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Nintendo's next big Switch announcement isn't happening until next year
Nintendo is continuing to give the silent treatment that started with last year's NX announcement and won't release more major Switch details until next January.
Oct. 27, 2016
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Owlboy dev talks about the journey of its decade-long development
After first starting work on the game in 2007, members of Owlboy's development team talk about the ups and downs that they experienced leading up to the completion of their game.
Oct. 27, 2016
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Get a job: Disruptor Beam seeks a Game Server Engineer
Boston-based Disruptor Beam is looking to bring on an experienced server engineer to contribute to various projects alongside the developers and designers at the studios's HQ in Framingham, MA.
Oct. 27, 2016
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Sony targets eSports market with officially licensed 'pro controllers'
Sony is targeting the eSports market with two new officially licensed pro controllers designed and manufactured by Razer and Nacon.
Oct. 27, 2016
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Game revenue on the rise as profits slump at Capcom
Capcom is the latest company to release its financials for the six months ended September 30, and it's been a mixed few months for the Monster Hunter publisher.
Oct. 27, 2016
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King shuts down Singapore-based mobile studio, Nonstop Games
Candy Crush Saga creator King has pulled down the shutters on its Singapore-based mobile studio, Nonstop Games.
Oct. 27, 2016
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Online game shop OnePlay snaps up Desura and other Bad Juju assets
Devs should note that OnePlay aims to get game distribution platform Desura and the game bundle services Indie Royale/Daily Royale "back up and running" by the first quarter of next year.
Oct. 27, 2016
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Boston devs team up to sell game bundles for child cancer charity
Instead of the typical customer-defined percentage, a flat 60 percent of all proceeds from sales of the bundle will be funneled to the children's cancer charity St. Baldrick's Foundation.
Oct. 27, 2016
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With Titanfall 2, Respawn makes a show of ditching paid map packs
Respawn's mech-enhanced shooter Titanfall 2 is out this week, so the studio is hyping its plan to break with common practice and make all multiplayer maps/game modes it adds to the game free.
Oct. 27, 2016
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The Not-So-Big Easy: a historian discusses Mafia III
Historian Bob Whitaker uses the work of Professor Leonard Moore to discuss the history behind Mafia III. Topics include New Orleans in the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement, Mark Essex, the Black Panther Party, and the Cold War.
Oct. 27, 2016
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Dynamic Scrolled List
In the previous post about the basic scrolled list I listed out some performance issues that it involves. Today I’m going to present a much more robust solution, which we came up with at Tabasco.
Oct. 27, 2016
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(De)motivating players with “social pressure conditioning”
On how your game (and community) comments on mechanic can sometimes be more important than what the mechanic really does. (Shown on example from Hawken, cross-inspired by two articles on gamasutra)
Oct. 27, 2016