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Nintendo CEO talks NX, mobile games
Nintendo CEO talks NX, mobile games
Nintendo published the Q&A session from its its latest shareholders' meeting -- and having taken place after E3, where little new information was announced, it's interesting as a glimpse of its future.
July 2, 2015
Chris Crawford is still trying to drive interactive storytelling forward
Chris Crawford is still trying to drive interactive storytelling forward
As his latest attempt to crowdfund a storytelling game falters, Crawford says he's now more focused on inspiring a new generation of game makers than trying to revolutionize the industry himself.
July 2, 2015
Designing You Must Build A Boat amid the rising tide of game releases
Designing You Must Build A Boat amid the rising tide of game releases
Indie dev Luca Redwood opens up about his experience trying to follow up his hit mobile game 10000000 with You Must Build A Boat amid a rising tide of game releases that make discoverability tough.
July 2, 2015
The best in Japan: CEDEC shares 2015 award nominees
The best in Japan: CEDEC shares 2015 award nominees
CEDEC has shared the nominees for its annual awards across five categories, including popular games like Final Fantasy XIV. It's a peek into how Japan's industry works.
July 2, 2015
How the Xbox 360 'Red Ring of Death' cost Microsoft $1.15 billion
How the Xbox 360 'Red Ring of Death' cost Microsoft $1.15 billion
In a podcast with IGN, former Xbox exec Peter Moore describes sitting across the table from Steve Ballmer explaining that the Xbox 360 was going to cost Microsoft at least an extra $1.15 billion.
July 2, 2015
GDC Europe State of the Industry: Devs moving from mobile to PC
GDC Europe State of the Industry: Devs moving from mobile to PC
GDC Europe 2015 officials have released the results of the third annual European State of the Industry Survey, which offers insight into which platforms are most appealing, the perceived value of crowdfunding and what VR means for the industry at large.
July 1, 2015
Surrendering control and trusting in players with Her Story
Surrendering control and trusting in players with Her Story
For Her Story developer Sam Barlow, surrendering his story to players was a mental hurdle he had to overcome as a writer. But it seems to have paid off.
July 1, 2015
Get a job: Cryptic Studios seeks an experienced Animator
Get a job: Cryptic Studios seeks an experienced Animator
The studio that built Neverwinter is looking for an experienced animator to take a senior role at Cryptic's Los Gatos, CA-based office and work on massively multiplayer online games.
July 1, 2015
Video: A design retrospective of Civilization: Beyond Earth
Video: A design retrospective of Civilization: Beyond Earth
Civlization: Beyond Earth leads David McDonough and Will Miller reveal how they took evolved the perennially popular civilization-building game for humanity's possible future on an alien planet.
July 1, 2015
PS4 and Xbox One aren't big in China, yet TV-based games grow in popularity
PS4 and Xbox One aren't big in China, yet TV-based games grow in popularity
The official launches of Sony and Microsoft's game boxes hasn't made a big impact on the market -- but there are big expectations for the TV-based gaming space.
July 1, 2015
Riot invests in game VoIP provider Curse
Riot invests in game VoIP provider Curse
A year after Curse launched its Curse Voice service, the publisher of League of Legends has backed the well-funded startup.
July 1, 2015
First Flight is Sony's new crowdfunding platform for internal projects
First Flight is Sony's new crowdfunding platform for internal projects
Sony is experimenting with new ways of doing business by launching First Flight, a crowdfunding platform Sony teams can use to gauge public interest and drum up public investment in new business projects.
July 1, 2015