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Quick advice for making Android console games
Sameer Baroova, head of games at Playjam, took to the stage at Develop Conference today to explain what his team at GameStick has found makes a good Android console game.
July 9, 2013
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When chasing the 'mainstream' compromises your artistic vision
Gamasutra senior contributing editor and independent developer Brandon Sheffield muses on a recent job that put his integrity to the test.
July 9, 2013
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You Thought You Molyneux: A postmortem of Molyjam Deux
Indie game developer and Gamasutra senior contributor Brandon Sheffield offers the definitive rundown of this year's Molyjam worldwide game jam.
July 9, 2013
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Get a job: Telltale is looking for a Creative Development Director
The Walking Dead developer Telltale is hard at work on its next project, and is looking for a Creative Development Director to join its San Rafael, CA-based team.
July 9, 2013
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World of Warcraft to monetize experience buffs
Blizzard Entertainment will soon be rolling out an in-game store for its flagship World of Warcraft, testing the microtransaction waters with monetized experience buffs and a new way to obtain specific items.
July 9, 2013
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IGDA Chair: Relying on stereotypes is 'lazy creativity'
IGDA Executive Director Kate Edwards believes strongly in industry diversity -- not just for the sake of representation, but because it spurs creativity as well.
July 9, 2013
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GDC Europe adds Crysis III, AMD, Housemarque talks
Learn about Crysis III's lighting pipeline, AMD's GPU architecture powering PS4 and Xbox One, and Housemarque's 18 years worth of tips for staying independent, at GDC Europe 2013 this August.
July 9, 2013
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Video: Iterating on Diablo III's game systems
Blizzard senior technical game designer Wyatt Cheng demos what was cut and kept for Diablo III's health recovery, command input, and skills support system designs in this free GDC 2013 video.
July 9, 2013
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The Last of Us is PS3's fastest-selling new intellectual property
Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us has moved 3.4 million units worldwide in less than three weeks since launch, Sony Computer Entertainment said today.
July 9, 2013
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Looking beyond files and folders, Dropbox wants to sync mobile games
Dropbox is already a handy tool for syncing files and folders. Now the company is bringing its idea of a sync’d-up world to mobile games.
July 9, 2013
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Gree closes another office, this time in the UK
Just months after Japanese mobile gaming giant Gree closed its Chinese studio, and laid off staffers in the U.S., the company has now also shut down its UK office.
July 8, 2013
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Nintendo: We may have underestimated the shift to HD
Nintendo has admitted that the shift to high-definition visuals on the Nintendo Wii U, and the scale of work required to make this shift, has taken the company by surprise.
July 8, 2013