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GDC 2014 Visual Arts talks feature Destiny, Bioshock Infinite and more
GDC 2014 Visual Arts talks feature Destiny, Bioshock Infinite and more
GDC organizers highlight a few noteworthy Visual Arts track talks, including a behind-the-scenes look at how Bungie animates_Destiny_, a session on how the lifelike movements of Bioshock Infinite's Elizabeth were crafted, and more.
Feb. 19, 2014
Eliss Infinity came out of a one-man, at-home 'game jam'
Eliss Infinity came out of a one-man, at-home 'game jam'
Recently released for iOS, Eliss Infinity is an updated edition of one of the first breakout hits from Apple's App Store. Developer Steph Thirion shares why he came back to the game.
Feb. 19, 2014
Amazon Coins now available on all Android platforms
Amazon Coins now available on all Android platforms
Last May, retail giant Amazon launched its own virtual currency. Today, the company said that Amazon Coins are now available to all Android users, and are no longer exclusive to the Kindle Fire.
Feb. 19, 2014
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