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EA going after bots in FIFA, 'hundreds of thousands' banned
Turns out that a big soccer game is a big draw for virtual currency sales between players -- and a big security problem for EA.
Aug. 22, 2014
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Tribe hopes to foster a new genre of games with Velvet Sundown
What if an adventure game was multiplayer? Tribe Games has spent four years building a platform that can answer that question, and now its hoping to kickstart a new genre of drama games.
Aug. 22, 2014
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Video: Building killer game loops in social games
Wooga exec Henric Suuronen speaks at GDC Europe 2011 about what it takes to design an entertaining social game, and why developers should embrace his "smart depth" design principle.
Aug. 22, 2014
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PSA: Developers, protect your accounts -- hackers are loose
Last night notable indie developers Zoe Quinn and Phil Fish and his studio Polytron were hacked. Here are some security tips.
Aug. 22, 2014
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Get a job: Blizzard seeks to hire a QA Analyst
Got some chops for technical game analysis? The folks who made Hearthstone are looking for a quality assurance analyst to join the team at Blizzard's Irvine, CA headquarters.
Aug. 22, 2014
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GDC Next debuts talks from Halfbrick, LA's Glitch City
GDC organizers debut talks from Halfbrick's Ramine Darabiha (Fruit Ninja) & members of the Glitch City developer collective for the future-focused GDC Next, which will be held in Los Angeles this November.
Aug. 22, 2014
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Game Design Deep Dive: Ammo Collection in Wolfenstein: The New Order
MachineGames' Jerk Gustafsson writes about a very specific game design decision in Wolfenstein: The New Order, as part of a new Gamasutra series.
Aug. 21, 2014
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Monzo attempts to bring model kit construction to your mobile
Following gory titles like Shadowgun and Dead Trigger, Madfinger Games is now building a game about... model kits.
Aug. 21, 2014
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GDC board members share advice for pitching a GDC 2015 talk
The GDC 2015 call for submissions closes next Thursday, August 28th, and to help you better prepare we've got some advice on pitching talks from a few members of the GDC advisory board.
Aug. 21, 2014
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How do you reinvent Call of Duty all over again?
With Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Sledgehammer Games is not only looking to reinvent the franchise -- it's also the studio's very first go at building its own Call of Duty.
Aug. 21, 2014
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Electronic Arts wrapping up the EA Sports Season Ticket service
Electronic Arts will wrap up its EA Sports Season Ticket subscription service soon, as the company does not plan to provide these services for the new generation of consoles.
Aug. 21, 2014
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Puzzle & Dragons surpasses 30M downloads in Japan
GungHo Online continues to dominate the Japanese mobile market with its fantasy-themed free-to-play game, which has seen over 30 million downloads in Japan.
Aug. 21, 2014