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New GDC Pitch program helps GDC Play devs hone their pitching skills
New GDC Pitch program helps GDC Play devs hone their pitching skills
The GDC Play and 'Best in Play' awards return for GDC 2016 in San Francisco, and this time 10 GDC Play exhibitors will have the chance to get pitch training and pitch their games in front of a live audience for prizes.
Jan. 5, 2016
Spider dev shares environmental storytelling tips at GDC 2016
Spider dev shares environmental storytelling tips at GDC 2016
As we get closer to GDC 2016, conference officials reveal a new talk from Tiger Style's Randy Smith (Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon about advanced environmental storytelling in game design.
Jan. 5, 2016
Video: Watch a game coder rebuild id's Quake from scratch
Video: Watch a game coder rebuild id's Quake from scratch
Video game programmer Philip Buuck has launched a new video series, Handmade Quake, that aims to showcase his work rebuilding id's seminal first-person shooter from scratch, line by line.
Jan. 5, 2016
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima will be inducted into AIAS Hall of Fame
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima will be inducted into AIAS Hall of Fame
In the wake of his decision to leave longtime employer Konami, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima is slated to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame.
Jan. 5, 2016
Game of War cloning case ends in public apology
Game of War cloning case ends in public apology
Ember Entertainment has made a public apology for duplicating elements of Machine Zone's Game of War: Fire Age in its own game _Empire Z_in order to settle a $100 million copyright lawsuit.
Jan. 5, 2016
Japanese game dev Kaga Create, formerly Naxat Soft, dissolved
Japanese game dev Kaga Create, formerly Naxat Soft, dissolved
Creator had lately struggled in the game industry thanks to the rise of smartphone games, it says; its best known days as a console developer in the West were far behind it.
Jan. 5, 2016
Square Enix shuts down Shinra cloud-game service
Square Enix shuts down Shinra cloud-game service
Once a promising technological arm of the company and potential middleware provider; now, it's shut down and its assets will be liquidated.
Jan. 5, 2016
The secrets of Ikaruga and its developer, Treasure
The secrets of Ikaruga and its developer, Treasure
A newly translated interview with CEO Masato Maegawa reveals how the company kept its head above water even as the shooter genre died -- and why its CEO pushed on game designs.
Jan. 5, 2016
Destructive BlackEnergy Attacks Blitz Ukrainian News and Energy Firms
Destructive BlackEnergy Attacks Blitz Ukrainian News and Energy Firms
Destructive BlackEnergy Attacks Blitz Ukrainian News and Energy Firms. Hacking team had a busy 2015, according to Eset
Jan. 4, 2016
Q&A: Jonathan Blow on The Witness and the state of indie games
Q&A: Jonathan Blow on The Witness and the state of indie games
'I have spent all the Braid money, that’s all gone. So... hopefully some people will buy this new game.'
Jan. 4, 2016
Get a job: Be a Game Designer at Tynker
Get a job: Be a Game Designer at Tynker
The folks at Tynker, an educational games startup in Mountain View, CA, are looking for a game designer to join their team and own the process of designing, adjusting and launching games for kids.
Jan. 4, 2016
Video: How Race the Sun became a success through stubbornness
Video: How Race the Sun became a success through stubbornness
At GDC 2015's Indie Games Summit Flippfly founders Aaron and Forest San Filippo discuss the ups and downs of their stubborn efforts to create, fund and promote their debut game Race the Sun.
Jan. 4, 2016