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Undertale dev reflects on what it's like to have your game become a phenomenon
Undertale dev Toby Fox shares his thoughts on what it was like to put out an award-winning indie RPG that became a bit of a pop culture phenomenon.
Sept. 14, 2016
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How Grand Theft Auto V can help train self-driving car AI
A group of researchers have published a paper detailing their efforts to use open-world games like Grand Theft Auto V to help train computers to see and identify objects in the real world.
Sept. 14, 2016
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Steam Spy breaks down which games were hit hardest by Steam reviews shake-up
From Fantastic Contraption to Else Heart.Break(), Sergey Galyonkin has shared a list of the (400+) games hit hardest by the Steam reviews shake-up -- according to his Steam Spy analytics platform.
Sept. 14, 2016
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Alexis Kennedy becomes Bioware's first ever guest writer
Failbetter co-founder Alexis Kennedy has been invited to work with BioWare as the Mass Effect and Dragon Age developer's first ever guest writer.
Sept. 14, 2016
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Assassin's Creed series has sold over 100M copies
"To have this franchise join the ranks of those that have reached more than 100M sold is a testament to the teams that have taken on that challenge over the years."
Sept. 14, 2016
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League of Legends pulling in over 100M monthly active users
Riot Games hugely competitive MOBA, League of Legends, is still growing in popularity, and now attracts over 100 million active players each month.
Sept. 14, 2016
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Reigns sells big on mobile, proves premium games can still be king
Card-swiping monarchy sim Reigns has sold over 600,000 in just over a month, developer Nerial has revealed.
Sept. 14, 2016
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Hi-Rez, Bethesda and more are hiring on the Gamasutra Job Board
From id Software to Hi-Rez Studios to Bethesda Softworks, here are just a few of the many great job openings you'll find over on Gamasutra's industry-leading job board!
Sept. 14, 2016
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The GDC 2017 Education Summit seeks great talk submissions!
Got a good idea for a talk that would fit in well at the 2017 Game Developers Conference Education Summit? Great news: Now's the time to submit it & potentially become a GDC 2017 speaker!
Sept. 14, 2016
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Learn the secrets of social VR gameplay and the VR tabletop at VRDC!
At the standalone VRDC in November Red Storm's Justin Achilli will show how the studio developed Werewolves Within with a focus on social gameplay, breaking the notion of VR as a solitary activity.
Sept. 14, 2016
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When free exposure goes right, I think. (with data)
What happens when Game Jolt feature your game and a big Youtuber finds it? Here I will try to show all the stats and give some tips for indie developers so they can increase their userbase!
Sept. 14, 2016
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Develop Mobile VR w/ Oculus & Gear VR
This very long blog post is about developing for mobile, untethered VR and some design considerations and pitfalls to look out for when doing so, before moving onto performance optimisation, testing and Oculus Home store submission.
Sept. 14, 2016