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Get a job: Zenimax's Battlecry Studios is seeking character artists
"We are looking for a Character Artist with the motivation and desire to work on a world class team to build awesome and amazing characters for an upcoming online title."
Aug. 1, 2013
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It's important that consumers accept the Wii U - Iwata
"Nintendo developers are extremely insatiable when it comes to whether what they make resonates with customers or not." - Nintendo's Satoru Iwata discusses the need to cater to customers.
Aug. 1, 2013
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Warface, ibb & obb, mobile analytics talks added to GDC Europe
Extensive overviews of ibb & obb (pictured), and Crytek's free-to-play FPS Warface join Flurry's mobile analytics lecture in August's GDC Europe 2013 event in Germany.
Aug. 1, 2013
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Sega reports profits up 400 percent, digital delivers
After a rough patch, Sega Corporation parent Sega-Samy reports solid performance from Company of Heroes and Phantasy Star Online 2, bringing Sega's games division into a new upward swing.
July 31, 2013
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Capcom having trouble finding mobile success
A lack of major releases for mobile is to blame for Capcom's latest sluggish quarter, the company says, with revenues and profits both down for the first quarter of the new fiscal year.
July 31, 2013
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Borderlands 2 smashes projections, but Take-Two still takes a loss
Borderlands 2 DLC and online passes carry the day for Take-Two Interactive, which despite considerably exceeding projections still reported a significant loss in the last three months.
July 30, 2013
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Guitar Hero veterans move into fitness games
Kai and Charles Huang, the founders of Guitar Hero studio RedOctane, have revealed their next move in the games industry: an interactive fitness company.
July 30, 2013
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Thomas Was Alone, pop-up arcade, public play talks added to GDC Europe
New talks for the Independent Games Summit at GDC Europe 2013 include Thomas Was Alone, pop-up arcade postmortems, and an international collaborative project entitled 'Playmakers in the Maldives.'
July 30, 2013
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Zelnick bullish on AAA iPad games after XCOM success
As part of Take-Two's financial results today, company head Strauss Zelnick revealed that Firaxis' strategy title XCOM: Enemy Unknown was in the top 10-grossing iPad apps within the first week of release - a big success for the company.
July 30, 2013
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Apple's smartphone marketshare drops to less than 14 percent
Smartphones shipped a record-breaking 230 million units globally in the last three months, but the iPhone is continuing to cede territory from Samsung, dropping to less than 14 percent marketshare.
July 29, 2013
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Get a job: Spin Master is seeking a monetization analyst
Los Angeles-based children's entertainment company Spin Master Inc is searching for a monetization analyst using "both economic and psychological best practices."
July 26, 2013
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A dark (yet hilarious) take on video game publishing
Tim Keenan, the developer behind indie game A Virus Named Tom, has given some insight into the sort of publishers that he talked to while trying to get his game on various platforms.
July 25, 2013