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2015 Independent Games Festival announces Student Showcase winners
The Independent Games Festival Student Competition took in over 350 student-developed games. Here are the eight that made the cut.
Jan. 22, 2015
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Video: John Romero joins JP LeBreton to play and discuss Doom
As part of Double Fine and 2 Player Productions' ongoing "Devs Play" video series, Romero and fellow developer LeBreton play Doom while discussing level design and game development.
Jan. 22, 2015
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Video: Crowdsharing development of Shroud of the Avatar
Experienced game maker Starr Long shares what he's learned about harnessing the power of your community to crowdsource and crowdfund your next project at GDC Next 2014.
Jan. 21, 2015
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Get a job: Be a Data Systems Engineer for Cloud Imperium Games
The studio currently at work developing Chris Roberts' crowdfunded Star Citizen is hiring an engineer to work on a variety of data-wrangling tasks alongside the team in its Austin, Texas office.
Jan. 21, 2015
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New holographic goggles from Microsoft have video game potential
During a briefing today covering new features in Windows 10, Microsoft revealed HoloLens, an in-development holographic and gesture-based control solution.
Jan. 21, 2015
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Postmortem: Monolith Productions' Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
What went right and wrong during development of the award-winning open-world game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, an "enormously educational experience" for Monolith.
Jan. 20, 2015
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Sponsored: Sony Bend Studio - Benefits, Brews, and a Really Big Game
After over a year of preproduction, Sony Bend is rolling into full production on a big next-gen PlayStation 4 title using Unreal Engine 4, and are looking for console-ready veterans to fill out the team.
Jan. 20, 2015
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80 Days and Kitty Powers join GDC 2015 Indie Games Summit lineup
GDC officials highlight a pair of great GDC 2015 talks from the developers of 80 Days and Kitty Powers' Matchmaker in advance of the deadline for discounted early registration for the show.
Jan. 20, 2015
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Get practical design tips for inspiring your players at GDC 2015
GDC 2015 organizers highlight a few can't-miss Design talks ahead of the conference's discounted early registration deadline later this week.
Jan. 20, 2015
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Reminder: Just over 24 hours left to register early for GDC 2015
With just over a day left until early registration for GDC 2015 ends on January 21, conference organizers are encouraging anyone interested in attending to register now at the discounted rate.
Jan. 20, 2015
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Video: 'Reclaiming my soul' or 'Why I quit making F2P social games'
Experienced game maker Caryl Shaw (EA, Kixeye, Ngmoco, Telltale Games) shares what she's learned in transitioning back and forth between AAA and F2P development in this GDC Next 2014 talk.
Jan. 20, 2015
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This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Coming Out on Top to Commander Shepard's Origin Story
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Johnny Kilhefner on topics ranging from black and queer representation in games to what it means if Mass Effect's Commander Shepard was originally a woman.
Jan. 19, 2015