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Inside Adult Swim and Cartoon Network's PC indie push
Inside Adult Swim and Cartoon Network's PC indie push
Cartoon Network and Adult Swim already share a channel, so it makes sense that their video game exploits are criss-crossing and learning from one-another too.
May 22, 2014
Nordic Game Program reveals next batch of devs to receive funding
Nordic Game Program reveals next batch of devs to receive funding
The Nordic Game Program has announced the batch of developers who will receive cash grants, including the team behind the PS Vita version of LittleBigPlanet, and The Ball developer Teotl Studios.
May 22, 2014
Steam's In-Home Streaming service has launched
Steam's In-Home Streaming service has launched
Steam's In-Home Streaming service, announced late last year, is now available to all Steam users, allowing you to stream your Steam games from one computer to another in your home.
May 22, 2014
Finding comfort in a pet project: The Bushido Blade-inspired Kyoto Wild
Finding comfort in a pet project: The Bushido Blade-inspired Kyoto Wild
Indie developer Teddy Diefenbach's comfort project while he works on Hyper Light Drifter is a four-player brawler inspired by games like Power Stone, Bushido Blade and Earthbound.
May 22, 2014
GameStop profits rise, but dearth of 'AAA' releases hurts new game sales
GameStop profits rise, but dearth of 'AAA' releases hurts new game sales
Weaker-than-expected sales of new software are impeding GameStop's financial growth as the company reports decent profits and a mild growth in sales for the quarter.
May 22, 2014
Chess trumps Mortal Kombat as the first game to incite moral panic
Chess trumps Mortal Kombat as the first game to incite moral panic
According to the authors of "Bad For You: Exposing The War On Fun," video games are but the latest in a long line of popular pastimes painted as threats to impressionable youth of the era.
May 22, 2014
Get a job: Tango is hiring a 2D character artist
Get a job: Tango is hiring a 2D character artist
The company is looking to hire an experienced 2D character artist to work on mobile games alongside the team in Tango's Austin, TX studio.
May 22, 2014
For Rebellion, more freedom means shifting away from work-for-hire
For Rebellion, more freedom means shifting away from work-for-hire
British studio Rebellion has been taking on all kinds of game development work for years now. But as the game industry changed, the company had to evolve as well.
May 21, 2014
Xbox One will soon support external storage
Xbox One will soon support external storage
Microsoft will update its Xbox One console to support external storage next month, alongside numerous other updates for the hardware.
May 21, 2014
Korean online game market is booming - but breaking in might be tough
Korean online game market is booming - but breaking in might be tough
Despite the fact that the Korean online games market is now worth more than ever before, new data from analytics firm IHS shows that much of the games industry is still hunting elsewhere for growth.
May 21, 2014
New chairman for AIAS, as Helgason and Beck join the board
New chairman for AIAS, as Helgason and Beck join the board
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences today announced Min Kim, CEO of Nexon America, as its new chairman, while two other big names have joined the not-for-profit organization's board.
May 21, 2014
Dark Souls director is From Software's new president
Dark Souls director is From Software's new president
From Software today announced that Hidetaka Miyazaki, the mind behind the popular Souls RPG series, is the company's new president.
May 21, 2014