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This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Ageism to the Downfall of Neopets
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Mark Filipowich on topics ranging from the economic downturn of Neopets to ageism in the game industry.
Aug. 25, 2014
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The dominance of 'free' App Store games, as seen in one handy chart
Marketing firm AppLift takes Apple App Store data reported by Pocketgamer and expands it into a handful of graphs that might help mobile developers chart the currents of the modern iOS marketplace.
Aug. 25, 2014
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GameFly is getting out of the digital distribution game
GameFly seems to be dropping its digital distribution business, as it has quietly sold off its GameFly Digital storefront to a Taiwanese company that sells cheap retro game emulators.
Aug. 25, 2014
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Why make a game a week?: Learning game development in public
Adriel Wallick has been making a game a week for some 38 weeks, and shares what she's learned in the liberating exercise -- and how a willingness to be vulnerable can help improve one's design practice.
Aug. 25, 2014
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Big challenges: The whys behind Kabam's Chinese deal
Last month, the free-to-play mobile mid-core studio announced a huge investment by China's Alibaba -- necessary for growth, COO Kent Wakeford says in a new interview.
Aug. 25, 2014
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Microsoft researching game streaming technologies
Microsoft Research has published a new paper with promising technologies for improving the feel of streamed games -- and has been testing them on Doom 3.
Aug. 25, 2014
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PlayStation Network attacked over the weekend
Sony confirmed that its PlayStation Network was the subject of a distributed denial of service attack over the weekend.
Aug. 25, 2014
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Get a job: Retro Studios is hiring an AI Engineer
Nintendo-owned developer Retro Studios (Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze) is looking to hire an AI engineer to work with the team in Retro's Austin, TX office.
Aug. 25, 2014
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Video: Building the AI for Hearthstone
In one of the more popular GDC Vault videos of 2014, former Blizzard engineer Brian Schwab took the stage at GDC 2014's AI Summit to deliver a frank talk on the AI design of Hearthstone.
Aug. 25, 2014
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Amazon to acquire Twitch in a $970 million cash deal
UPDATE Twitch confirms the $970 million deal, writing that the acquisition is expected to close in the back half of this year.
Aug. 25, 2014
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Sony sets a date to shutter PlayStation Home in Asia
The PlayStation-branded virtual world will be shut down in Asia next year, even as Sony continues to regularly update and support Home in Europe and North America.
Aug. 22, 2014
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RPG balancing wisdom from an Obsidian veteran
How do you tweak an RPG to make it the best experience for players it can be? Obsidian's Josh Sawyer offers a look inside the process.
Aug. 22, 2014