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Get a job: Amazon Game Studios seeks a Senior Graphics Developer
Get a job: Amazon Game Studios seeks a Senior Graphics Developer
Amazon is looking to hire an experienced developer to work on graphics engine technology alongside artists and designers at the Amazon Game Studios office in Seattle, WA.
Feb. 19, 2014
Games most popular form of digital content, as apps grow fast
Games most popular form of digital content, as apps grow fast
Global consumers spent $34 billion on digital games in 2013, says IHS and App Annie -- and that excludes smartphones and tablets, which grew 2.9 times year-over-year.
Feb. 19, 2014
As chat apps become viable for games, Facebook spends big on WhatsApp
As chat apps become viable for games, Facebook spends big on WhatsApp
The major, global social network spends big on a mobile messaging service, a category which is picking up steam as a game distribution platform -- but will that happen here?
Feb. 19, 2014
Nintendo prevails in latest patent suit
Nintendo prevails in latest patent suit
Nintendo 3DS and DSi systems found not to infringe on patents held by Patriot Scientific Corporation, which brought the suit at the International Trade Commission.
Feb. 19, 2014
Q&A: BioShock 2 lead jumps out of comfort zone with new South Park game
Q&A: BioShock 2 lead jumps out of comfort zone with new South Park game
Jordan Thomas was creative director on the dark and dystopian BioShock 2. But recently he changed things up as a consultant on the not-so-dystopian South Park and the Stick of Truth.
Feb. 19, 2014
Fire Hose Games offers free work space to unemployed devs going indie
Fire Hose Games offers free work space to unemployed devs going indie
In the wake of Boston-based Irrational Games' closure, indie studio Fire Hose Games offers free desk space in its Cambridge, MA office to unemployed developers in the area who are looking to go indie.
Feb. 19, 2014
Kenji Eno's last project to come via crowdfunding, posthumously
Kenji Eno's last project to come via crowdfunding, posthumously
The idiosyncratic creator of D and Enemy Zero's last game concept, Kakexun, is set to be crowdfunded and developed by developer Kazutoshi Iida.
Feb. 19, 2014
Irrational Games, journalism, and airing dirty laundry
Irrational Games, journalism, and airing dirty laundry
Gamasutra's Leigh Alexander looks back a few years to put the impending closure of Irrational Games into better context, from a game industry and journalism vantage point.
Feb. 19, 2014
Road to the IGF: Stoic's The Banner Saga
Road to the IGF: Stoic's The Banner Saga
As part of Gamasutra's Road to the IGF series we interview Stoic's Alex Thomas about The Banner Saga, a beautifully hand-painted PC strategy game set in a bleak world of Nordic fantasy.
Feb. 19, 2014
GDC State of the Industry: PS4 leads console interest, self-funding reigns
GDC State of the Industry: PS4 leads console interest, self-funding reigns
A new Game Developers Conference survey shows developers have a preference for PlayStation 4 development when it comes to consoles, and a changing relationship with game publishers.
Feb. 18, 2014
GDC 2014 Summit microtalks feature big ideas in bite-sized chunks
GDC 2014 Summit microtalks feature big ideas in bite-sized chunks
GDC organizers highlight a few popular Summit microtalks for the upcoming March conference. These rapid-fire roundtable presentations feature luminaries in game education, localization, F2P design and the indie scene.
Feb. 18, 2014
King IPO is going ahead, under ticker symbol 'KING'
King IPO is going ahead, under ticker symbol 'KING'
Social games giant King today took an extra step towards an initial public offering, as the company filed registration paperwork with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Feb. 18, 2014