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Ubisoft opens book publishing house to 'propel' brands forward
Assassin's Creed and Watch Dogs creator Ubisoft is looking to boost its cross-media brand power with the opening of its very own publishing house, Ubisoft Publishing.
Sept. 23, 2016
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Kabam pulls the plug on struggling Star Wars: Uprising
Kabam's free-to-play action RPG Star Wars: Uprising has been canceled and pulled from the iOS and Android app stores.
Sept. 23, 2016
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New Jam City: The studio formerly known as SGN rebrands
The company formerly known as SGN Games has rebranded itself as Jam City, and announced it's picked up the rights for a Peanuts mobile game.
Sept. 22, 2016
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Sony Santa Monica and WIGI step up to help Girl Scouts earn game dev patch
Sony Santa Monica is teaming up with Women In Games International to host a set of game design workshops for the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles to help them earn patches in game design.
Sept. 22, 2016
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Community managers' war stories show need for better harassment policies
A look at the world of community management highlights the fact that sometimes community managers are left on the front line without proper support to handle online harassment.
Sept. 22, 2016
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Postmortem: Steve Jackson's Sorcery! series by Inkle
Jon Ingold, the narrative director and co-founder of inkle, discusses the iterative process of turning Steve Jackson's beloved Sorcery! gamebooks into a series of well-received video games.
Sept. 22, 2016
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Tomorrow is the deadline to submit talks for the Summits and VRDC at GDC 2017!
The call for talk submissions for the VRDC and the specialized Summits that help open the 2017 Game Developers Conference closes this Friday, September 23rd at 11:59 PM Pacific!
Sept. 22, 2016
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Get a job: Sony is hiring an experienced AI Programmer
Sony Bend, the studio best known for working on the Syphon Filter games and Uncharted: Golden Abyss, seeks a senior AI programmer to work on a new PlayStation 4 project in Bend, Oregon.
Sept. 22, 2016
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Making a chatbot that drives a narrative in sci-fi exploration game Event[0]
"I can imagine a (very near) future where we generate entire narrative structures based on the player's personal traits and choices," says Ocelot Society co-founder Sergey Mohov.
Sept. 22, 2016
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Ukie and Nesta launch interactive UK Games Map to chart real-time growth
UK trade body UKIE has linked up with 'innovation foundation' Nesta to launch the first interactive map of the British games industry.
Sept. 22, 2016
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ESL One will be the first eSports event livestreamed in VR
ESL One New York's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament will soon become the first eSports event to be livestreamed globally in virtual reality.
Sept. 22, 2016
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'It's not bad if you keep making new games in the same series,' says Dark Souls creator
From Software president and Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki has shared some thoughts on the games industry's apparent obsession with sequels.
Sept. 22, 2016