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Top YouTube game channels now earn nearly 3.5 billion views every month
The top 100 game-focused channels on YouTube continue to grow more popular, and that growth is being fueled more by personalities like PewDiePie than publishers like Activision.
June 13, 2014
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Recreating the feeling of flight using Oculus Rift
There have been tons of great demos and prototypes showing off what can be achieved with the Oculus Rift VR hardware, but Birdly may be the most imaginative we've seen to date.
June 12, 2014
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Alienware remodels its Steam Machine with Windows
Earlier this year, third-party Steam Machine manufacturers expressed concern. Now, following the delay of the Steam Machine movement, one such manufacturer has refitted its machine with Windows instead.
June 11, 2014
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Brenda Romero and The Witcher talks join GDC Europe 2014
Brenda Romero and a lead designer on The Witcher join the lineup of speakers exploring the art and business of making games at GDC Europe 2014 this August in Cologne.
June 11, 2014
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E3 likely to change venue in 2016
"E3 is a world class show that deserves a world class venue. The Los Angeles Convention Center is no longer a top-tier property." - Michael Gallagher, president of the Entertainment Software Association.
June 10, 2014
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Sony is about to hook the PlayStation 4 Share button up to YouTube
Sharing PlayStation 4 gameplay videos to YouTube may be as easy as hitting the Share button if Sony delivers on its E3 promise.
June 10, 2014
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Sony game hardware has outsold Nintendo for the first time since 2005
A new report from Nikkei today notes that Sony sold more video game hardware than Nintendo last fiscal year -- the first time this has happened since 2005.
June 9, 2014
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UK games industry employment levels hit five-year high
The UK video game industry is on the rise once again, with 2013 seeing employment, revenues and investment levels roughly equal to those recorded back in 2008.
June 9, 2014
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Gamasutra's on-site E3 2014 coverage starts Monday!
Heads up! Gamasutra is at E3 all week, starting Monday. You can keep up with our coverage of this year’s show on our special event page, where we’ll be publishing E3 interviews, analyses and news every day.
June 8, 2014
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Sacked Halo composer taking Bungie to court over unpaid benefits
Composer Marty O'Donnell was fired by Bungie back in April after more than a decade of service. Now, he's taking them to court over the company's alleged failure to pay him benefits owed.
June 6, 2014
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Get a job: Goblinworks is hiring a Visual FX Artist
Tabletop RPG fans with MMO game dev experience, take note: Goblinworks needs an artist to join the team working on a Pathfinder MMORPG in the studio's Redmond, WA office.
June 6, 2014
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Words With Friends co-creator is making a Rift-exclusive platformer
Oculus VR's publishing program is starting to bear fruit -- the company has revealed a partnership with Playful Corp. to build a third-person platformer exclusively for the Oculus Rift VR headset.
June 5, 2014