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Overseas markets drive big profits for South Korean game firm Com2us
South Korean gamemaker Com2us reported outsized profits this week thanks to the global success of its mobile and social titles, especially its recently-released Summoners War and Ace Fishing games.
Nov. 6, 2014
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King sees better-than-expected Q3 as it moves beyond Candy Crush
The company beat analyst expectations but reported a drop in both revenues and profits for the quarter as it continues to diversify its game catalog to decrease its reliance on Candy Crush Saga.
Nov. 6, 2014
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Get a job: Petroglyph Games is hiring a Producer
Grey Goo developer Petroglyph Games is looking for a producer to work on a new project alongside the team in its Las Vegas studio.
Nov. 6, 2014
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France's Ankama, maker of Wakfu and Dofus, buys Japanese mobile studio
Wizcorp, makers of Capcom's Dead Rising mobile game and mobile game engine MAGE, are now an arm of the successful French development and media studio.
Nov. 5, 2014
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Glu suing Kill Shot devs: 'They spent months replicating our game'
Glu Mobile alleges that if you replace deer with humans, but keep the rest of the game the same, you've still got a clone on your hands.
Nov. 5, 2014
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343 strikes a deal with ESL to back official Halo eSports league
Microsoft internal studio 343 Industries moves to market its games to competitive players by striking a deal with eSports firm ESL to establish an official eSports league for the Halo franchise.
Nov. 5, 2014
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How Activision's first CEO helped define the publishing playbook
These days Activision is best known as the behemoth behind Call of Duty, but it wasn't always so; amateur historian Jimmy Maher sheds light on the company's founding in an excellent blog post.
Nov. 5, 2014
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How do young people think about games? Find out at GDC 2015
Well-known educator and author Rosalind Wiseman is teaming up with game industry personality Ashly Burch to tackle a challenging topic at GDC 2015: How do young people feel about modern video games?
Nov. 5, 2014
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Video: Lessons learned from designing games for disabled players
Expert Ian Hamilton spoke about the topic at GDC 2014 earlier this year, sharing sucess storie and lessons learned from when developing accessible games for disabled players hasn't gone well.
Nov. 5, 2014
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Get a job: Blizzard is hiring a UNIX Systems Engineer
The company running Hearthstone and World of Warcraft needs a UNIX-versed systems engineer to join the network operations engineering team at Blizzard's Irvine, CA headquarters.
Nov. 5, 2014
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IGF 2015 welcomes packed lineup of Main Competition entrants
The 17th annual Independent Games Festival -- the longest-running and largest showcase for independent developers -- festival has seen more than 600 entries for its Main Competition once again.
Nov. 4, 2014
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See how third-party developers can make your game better at GDC
No matter how good your game is, CCP Games technical designer Blok-Andersen is betting it could probably be improved if you opened it up to third-party developers. At GDC 2015, he'll show you how.
Nov. 4, 2014