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Is it time to start thinking of Pokemon as a language?
The wildfire success of Pokemon Go may be a good argument for thinking about game systems as a language, not just an architecture for play.
July 18, 2016
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20 Years of Music in Tomb Raider Video Games
In this article, Pieter Smal discusses the music of the Tomb Raider games 1996-2015.
July 18, 2016
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Choosing Fonts for Your Game
Typefaces help give your game personality but choosing the wrong one can hurt usability. Luckily, the basics of choosing a great typeface are pretty easy to grasp!
July 18, 2016
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Report: Google halts development on standalone VR headset
Recode reports that Google has abandoned its efforts at producing a standalone VR headset, choosing to focus on its recently announced mobile VR platform Daydream.
July 15, 2016
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Doom's glory kill animations nearly cost the game its chainsaw
Doom's art and game director sit down with Rock Paper Shotgun for an explanation on how they built the glory kill system.
July 15, 2016
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Devs weigh in on what makes Pok&eacutemon Go so appealing
The game dev community has been rife with Pokémon Go talk, and now The Verge has put up a nice roundtable with devs Rami Ismail, Zach Gage and Asher Vollmer discussing why the game is so successful.
July 15, 2016
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Kabam lays off staff at its San Francisco HQ
Gamasutra has learned that mobile game publisher and developer Kabam (Star Wars Uprising, Marvel Contest of Champions) has laid off a number of employees at its headquarters in San Francisco.
July 15, 2016
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Watch an engineer tear down this Nintendo PlayStation prototype
Heads up, hardware history buffs: Modder Ben Heck has published a video teardown of the "Nintendo PlayStation" SNES CD prototype, provided by owners Dan and Terry Diebold, that's well worth watching.
July 15, 2016
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Google adds Android-specific indie game showcase
Google has announced a new physical independent games showcase in San Francisco this September, as it tries to interest indies in its Android and other platforms.
July 15, 2016
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LINE Corp raises $1.1 billion in 2016's largest tech IPO
Japanese mobile messaging platform LINE Corp began trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, raising $1.1 billion in gross proceeds and becoming the largest tech IPO in 2016
July 15, 2016
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Shooter Raw Data becomes first VR title to top Steam charts
Sci-fi first-person shooter Raw Data has become the first virtual reality-exclusive game to top the overall Steam sales charts.
July 15, 2016
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Surviving and thriving as a game developer with chronic illness
Gamasutra chats with a few developers from different backgrounds who live with different chronic health conditions to talk about how it shapes their lives and life’s work in the game industry.
July 15, 2016