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World of Warcraft to monetize experience buffs
Blizzard Entertainment will soon be rolling out an in-game store for its flagship World of Warcraft, testing the microtransaction waters with monetized experience buffs and a new way to obtain specific items.
July 9, 2013
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IGDA Chair: Relying on stereotypes is 'lazy creativity'
IGDA Executive Director Kate Edwards believes strongly in industry diversity -- not just for the sake of representation, but because it spurs creativity as well.
July 9, 2013
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GDC Europe adds Crysis III, AMD, Housemarque talks
Learn about Crysis III's lighting pipeline, AMD's GPU architecture powering PS4 and Xbox One, and Housemarque's 18 years worth of tips for staying independent, at GDC Europe 2013 this August.
July 9, 2013
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Molyjam Deux kicks off with 32 locations
The second annual Molyjam is now underway around the world. The theme for this year's jam is to design a game based on a tweet by Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube? designer Peter Molyneux.
July 5, 2013
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Blog about your Molyjam experience on Gamasutra
The second annual Molyjam game jam starts this weekend -- why not share your experiences on Gamasutra?
July 5, 2013
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GDC Europe F2P Summit adds Wooga, Big Fish, Red 5, DeNA talks
New free-to-play talks for GDC Europe 2013 in August cover best practices on designing casual games, monetizing MMOs, using key performance indicators, and adapting Japanese mobile card game design.
July 4, 2013
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The EGDF argues in favor of UK video game tax breaks
TIGA has been urging the EU Commission to approve video game tax breaks for the UK. Now the European Games Developer Federation has also recommended that tax breaks for the UK would be beneficial.
July 3, 2013
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Get a job: Blizzard is hiring an HR manager
Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a Human Resources Manager to join its Irvine, CA team. "Serve as a business partner to the team by helping to create a supportive and innovative HR programs to suit the team's initiatives."
July 3, 2013
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Zelda boss: Players want more, and it's getting harder to deliver
In an interview with Wired, Zelda chief Eiji Aonuma discusses the tough balancing act between delivering quickly and satisfyin fans. "I have no idea what I'm supposed to do to meet both of those demands."
July 3, 2013
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BioShock 2's creative lead is going independent
BioShock 2 creative director Jordan Thomas is departing 2K Marin to found a new, two-person independent studio.
July 2, 2013
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And Xbox's first free game for July is... Defense Grid
UPDATED As part of Microsoft's Xbox One transition strategy, the company is offering two free games a month to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. The first game for July is Defense Grid.
July 1, 2013
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Proteus coming to PSN, PlayStation Vita
In a post this morning on Sony's PlayStation blog, Curve Studios announced that it would be bringing Ed Key and David Kanaga's award-winning indie to Sony platforms.
July 1, 2013