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The rise of games you (mostly) don't play
"Idle games," or games that virtually play themselves, are a nascent genre that sometimes become unexpectedly popular. Anthony Pecorella with Kongregate explains.
March 3, 2015
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Unity 5 released with upgrades, full-featured free version
This morning, Unity released the latest version of its engine, which it announced a year ago -- and Gamasutra talks to CEO John Riccitiello about the competition, and his plans for the company.
March 3, 2015
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Unity focuses on small teams doing big things at its GDC event
Unity's GDC press conference was geared toward not just showcasing Unity 5, but marrying the company's longtime message of democratized development with a focus on how damn good Unity games can look.
March 3, 2015
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Sony's Project Morpheus release window announced
During Game Developers Conference week, Sony announced a commercial release date for its virtual reality headset, codenamed Project Morpheus.
March 3, 2015
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Space Oddity: Deconstructing the curious design of Gravity Ghost
Ivy Games' lush 2D space physics puzzler Gravity Ghost wears its nonviolent nature on its sleeve, but creator Erin Robinson says it has its roots in one of the earliest shooters ever made: Asteroids.
March 3, 2015
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Double Fine's 'heartfelt and personal' Hack 'n' Slash: A postmortem
Project lead Brandon Dillon walks us through what went right and wrong during development of Double Fine's Hack 'n' Slash, an open-world exploration game about hacking and reverse engineering.
March 2, 2015
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This Week in Video Game Criticism: From the Semiotics of PlayStation to the Pitfalls of Jiggle Physics
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Riley MacLeod on topics ranging from a look back at the first PlayStation controller to the pitfalls of jiggle physics.
March 2, 2015
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Online community and culture wars: What do we know?
What can we learn from the significant community challenges the gaming community faces? Online gaming veterans Raph Koster, Gordon Walton and Rich Vogel share fascinating sociological lessons.
March 2, 2015
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How Divinity: Original Sin resurrected a fallen series
At GDC 2015, Swen Vincke, creative director of the critically acclaimed co-op role-playing game Divinity: Original Sin, described how the game brought Larian Studios back from the brink of disaster.
March 2, 2015
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500 games launched per day on iOS last year (and other digital sales facts)
With digital marketplaces becoming increasingly crowded, Mike Rose, of tinyBuild dug into the current state of indie sales expectations for digital platforms.
March 2, 2015
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UK retailer Game expands into eSports with Multiplay acquisition
U.K. retailer Game has announced a deal to acquire Multiplay, a long-running U.K.-based video game event firm, for £20 million (~$30.1 million USD) as it expands into eSports and digital PC games.
March 2, 2015
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Reactive game dev: How Serious Sam 4 became The Talos Principle
Croteam kicks off the GDC 2015 Independent Games Summit with a talk on how the Serious Sam studio taught itself a new way to make games as it embarked on its first puzzle game: The Talos Principle.
March 2, 2015