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With Street Fighter II, 'we wanted to make the greatest game ever'
Former Capcom R&D head and Street Fighter II producer Yoshiki Okamoto explains the foundation of that seminal fighting hit -- plus Final Fight history from Akira Nishitani.
May 12, 2015
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Square Enix sees profit during transitional year
The publisher released fewer major console games, but profits actually rose thanks to that -- as catalog sales and MMO and smartphone games performed well.
May 12, 2015
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Q&A: Castlevania's Koji Igarashi returns with new game, Bloodstained
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night's Koji "IGA" Igarashi has finally confirmed a new metroidvania: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. We speak to him about his journey toward independence, and the new game.
May 11, 2015
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F2P mobile game makers, there's a new publishing program for you
China-based social game company FunPlus is looking to cut publishing deals with free-to-play mobile game developers via its new PublishingPlus initiative.
May 11, 2015
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Play it loud: What to expect from the return of Rock Band and Guitar Hero
What to expect as Activision and Harmonix get ready to put their respective bands back together -- in a very different age for both music and games than the last go-round.
May 8, 2015
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Watch your favorite GDC talks now on the new GDC YouTube channel
Game Developers Conference officials are very excited to announce the launch of an official GDC YouTube channel where you can watch clips of game industry experts sharing knowledge with their peers.
May 8, 2015
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Get a job: Tripwire Interactive is hiring an AI Programmer
Killing Floor 2 progenitor Tripwire Interactive is hoping to hire an AI programmer that can design creature and character AI alongside the folks at Tripwire's Roswell, GA office.
May 8, 2015
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Video: Deconstructing competitive Counter-Strike: GO level design
At the GDC 2015 eSports Summit Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community level designers Shawn Snelling and Salvatore Garozzo speak frankly about the process of building levels for competitive play.
May 8, 2015
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Turning the UK election into a game marketing campaign
We talk to Simon Bennett of Roll7 about how his studio co-opted the UK General Election into a marketing campaign for their game Not a Hero.
May 8, 2015
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John Carmack offers Gear VR game dev advice
At the developer's request, Oculus CTO John Carmack has published a public critique of a Gear VR game with the intent of helping all VR developers better understand and utilize the technology.
May 8, 2015
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Game Design Deep Dive: One-hit kills in Titan Souls
Mark Foster, lead designer and programmer: "We gave the player a one-hit death; when I added in the fights, I just left them as single-hit kills, too. I felt like this just made sense in terms of gameplay."
May 7, 2015
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Get a job: Be a Project Manager at Monolith Productions
The house responsible for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is looking to bring on an experienced project manager to help the Kirkland, WA-based team ship its next cross-platform AAA title.
May 7, 2015