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Peter Molyneux may have just monetized trolling
"Maybe the effects of automatically removing cubelets will be neutralized by players keen to keep Curiosity going." - A note from Peter Molyneux's 22cans tells users they can pay to reverse the progress made by others.
April 19, 2013
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Centipede creator sees lack of diversity in the game industry
Atari alumna Dona Bailey speaks in this new Indie Tech Talk video about how far the industry has come and where it still needs to go.
April 19, 2013
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Video: See where Resident Evil's creator wants to take the horror genre
Mainstream horror games today are heavy on the action and lacking in the horror. Can one of the genre's old guard bring the creeps back to horror game design?
April 19, 2013
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Send your dirty dev tricks for the final issue of GD Mag!
Game Developer is bringing back one of one of its most popular features: Dirty Coding Tricks! It's not just for coders, though; send us stories of your dirtiest workarounds for other dev discipline.
April 19, 2013
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Unity's co-founder has a brand new studio
Nicholas Francis, co-founder of Unity, left the company after a decade to form a studio and create a game he's been dreaming of for years.
April 18, 2013
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Ye olde Xbox 360 drove some healthy revenues for Microsoft
While Microsoft's next video game console waits in the wings for an expected reveal this year, its seven-and-a-half year old Xbox 360 is still helping drive revenues.
April 18, 2013
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BioShock, Tomb Raider stave off larger declines in March
NPD Group's monthly report of U.S. physical video game sales showed a 10 percent decline in dollar sales for last month -- a drop that could've been much worse if it weren't for a couple high-profile titles.
April 18, 2013
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A Molyjam game is getting backed by Indie Fund
Ben Esposito's Kachina, recently exhibited at GDC's Experimental Gameplay Workshop, is poised to receive support from Indie Fund.
April 17, 2013
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Supercell's latest reported revenue figures are ridiculously huge
Revenues for the Helsinki, Finland-based mobile game company are reportedly on track this year to be more than twice that of EA's mobile games division.
April 17, 2013
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New documentary aims to expose sexual harassment in game industry
Following on the #1Reason movement, independent filmmaker Shannon Sun-Higginson hopes to use her documentary to further the conversation on industry sexism.
April 17, 2013
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The Amazon Appstore is about to go global
The Amazon Appstore will soon go global, with the Android-based marketplace due to launch in nearly 200 further countries later this year.
April 17, 2013
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Social games' decline is holding digital market back - report
Although March saw strong sales of downloadable titles, DLC and mobile games in the U.S., the overall digital sales market was offset by the decline in social games and MMO subscribers.
April 17, 2013