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Devs don't market games the way they'd like, says GDC Next survey
The results of GDC Next featuring ADC's discoverability survey reveal several fascinating trends in the way that modern game makers handle their marketing and community outreach efforts.
Sept. 16, 2014
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Get a job: Zenimax's Battlecry Studios seeks a Technical Producer
Zenimax Media's Austin-based Battlecry Studios (working on their debut game Battlecry, naturally) seeks an experienced technical producer to help coordinate back-end technology development.
Sept. 16, 2014
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Video: How Ubisoft modernized the gunplay of Splinter Cell
Ubisoft designer James Everett says he faced some tricky challenges when he started work on Splinter Cell: Blacklist, chief among them the problem of making players feel like they're a modern military professional.
Sept. 16, 2014
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Volition creative director Steve Jaros is now at Valve
Steve Jaros, creative director at Saints Row studio Volition for the last decade, has made a move to Valve.
Sept. 15, 2014
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Long-awaited MMO ArcheAge is DDoSed before it even launches
ArcheAge, the MMO from Lineage creator Jake Song that has been in development for eight years, is finally getting a Western release tomorrow -- but it's already being hit with DDoS attacks.
Sept. 15, 2014
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Veteran RPG designer Ken Rolston finds new role at Hinterland Games
Ken Rolston, previously known as the lead designer on The Elder Scrolls titles Morrowind and Oblivion, has joined Hinterland Games, the team behind survival game The Long Dark.
Sept. 15, 2014
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Minecraft studio Mojang has been bought by Microsoft for $2.5B
Minecraft studio Mojang has confirmed that the rumors are true: The developer is being bought by Microsoft for a whopping $2.5 billion.
Sept. 15, 2014
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Zynga's online gambling COO has left the company
Two years after Zynga added Maytal Ginzburg Olsha as its chief operating officer of new markets, the online gambling veteran has left the social games company.
Sept. 15, 2014
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Destiny is now the UK's fastest-selling new video game IP
Bungie's Destiny is now the UK's fastest-selling new IP at retail, just three months after Ubisoft's Watch Dogs claimed the title, according to Chart-Track.
Sept. 15, 2014
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Lionsgate exec: 'games... a part of our roadmap of all IP' for the movie studio
The movie studio behind The Hunger Games says it's going to go all-in on creating games for its movie properties.
Sept. 15, 2014
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Get a job: Turbine is hiring a Senior Mobile Engineer
The house responsible for Lord of the Rings Online and the Infinite Crisis MOBA needs a senior software engineer to work on mobile projects in its Needham, Massachusetts office.
Sept. 15, 2014
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Oculus CEO donates $31M to University of Maryland for computer science building
Brendan Iribe, the CEO and co-founder of Oculus VR, is donating $31 million to the University of Maryland to build a computer science building, with a focus on virtual reality tech.
Sept. 12, 2014