. 20, 2013
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PS4 owners see console failures; Sony says less than 1% affected
Gamasutra EIC Kris Graft booted up his PlayStation 4 earlier this week, to find that it had the dreaded "blue light of death" and needed to be sent back to Sony -- Sony says less than 1% are affected.
Nov. 20, 2013
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Get a job: Wargaming West is looking for a web project manager
"Wargaming West is hiring a Web Project Manager to join our Web Services team which is responsible for ensuring the top-notch quality of our game infrastructure services."
Nov. 20, 2013
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Unity adds free GameAnalytics tools for users
Unity Technologies is bringing GameAnalytics' free services to the Unity Asset Store Online Services Program, providing analytics tools designed "to follow up where the Unity engine ends."
Nov. 19, 2013
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Xbox One users won't get to broadcast Twitch streams until 2014
In a company announcement this morning, an Xbox One representative said that gameplay recording and live streaming through Twitch.TV would not be available through the console until early next year.
Nov. 19, 2013
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Get a job: 2K Games is hiring an executive assistant
2K is looking for an executive assistant to work with the company president, chief operational officer and other executives at its Novato, CA-based location. Administrative experience required.
Nov. 19, 2013
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Customers buying an average of three games for each PlayStation 4
With PS4 customers picking up an average of 3 software titles for each hardware unit -- and one third of those being EA titles -- EA CFO Blake Jorgensen spoke confidently about the company's pipeline.
Nov. 19, 2013
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Sony approaches break-even on each PS4 hardware sale, says report
Sony is near enough breaking even on each PlayStation 4 console sold, according to a new report from research firm IHS -- not great news, but far better compared to the losses from the PS3 launch.
Nov. 19, 2013
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From concept to retail in three months: the making of Deer Hunter
In this reprint from the December 1998 issue of Game Developer magazine, programmer James Boer shares how parallel and efficient development turned an unlikely sports game into a best-seller.
Nov. 19, 2013