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NYU offers free archive of recorded Game Center Lectures
NYU Game Center has been hosting public talks from industry luminaries since 2009, and this week it finished filling out its free archive of Game Center Lectures with recordings of all talks to date.
Dec. 23, 2014
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Dark Souls user patch taken down by a DMCA issued by Bandai Namco
UPDATE Takedown was in error. Efforts being made to reinstate the patch.
Dec. 23, 2014
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GDC Play and the 'Best in Play' awards are back for GDC 2015
The GDC Play emerging dev area returns and 'Best in Play' awards will once again be given during GDC 2015 in San Francisco, with 8 winners getting GDC 2016 passes.
Dec. 23, 2014
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Get expert advice on hosting your own eSports event at GDC 2015
ESL eSports expert James Lampkin comes to GDC 2015 next March to show you how to break free from the publisher-backed funding paradigm and build a successful standalone eSports event of your very own.
Dec. 23, 2014
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Get a job: Obsidian is hiring a UI/UX Artist
Got an eye for beautiful interface design? Obsidian Entertainment is looking to hire a UI/UX artist to work alongside the design, art and programming teams at its Irvine, CA studio.
Dec. 23, 2014
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This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Maps to Pigeon Murder Mysteries
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics ranging from the ubiquity of maps in modern games to the secret storyline of Hatoful Boyfriend.
Dec. 22, 2014
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2015 IGF announces Design, Audio juries
Proceedings are well underway for the jurying phase of the 2015 Independent Games Festival, in which discipline-specific experts play and discuss the merits of the nearly 650 games entered.
Dec. 22, 2014
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Gamasutra's Best of 2014: 'F2P mobile games I'm still playing for some reason'
"I know exactly why I'm playing these games, but that old pretense that free-to-play games aren't 'real' is still fun to play with. They're designed to retain players."
Dec. 22, 2014
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KerbalEdu receives its first major update
Kerbal Space Program's developer Squad and TeacherGaming have released the first major update to KerbalEdu, adding a mission editor, force arrows display and a flight recorder.
Dec. 22, 2014
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Shuttered S.T.A.L.K.E.R. studio GSC reopens for business
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series developer GSC Game World appears to be back in business after shutting down in 2011, with a new website and a new game in development.
Dec. 22, 2014
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Microsoft and 343 make good on broken Halo with free DLC
Another botched triple-A release, another mea culpa from a major publisher -- this time, with a free version of ODST and some other goodies.
Dec. 22, 2014
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Get a job: Cignition seeks a Game Programmer
Palo Alto-based game startup Cignition is looking to bring on a programmer well-versed in C++, C# and Unity to work on the studio's debut title across PC and mobile platforms.
Dec. 22, 2014