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Video: Practicing the healthy habits of a successful game maker
As part of the GDC 2016 Game Career Seminar, game designer Lauren Scott took the stage to talk about some healthy habits she's honed to become a successful game maker.
Sept. 6, 2016
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Report: China will have 465 million mobile players by the end of 2016
There's some good news for those mobile developers who continue to look East, as the total number of mobile gamers in China looks set to hit 465 million by the end of 2016.
Sept. 6, 2016
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Guillemots increase stake in Ubisoft to fend off Vivendi takeover
Ubisoft founders the Guillemot brothers have upped their stake in the French publisher by 3.5 percent after acquiring a further four million shares.
Sept. 6, 2016
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Ark dev says Early Access DLC will bring long-term benefits
"We determined that it is more sound to iterate on these systems during Early Access than after retail launch, given the significant risks involved if we didn't 'get it right.'"
Sept. 6, 2016
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Fans are translating Japanese 'Iwata Asks' dev chats into English
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Sept. 6, 2016
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Heads up, devs: Yoyo Games is doing another GameMaker Humble Bundle
If you've been thinking of trying your hand at GameMaker, now's a good time: The folks at Humble Bundle and Yoyo Games have teamed up once again to offer it (and some extras) in a PWYW bundle.
Sept. 6, 2016
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Devs band together to launch a community for real-time VFX artists
A group of devs with experience at studios like Riot, EA and Naughty Dog have joined together to launch RealTimeVFX, a community platform aimed at helping artists share knowledge and best practices.
Sept. 6, 2016
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Devs open up about how it feels to work on a game that tanks
"Once morale starts to crumble it's real tough to get it back on track," ex-Infinite Crisis lead artist Steven Ashley tells Vice in a new feature. "It's a poison that's really infectious."
Sept. 6, 2016
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Why Making Multiplayer Games is Hard: Lag Compensating Weapons in MechWarrior Online
This article delves into one of the challenges facing multiplayer games: lag. Using MechWarrior Online's weapon system as a case study, this article describes a strategy for dealing with weapons and lag in a server authoritative environment.
Sept. 6, 2016
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How Licensing Laws are Threatening Your Video Games
The recent Castle of Illusion removal from stores frames a post talking about how licensing affects games and what this means for the future.
Sept. 6, 2016
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Behavior Analysis of 50,000 Mobile Players
About 5 months ago, I released Thermometers Puzzles on all major mobile platforms. On Google Play, downloads were quite decent and reached 50,000 players. I took some time to extract data and analyze the behavior of 50,128 Android players.
Sept. 6, 2016
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Disaster Report! and the Art of the Immediate Narrative
How the PS2 game Disaster Report! uses our innate knowledge of the real world to its advantage - something Hitchcock successfully did many years ago.
Sept. 6, 2016