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GDC 2014 adds Summit talks on open-world AI design, games writing
GDC 2014 adds Summit talks on open-world AI design, games writing
New GDC 2014 Summit talks include a guide to open-world AI design from developers of games like Saints Row IV, a talk about the fundamentals of writing for games, and a session about making cross-platform mobile games.
Jan. 15, 2014
Ghost Recon Online Heads to Steam Early Access
Ghost Recon Online Heads to Steam Early Access
Publisher announces plans to bring Ghost Recon Online to Steam Early Access, as publisher escalates the size of the IP it's launching on the service.
Jan. 15, 2014
U4iA Games, the studio founded by Activision vets, is closing
U4iA Games, the studio founded by Activision vets, is closing
U4iA Games, a studio set up by Activision veterans back in 2011, has been suddenly closed down with little warning to its employees.
Jan. 15, 2014
UK retailer Game was going under in 2012. Now it's planning an IPO
UK retailer Game was going under in 2012. Now it's planning an IPO
Nearly two years after UK retailer Game Group fought its way out of bankruptcy, the company is reportedly now planning an initial public offering off the back of strong holiday period sales.
Jan. 15, 2014
Key World of Warcraft designer 'Ghostcrawler' has jumped ship to Riot Games
Key World of Warcraft designer 'Ghostcrawler' has jumped ship to Riot Games
Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street, previously lead systems designer on Blizzard's behemoth MMO World of Warcraft, has switched teams after leaving the company late last year.
Jan. 15, 2014
Unity support comes to the PS Vita
Unity support comes to the PS Vita
Back in March 2013, Unity said it was bringing its popular game development tool to all current PlayStation consoles, including the PS Vita handheld. Today the company followed through with this promise.
Jan. 15, 2014
Steam now has over 75 million active accounts
Steam now has over 75 million active accounts
The news was shared with attendees of the company's inaugural Stem Dev Days conference today as Valve attempted to woo developers with numbers, tech talks and free Steam Machines.
Jan. 15, 2014
A geographical breakdown of Steam sales, in charts
A geographical breakdown of Steam sales, in charts
While North America and Europe continue to dominate the Steam sales charts, Eastern Europe and Brazil are clearly up-and-coming growth markets.
Jan. 15, 2014
Mobile and online games predicted to be 60% of the market by 2017
Mobile and online games predicted to be 60% of the market by 2017
Rapid growth in online and mobile gaming markets is expected push revenue for the entire games industry past $100 billion by 2017, according to a new report from Digi-Capital.
Jan. 15, 2014
Steam Dev Days in tweets: Day one
Steam Dev Days in tweets: Day one
1,200 game developers converged on Seattle to attend Valve Software's Steam Dev Days. Here's what attendees tweeted while they were at the developer-only event.
Jan. 15, 2014
Agawi's new AppGlimpse tech streams playable ads to mobile apps
Agawi's new AppGlimpse tech streams playable ads to mobile apps
Agawi claims the AppGlimpseTM platform is capable of streaming playable "Try Before You Buy" ads via Wi-Fi and cellular networks into mobile apps running on iOS and Android devices.
Jan. 15, 2014
Valve aims for SteamOS to have music, video services ready for launch
Valve aims for SteamOS to have music, video services ready for launch
At the ongoing Steam Dev Days developer conference, Valve said it wants to expand Steam's reach into music and video content -- further invading traditional game consoles' territory.
Jan. 15, 2014