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Battle Chef Brigade captures the pace and feel of cooking shows
Trinket Studio's cooking battle game mixes Iron Chef's humor and Chopped's pace with the art style of a great anime film.
Oct. 18, 2016
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The state of educational games in the _ Minecraft_ era
Minecraft, Kerbal Space, and even Civilization all have instructional spin-off versions. But do educators know how to integrate games into the classroom? We got the takes of some educational game devs.
Oct. 18, 2016
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DeNA ends western development with closure of San Francisco studio
DeNA Global and the company's overseas subsidiaries are to be liquidated as the Japanese company draws its focus away from Western game development.
Oct. 18, 2016
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Valve refutes Washington State accusations over CS:GO gambling
Valve states that accusations from the Washington State Gambling Commission that hold the company responsible for facilitating illegal online gambling have no "factual or legal support."
Oct. 18, 2016
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Dead Star removed from PSN and Steam pending online server shutdown
Armature Studio announced plans to shut down online servers for Dead Star as the cost of operation has eclipsed the income generated by the game.
Oct. 18, 2016
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Predicting the UK's post-Brexit future in Football Manager 2017
In a recent interview Miles Jacobson, studio director of Football Manager dev Sports Interactive, has spoken at length about trying to predict the unpredictable.
Oct. 18, 2016
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Red Dead Redemption 2 confirmed, analyst suggests strong upside
Rockstar has confirmed that a sequel to its 2010 western sandbox Read Dead Redemption will arrive next fall, and has immediately talked up a "brand new online experience."
Oct. 18, 2016
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Report: Sleeping Dogs developer United Front closes its doors
United Front Games, the Canadian studio behind Sleeping Dogs, ModNation Racers, and Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, has seemingly shut up shop.
Oct. 18, 2016
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Get a job: Insomniac Games is hiring a Character Artist
Insomniac Games is seeking a Character Artist to create models, textures, and shaders for characters, vehicles, weapons, and props in Burbank, California.
Oct. 18, 2016
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Video: Is the indiepocalypse real?
Get a look at some hard data about the (impending? imminent? ongoing?) indiepocalypse that's affecting game sales worldwide.
Oct. 18, 2016
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Get VR game dev tips from Ubisoft, Double Fine, CCP and more at VRDC!
Come out to the first-ever Virtual Reality Developers Conference next month to get behind-the-scenes VR/AR game dev insight from leading game makers at Double Fine, Ubisoft, CCP Games, and more!
Oct. 18, 2016
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Bending Unity to Carry Spherical Voxel Planets in Planet Nomads
Can Unity handle procedurally generated planets of Earth-like qualities with multiple biomes and advanced physics? Planet Nomads demonstrates it can. Specific technical challenges like multithreading are covered inside this post.
Oct. 18, 2016