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Video: Practical Creativity - A way to invent new kinds of video games
It can be hard to be creative. And all too often, creativity is treated as a magical talent that few have, when it's actually a skill that anyone can learn and that improves with practice! Raph Koster explains...
Dec. 1, 2014
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This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Alaska to Beyond Earth
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Eric Swain on topics ranging from Civilization: Beyond Earth to Native Alaskan folklore-inspired title Never Alone.
Dec. 1, 2014
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Pick up new ways to make your studio more Agile at GDC 2015
Looking for a way to sneak some of the best Agile development principles into your studio without disrupting your team's workflow? Microsoft's Nathalie Goh-Livorness will show you how at GDC 2015.
Dec. 1, 2014
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Get a job: GREE is hiring a Senior Game Designer
Japanese social game company GREE is looking for an experienced game designer to work on developing innovative social game mechanics in its Vancouver, British Columbia studio.
Dec. 1, 2014
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Former The Last Of Us art director joins up with Crystal Dynamics
Irrational alum and former The Last Of Us art director Nate Wells seems to have taken a job with Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics after a brief stint as art director at Giant Sparrow.
Dec. 1, 2014
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Study: Girls made more complex games than boys, liked dev less
Students in UK schools were tasked with using visual scripting to create games in the Neverwinter Nights 2 engine -- to help teach them computational thinking.
Dec. 1, 2014
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8 important takeaways from PlayStation's investor relations day
In an investor meeting this week, Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House outlined where the PlayStation business is going in the years ahead, and how SCE plans to keep its momentum going strong.
Dec. 1, 2014
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Adrift devs foresee untapped potential in first-person games
A recent Polygon story about indie studio Three One Zero reveals how the team came together to work on Adrift and the genesis of its ambition to become a 'first-person experience' developer.
Dec. 1, 2014
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King's chairman Melvyn Morris has stepped down
Candy Crush Saga studio King saw its chairman of the board step down this week, with personal reasons cited.
Nov. 27, 2014
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Latest Pokemon pair sells 3 million in opening weekend
Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the latest Pokemon remakes, sold more than 3 million copies over their launch weekend.
Nov. 26, 2014
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Advertising authority investigating YouTubers who don't disclose paid-for videos
"There are strict rules that govern television and other advertising and it seems to me that there's a bit of a loophole when it comes to online, videos and YouTube." - Ben Bradshaw, a British Member of Parliament, reacts to poor disclosure from YouTubers.
Nov. 26, 2014
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Unity's new UI system is finally here
Unity has released the next version of its video game engine, complete with the brand new Unity User Interface system that the company says is faster and more flexible than the current solution.
Nov. 26, 2014