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Get a job: Nintendo is hiring a Visual Development Artist
Handy with Photoshop? Nintendo of America is looking to hire a visual development artist who will work alongside the team in the company's Redmond office to produce a variety of art assets.
Oct. 6, 2014
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Sony rereleasing cult classic Vib Ribbon after awkward E3 nod
SCEA CEO Shawn Layden announced plans today to rerelease the cult classic PlayStation rhythm game Vib Ribbon on contemporary consoles in response to post-E3 fan feedback.
Oct. 6, 2014
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Adding a crouch button to Assassin's Creed is no joke, says dev
"We rewrote like 6 million lines of code for this," says Ubisoft's Alex Amancio when referencing the company's work adding a stealth mode to its upcoming Assassin's Creed Unity.
Oct. 6, 2014
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An argument for games in education without 'gamification'
Game industry veteran Michael John has published an editorial on TechCrunch reminding us that applying game mechanics to real-world education systems may undercut the natural satisfaction of learning.
Oct. 6, 2014
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Oculus' Carmack, Abrash, Luckey, and Binstock debate the future of VR
Oculus' biggest visionaries recently gathered to discuss -- and debate, since they don't always agree -- the future of the technology. Here's the record of their discussion.
Oct. 6, 2014
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DirectX 12: Shipping with Windows 10, supported by Unreal Engine 4
Microsoft has said that DirectX 12 will ship alongside Windows 10, and that the Unreal Engine 4 will support DX12.
Oct. 3, 2014
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SingStar studio is trying to work out how to make VR games social
It's no surprise that SCE London Studio, the team behind social games like SingStar and EyeToy, is exploring how to make virtual reality games more social.
Oct. 3, 2014
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Disney yanks Tiny Death Star from app stores without telling devs
The game was still "a significant source of revenue for us" says developer Ian Marsh, whose studio NimbleBit created the game.
Oct. 3, 2014
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Watch John Carmack's off-the-cuff Oculus Connect keynote now
The VR company has posted videos from its Oculus Connect event in Los Angeles on its YouTube channel -- including its famous CTO's musings and trials with mobile VR.
Oct. 3, 2014
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Popular YouTuber PewDiePie is looking to strike out on his own
Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg operates the most popular user-run YouTube channel, and he's looking to strike out on his own rather than work within a network system he says is rife with mismanagement.
Oct. 3, 2014
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Indie devs: Make noise, get noticed, says Velocity 2X dev
"Unless you come out and say something controversial people don’t notice you." - James Marsden, head of Velocity 2X developer FuturLab
Oct. 3, 2014
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GameMaker: Player storefront app coming later this month
Developers who use the GameMaker engine will be able to submit and sell their games via a dedicated application on Windows, Mac, and Linux -- with a beta launch coming later this month.
Oct. 3, 2014