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Stephen Colbert's Late Show to showcase live Super Mario 3 speedrun
Veteran speedrunner Mitch Fowler is slated to be a guest on U.S. TV program The Late Show with Stephen Colbert tomorrow, where he'll be performing a live speedrun of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. 3.
June 30, 2016
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Starbreeze's latest acquisition is a VR/AR toys-to-life company
Swedish game company Starbreeze is adding another acquisition to its books with the purchase of ePawn, a French firm that takes virtual reality, augmented reality and toys-to-life tech as its remit.
June 30, 2016
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A year on, Nintendo winds down Splatoon's popular multiplayer Splatfests
Nintendo has laid plans to host the final Splatfest multiplayer event for its Wii U hit Splatoon next month, roughly a year after the first Splatfest event debuted.
June 30, 2016
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Vivendi COO Stéphane Roussel appointed Gameloft CEO
"I start my role today with an ambitious plan: to combine your creative passion with Vivendi's to accelerate Gameloft's development."
June 30, 2016
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HTC moves Vive VR business into separate subsidiary
Mobile manufacturer HTC has distanced itself slightly from its virtual reality pursuits by turning its Vive business into a separate, wholly-owned subsidiary.
June 30, 2016
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'Largely ignored' kids market could be Nintendo's golden goose
Intelligence outfit DFC believes Nintendo is well placed to capitalise on the "tremendous opportunity" presented by the under-12 market, described by the group as the "lost console generation."
June 30, 2016
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Remastered Bioshock collection to include never-before-seen director's commentary
2K has confirmed it'll be releasing a remastered BioShock collection later this year on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
June 30, 2016
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Ads Count, So Count Your Ads
If you are running user acquisition, you need to be counting your ad revenue to make your bids as competitive as possible. See how Kongregate looks at this data along with some simple ways to build ad revenue into your ARPU model and acquisition bids.
June 30, 2016
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Designing A Production Process: Part 1
Part 1 of a 3 part series where I break down our production process on Star Wars: First Assault, which was designed using an iterative production methodology developed by Jeff Morris.
June 30, 2016
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What Apps, Games and Stores do Chinese People Use ? -Part I
In this series I would introduce to you the most popular mobile Games and Apps in China. In Part one I would focus on Apps and Part two on Games, not decided yet App stores should be included in P2 or I would write a P3 for it.
June 30, 2016
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Unexpected Narrative: Part 3
Story can be found in unexpected places in games. In this article series, I will discuss my thoughts on finding narrative in surprising places, and applying those structures to your own games.
June 30, 2016
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Attend GDC Europe and master the art of guerrilla marketing your game
Ico Partners' Thomas Reisenegger is an experienced PR consultant who's done PR for games like League of Legends, and at GDC Europe he'll share some hard-won lessons on getting your game noticed.
June 29, 2016