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Epic partners with British university to build Epic Games Centre
Epic partners with British university to build Epic Games Centre
Epic Games has announced a two-year partnership with Staffordshire University to provide the university's game design program with hardware, software, and guidance from Epic Games personnel.
Jan. 23, 2014
TeacherGaming launches 'early access program' for KerbalEdu
TeacherGaming launches 'early access program' for KerbalEdu
A modified version of Kerbal Space Program for use in classrooms is now available for pre-order by educators at a discounted price, though the game itself hasn't actually launched yet.
Jan. 23, 2014
Microsoft ramps up TV production efforts with reality TV hire
Microsoft ramps up TV production efforts with reality TV hire
Ari Mark, who helped create the Walking Dead-related Talking Dead talk show for AMC, among others, joins Xbox Entertainment Studios as its head of unscripted programming.
Jan. 23, 2014
Stoic commits to making more 'Saga' games despite King's opposition
Stoic commits to making more 'Saga' games despite King's opposition
Stoic Games has published a statement of its resolve to keep making games that have words like "Saga" in the title, including a sequel to its recent Viking-themed tactical RPG The Banner Saga.
Jan. 23, 2014
Corona devs can now access free GameAnalytics mobile tools
Corona devs can now access free GameAnalytics mobile tools
Mobile game analytics firm GameAnalytics today announced that Corona SDK developers can now grab a free plug-in which allows for quick and easy monitoring of user statistics.
Jan. 22, 2014
Remedy, Wooga vets raise $2.3M in funding for new strategy game studio
Remedy, Wooga vets raise $2.3M in funding for new strategy game studio
A group of Remedy, Wooga and Digital Chocolate veterans have formed a new studio in Helsinki, Finland, and secured $2.3 million in funding for their first mobile title.
Jan. 22, 2014
Eugene Jarvis explains Robotron 2084 in GDC 2014 Classic Game Postmortem
Eugene Jarvis explains Robotron 2084 in GDC 2014 Classic Game Postmortem
For March's Game Developers Conference 2014, we're excited to announce a Robotron 2084 postmortem from industry legend Eugene Jarvis.
Jan. 22, 2014
Video: Programming as Art for Nintendo and Apple platforms
Video: Programming as Art for Nintendo and Apple platforms
"A Scanner Darkly" head of animation Bob Sabiston explores the design and UI of his Nintendo DSi/eShop and iOS projects Inchworm Animation, Headspace, and Voxel, along with a brief demo of his upcoming 3DS art project using 3D depth.
Jan. 22, 2014
2014 Independent Games Festival announces Student Showcase winners
2014 Independent Games Festival announces Student Showcase winners
The Independent Games Festival Student Competition took in nearly 350 student-developed games. Here are the eight that made the cut.
Jan. 22, 2014
Blizzard patches StarCraft II to be a bit more free-to-play
Blizzard patches StarCraft II to be a bit more free-to-play
Blizzard rendered a large swath of StarCraft II content free to play yesterday via a patch that greatly expands the scope of the free, downloadable StarCraft II: Starter Edition.
Jan. 22, 2014
Natural Selection source code released for free
Natural Selection source code released for free
UPDATE While it's not technically open source, you can now download the source code for the original Natural Selection Half-Life mod to muck around with the assets and see how the mod worked.
Jan. 22, 2014
DayZ's Hall on balancing realism and game design
DayZ's Hall on balancing realism and game design
DayZ is a simulation of a zombie apocalypse -- but gamers find it engrossing. What's the boundary between realism and game design?
Jan. 22, 2014