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Devs Answer: What are your thoughts on the PlayStation Neo?
Developers weigh in with opinions and arguments on the benefits of a mid-generation PlayStation 4 upgrade.
June 10, 2016
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Why current game preservation efforts might not be ready for the future
According to one game archivist, current game preservation efforts may not be properly equipped to archive recent and future games libraries.
June 10, 2016
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Get a job: Industrial Light & Magic seeks a Game Engine Programmer
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Lucasfilm's VFX/animation studio, is looking to hire a game engine programmer to develop and maintain code for a real-time game engine at its San Francisco, CA office.
June 10, 2016
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Postmortem: Stoic Studio's The Banner Saga 2
"Not a single member of our team is in the same room. We are spread out across the entire globe, from Australia, every time zone of North America, Europe, and reaching all the way to Russia."
June 10, 2016
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GDC Europe and Gamescom team up for second annual Women In Tech Day
GDC officials are happy to renew a partnership with gamescom to help put on the second annual Women in Tech Day in Cologne, Germany on August 17th, immediately following GDC Europe.
June 10, 2016
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Report: Tencent's Supercell takeover valued at $9 billion
Sources "familiar with the matter" have told Bloomberg that Tencent might have to fork over $9 billion to purchase Clash of Clans developer, Supercell.
June 10, 2016
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Sony confirms PlayStation Neo rumors, but console won't be at E3
"It is intended to sit alongside and complement the standard PS4. All games will support the standard PS4 and we anticipate all or a very large majority of games will also support the high-end PS4."
June 10, 2016
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Nintendo 3DS lifetime sales top 60 million
"Having recently passed 60 million units worldwide, the [Nintendo 3DS became] the current generation's top-selling dedicated gaming platform."
June 10, 2016
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How Will Wright and SimCity shaped the course of game dev history
In a new Digital Antiquarian blog video game history buff Jimmy Maher runs down how Will Wright's upbringing led him to create SimCity -- and how it went on to shape generations of game developers.
June 10, 2016
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Report: ESL is the top eSports tourney broadcaster on Twitch (that's not Riot)
Newzoo published data this week that suggests Riot Games and the Electronic Sports League are the top professional eSports tournament broadcasters on Twitch -- at least in terms of hours watched.
June 10, 2016
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To run WoW legacy servers, Blizzard must reverse-engineer its own game
"In the past, there was no archiving of older data," World of Warcraft dev Tom Chilton tells Kotaku. "And so as data changed, we effectively lost that stuff to history."
June 10, 2016
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Lara Croft and the search for the Holy Grail
'Rise of the Tomb Raider' presented a clever turn on the Christian canon. In this article, Pieter Smal compares game mythology with the gnostic gospels, the legend of the Holy Grail, and historical Christianity.
June 10, 2016