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Gamasutra blogger profile: Howard Tsao
Gamasutra's blog platform is an open and vibrant space to discuss game development -- and to introduce you to its potential, we present the contributions of Guns of Icarus Online dev Howard Tsao.
Aug. 14, 2014
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Mobile revenue data suggests Europe loves strategy, Asia likes RPGs
Global-minded developers, take note: analytics firm App Annie has put out a special report breaking down which categories of mobile games generate the most revenue in different regions of the world.
Aug. 14, 2014
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Report: Movoto maps the most torrented games in America
UPDATE Kansas could be a hotbed of game torrenting, and while most of America is downloading Watch Dogs, the indie affair Garry's Mod may be the most popular torrented game in the biggest state in the country.
Aug. 14, 2014
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Video: An oral history - Former Xbox boss Ed Fries on the early days
Halo 2600 developer and former Xbox exec Ed Fries speaks at length about his history and his work at Microsoft as part of the Computer History Museum's "Oral History" series.
Aug. 14, 2014
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Get a job: Amazon Game Studios seeks an Art Director
The folks at Amazon Game Studios are looking to hire an art director to work with the team at the company's Double Helix studio in Irvine, California.
Aug. 14, 2014
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Riot Games parent company pushes $1 billion in quarterly profits
Chinese internet and games giant Tencent this week posted big profits, thanks to a continuing surge in smartphone games.
Aug. 13, 2014
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Get a job: Firaxis is hiring a Senior VFX Artist
The makers of Civilization V are looking to bring on a senior visual effects artist to work alongside the art team in the studio's offices in Baltimore, Maryland.
Aug. 13, 2014
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GDC Next reveals Assassin's Creed and RockYou talks
The CEO of RockYou and one of the lead developers of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag have joined the speaker lineup for the future-focused GDC Next, which will be held in L.A. this November.
Aug. 13, 2014
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Perfecting your pitch the Vlambeer way
Rami Ismail of Ridiculous Fishing and Nuclear Throne developer Vlambeer urges developers to condense and refine their pitches to publishers and to press.
Aug. 12, 2014
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Activision embraces the tablet market with next Skylanders game
The next Skylanders game is launching on tablets and consoles simultaneously, suggesting that (at least for this franchise) the tablet market is as important to Activision as the console market.
Aug. 12, 2014
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Bohemia is bringing DayZ to PlayStation 4
DayZ creator Dean Hall briefly took the stage during Sony's annual Gamescom press conference today to announce that Bohemia Interactive will launch a PlayStation 4 version of the game in 2015.
Aug. 12, 2014
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King's stock loses over 20 percent on Candy Crush Saga weakness
Investors spooked by company missing analyst revenue estimates, and in particular by Candy Crush Saga item sales seeing a downturn that the company couldn't offset.
Aug. 12, 2014