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Philadelphia 76ers make eSports move to harness industry's 'incredible' potential
The Philadelphia 76ers have become the first North American sports franchise to break into the world of eSports after acquiring controlling stakes in Team Dignitas and Team Apex.
Sept. 26, 2016
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Ubisoft aims to foster Canadian indie scene via dev contest series
Ubisoft intends to make a show of supporting Canadian indies via a series of competitions to which devs can submit games -- and potentially win prizes that include money, support & uPlay distribution.
Sept. 26, 2016
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Game industry welcomes more women composers, still pays them less than men
"The difference in total income is equivalent to approximately 2.1 years of experience," reads an analysis of a recent game audio industry survey. "That is, the ‘cost’ of being female in game audio."
Sept. 26, 2016
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Google's Daydream-ready VR SDK exits beta with native Unity, UE4 support
Quick note for VR devs: Last Thursday Google published a blog post celebrating the 1.0 debut of its Google VR SDK, which includes support for Google's new mobile VR platform Daydream.
Sept. 26, 2016
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Sponsored: Game devs! Did you know you can now register the .games domain?
The .games extension launched on Sept. 21, and already has the potential to become one of the most popular new domains on the market.
Sept. 26, 2016
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Insomniac, other devs condemn Palmer Luckey's support of pro-Trump troll group
Updated: Palmer Luckey's support for a pro-Trump political organization has drawn fire from VR developers and promises to cancel their games if he does not step down from Oculus.
Sept. 23, 2016
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Beyond the sea: Devs look back at the influential BioShock 2
We caught up with some of the developers from BioShock 2 for lessons and memories from the game's development.
Sept. 23, 2016
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Today is the last day to submit talks for the Summits and VRDC at GDC 2017!
GDC organizers want to remind you that today is the last day to propose a talk for one of the Game Developers Conference 2017 Summits or the VR-focused VRDC at GDC 2017!
Sept. 23, 2016
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Get expert advice on implementing great VR hand-tracking at VRDC
Veteran game developer Matt Newport is now chief technology officer at VR firm Osso VR, and at VRDC he'll be running down the finer points of great, accurate hand-tracking in VR game and experiences.
Sept. 23, 2016
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Open the pod bay doors and join us for a developer stream of Event[0]
I can’t let you do that Dave. But I can let you join us for a stream of Event[0] today at 3PM EST on our new Twitch channel, where we'll be interviewing the developers of the new AI conversation game.
Sept. 23, 2016
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Get a job: Cryptic Studios is hiring a Character Artist
The Star Trek Online dev is hiring an artist to work closely with the rest of the team at its Los Gatos, CA studio and contribute to creating creatures, weapons, armor and costumes in its games.
Sept. 23, 2016
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Q&A: Implementing and balancing traversal mechanics in Grow Up
"We had a vision of an unbounded planet very early on, a place where BUD could explore a world from any angle in any way without linearity."
Sept. 23, 2016