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Insomniac gets personal with undersea game Song of the Deep
"I wanted the hero of this game, Merryn, to be something different. I wanted her to show that you didn’t need to be either sexy or badass to be a hero."
June 29, 2016
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New VR venture capital supergroup gathers $10B to invest in VR dev
Hey, VR devs: A bunch of investment firms and VR/AR companies have joined together to form the Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance -- and it has $10 billion to spend on funding VR projects.
June 29, 2016
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Optimistic about VR and games, Sony raises its earnings forecast
Sony seems to be feeling pretty good about the state of its games business, as the company has raised its profit forecasts on the back of PS Plus revenue, PS4 sales -- and the impending PSVR debut.
June 29, 2016
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New Paint of Persia tool helps devs rotoscope film into pixel art
Inspired by the sort of rotoscoped animations seen in the original Prince of Persia, one game dev has built a custom tool, Paint of Persia, that you can use to rotoscope your own pixel art animations.
June 29, 2016
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PlayStation Plus hits 20.8 million subscribers
The number of PlayStation Plus subscribers has almost doubled since January 2015, with the service now boasting 20.8 million members.
June 29, 2016
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Battlefield 1, Dishonored 2, and Horizon lead Game Critics' E3 noms
With the dust from E3 2016 just about settled, the nominees for this year's Game Critics Best of E3 Awards have been announced.
June 29, 2016
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Rovio, EA, and DICE vets form new VR studio, Fast Travel Games
"Our games will focus strongly on narratively rich worlds full of possibilities for exploration and social gameplay, where players can cooperate, share worlds and experiences, and play together."
June 29, 2016
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Microsoft ships 1 million Xbox Elite controllers in under a year
Microsoft has now shipped 1 million of its upmarket, customizable Xbox Elite controllers in less than a year.
June 29, 2016
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Last chance to join Gamasutra at the InnoGames Jam at Gamescom!
Gamasutra is joining the inaugural InnoGames Jam at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany this August as a media partner, and you should come too! Signups close tomorrow!
June 29, 2016
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Teamwork reigns in these Game Career Guide Game Design Challenge results
If you're enjoying Overwatch, see what other team-based gameplay designs the readers of GameCareerGuide have come up with!
June 29, 2016
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Get a job: Double Fine is hiring a Lead Programmer
The studio responsible for games like Broken Age, Massive Chalice and Costume Quest is looking for an experienced programmer to take a lead role at Double Fine's San Francisco HQ.
June 29, 2016
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The Golden Circle: A different perspective on game design.
I transpose Simon Sinek's idea of the golden circle into game design language in order to figure out how the parts of a game concept influence each other from a replay value perspective.
June 29, 2016