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Square Enix ups fiscal forecast following stronger-than-expected sales
Square Enix saw a large-scale swing to profits during its last fiscal quarter compared to the same period last year, as results for the company's video game business rocketed.
Aug. 6, 2014
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Letter From The IGF Chairman: Welcome To IGF 2015
As the Independent Games Festival opens for the 17th year, longstanding Chairman Brandon Boyer explains the rules and expectations for this year's much-awaited indie game showcase.
Aug. 6, 2014
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GDC Next adds talks on indie marketing and finding your biggest fans
GDC organizers debut talks from industry veteran Simon Cox and Super Comboman developer Justin Woodward for the future-focused GDC Next show, which will be held in Los Angeles this November.
Aug. 6, 2014
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Library of Congress discovers unreleased Duke Nukem game
Archivist David Gibson has discovered the source code for the unreleased PSP version of Duke Nukem: Critical Mass while cataloging materials for the library's Moving Image section.
Aug. 6, 2014
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Kiwi nets $15M in funding to build meatier mobile games
The mobile game company has raised $15 million from investors in a second round of funding as it seeks to transition from casual game development to making fewer, meatier AAA mobile titles.
Aug. 6, 2014
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Ouya is looking to teach Ouya owners how to make Android games
Ouya has launched a console-accessible version of the Android Integrated Developer Environment alongside an educational initiative aimed at teaching people how to make their own Android games.
Aug. 6, 2014
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Twitch changes the rules twice in one day
Video streamers have to deal with two new restrictions in the popular streaming site's rules -- as rapid-fire terms changes come to the oft-rumored Google acquisition target.
Aug. 6, 2014
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Watergun assassin: The grand game story of Street Wars
Leigh Alexander shares her harrowing story of Street Wars, a live, three-week watergun assassination game recently in London -- and what she learned about the delusions games give us about ourselves.
Aug. 6, 2014
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Sony hit with class action suit over Killzone resolution
Sony has been named in a class action lawsuit thanks to the fact that PlayStation 4 launch title Killzone: Shadow Fall doesn't have "native" 1080p HD graphics -- at least according to one player.
Aug. 6, 2014
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Epic Games is opening a studio in the UK
Epic Games is opening a studio in the UK, and has acquired and integrated long-time partner Pitbull Studio as part of the process.
Aug. 5, 2014
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Movie company Legendary acquires geek culture YouTube channel Geek & Sundry
Geek & Sundry, the video game YouTube channel hosted by the likes of Felicia Day and Wil Wheaton, has been acquired by American movie production company Legendary Entertainment.
Aug. 5, 2014
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80 Days: Building the perfect text adventure for mobile
I played a mobile game over the weekend that single-handedly changed the way I think about text-based adventure games. That game was 80 Days from Inkle Studios, a non-linear story that contains more than half a million words in total.
Aug. 5, 2014