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Strapped for sponsors, Edinburgh Interactive Festival is called off
UKIE and TIGA have called off their annual Edinburgh Interactive Festival, in order to devote more time and resources to Gamescom and other larger industry events.
July 11, 2013
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Steam Summer Sale arrives, weaves trading cards into its bargains
Valve's annual Steam Summer Sale has arrived, and the company is capitalizing on the heavy traffic by incorporating its recently released Steam Trading Cards feature into many of its bargains.
July 11, 2013
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Check out this hilarious game from RuneStorm's internal game jam
Rooks Keep developer RuneStorm recently held a 10-day, internal game jam. Here's the video of the results, a blood-drenched "swab-'em-up" it's calling Viscera Cleanup Detail.
July 11, 2013
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Capcom restructures, sheds U.S. staff - Report
Capcom is undergoing significant restructuring and letting go of several key U.S. staff, Gamasutra has learned. Among them is 7-year veteran Christian Svensson, Senior VP of planning and development.
July 11, 2013
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Get a job: Wargaming is looking for a Dev-Ops engineer
Wargaming.net is seeking a Dev-Ops engineer to join its Chicago, IL-based team. "Interact with game team on various tasks that lie between game servers and web."
July 11, 2013
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Julie Larson-Green takes point as Xbox chief
Microsoft veteran and Windows chief Julie Larson-Green has been named head of Microsoft's reorganized games and entertainment division. Windows Phone lead Terry Myerson has also been named head of OS.
July 11, 2013
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David Cage to discuss The Dark Sorceror at GDC Europe 2013
David Cage will show new clips from his The Dark Sorcerer tech demo in a session on virtual actors, joining Ubisoft on UX and Nevosoft on the growing Russian mobile market, at GDC Europe 2013.
July 11, 2013
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A peek inside one particularly ambitious student dev project
In this reprint from the final (June/July 2013) issue of Game Developer magazine, Alexandra Hall interviews two members of the 38-person USC student game Tales from the Minus Lab.
July 11, 2013
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Video: Classic GDC 2000 talks on future of retail, online sales
Tales from the GDC Vault uncovers two videos from the GamExecutive Conference during GDC 2000: Interplay's Phil Adam on improving retail success, and EA's Bryan Neider on the future of online gaming.
July 11, 2013
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Should you consider breaking into the Brazilian games industry?
When considering the territories to localize your games for, have you considered Brazil? A panel today discussed at length the pros and cons of breaking into Brazil.
July 10, 2013
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The future of free-to-play, according to CSR Racing's Boss Alien
Jason Avent of CSR Racing studio Boss Alien today outlined how he believes free-to-play should be, and where he sees the future of free-to-play heading in the coming years.
July 10, 2013
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Mark Cerny on 'bridging the gap' between casual and console
Sony's Mark Cerny has given notable insight into how working on Knack for PS4 is allowing him to "bridge the gap" between casual games and traditional console games.
July 10, 2013