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As paid games are crowded out on mobile, one dev heads back to PC
As paid games are crowded out on mobile, one dev heads back to PC
"The paid market on mobile is shrinking. EPOCH and EPOCH 2 have been very successful on iOS, but the rate at which the paid market is shrinking means we have to look for other revenue streams."
May 30, 2014
GameMaker: Studio devs can now publish for PS4 and Vita
GameMaker: Studio devs can now publish for PS4 and Vita
YoYo Games today announced the launch of GameMaker: Studio version 1.3, a free update that includes lots of new features, including the possibility of exporting your GameMaker project to PlayStation 4 or PS Vita.
May 30, 2014
Video: What 3 years of hardcore iteration on Antichamber looks like
Video: What 3 years of hardcore iteration on Antichamber looks like
Indie developer Alexander Bruce breaks down his iterative approach to polishing Antichamber and shares what he learned from it during a postmortem talk at GDC 2014.
May 30, 2014
Get a job: Crystal Dynamics seeks a Lead Graphics Engineer
Get a job: Crystal Dynamics seeks a Lead Graphics Engineer
The developer of Tomb Raider is looking to hire a lead graphics engineer to work directly with the rendering team at Crystal Dynamics' Redwood City, CA office.
May 30, 2014
Rise of Nations' mystery buyer was...Microsoft
Rise of Nations' mystery buyer was...Microsoft
When 38 Studios went bankrupt its rights to Rise of Nations were sold to an undisclosed party, and now the game is being rereleased on Steam by an unexpected publisher: Microsoft Studios.
May 30, 2014
Mythic co-founder pays tribute to his shuttered studio
Mythic co-founder pays tribute to his shuttered studio
Electronic Arts announced that it was shutting down Mythic Entertainment earlier this week, and today Eurogamer published a paean to the studio written by Mythic co-founder Mark Jacobs.
May 30, 2014
Lionsgate taps Kabam to create the next Hunger Games mobile tie-in
Lionsgate taps Kabam to create the next Hunger Games mobile tie-in
Social games company Kabam is working with Lionsgate to produce a mobile RPG based on the Hunger Games movies in advance of the next film's November release.
May 30, 2014
IndieCade partners with Sony and Ouya to bring indie games to E3
IndieCade partners with Sony and Ouya to bring indie games to E3
Bounden, Hohokum, and Double Fine's Hack N Slash are among the games that will be showcased at IndieCade's E3 pavilion in June.
May 30, 2014
Watch a Unity developer demo the new UI system for Unity 4.6
Watch a Unity developer demo the new UI system for Unity 4.6
The long-awaited upgraded UI system didn't quite make it into the latest 4.5 update, but it's almost ready -- enough to showcase it in a nearly half-hour long demo.
May 30, 2014
Twitch taps Steam's metadata to make streams more searchable
Twitch taps Steam's metadata to make streams more searchable
Twitch is working to make its library of livestreams more searchable using metadata gleaned from games, starting with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
May 29, 2014
Zombie Studios creative director departs to join MLG
Zombie Studios creative director departs to join MLG
Major League Gaming has hired Zombie Studios' Jared Garritzen (Blacklight: Retribution) to serve as the company's new vice president of publishing and developer relations.
May 29, 2014
Sony switches up PlayStation Plus, with 2 free games per platform a month
Sony switches up PlayStation Plus, with 2 free games per platform a month
Sony has revealed that starting in June, each platform it currently supports with PlayStation Plus -- PlayStation 4, PS3, and Vita -- will get two free games a month.
May 29, 2014