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Nintendo's indie guy Dan Adelman has left the company
We already knew that things weren't so hot between Nintendo and its indie guy Dan Adelman, but now Adelman has confirmed that he has left the company after nine years.
Aug. 4, 2014
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Kabam president Andrew Sheppard joins rival Gree
Kabam Studios president Andrew Sheppard has left the company after more than five years, to join rival social games company Gree.
Aug. 4, 2014
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State of Decay studio's next game is about collecting monsters, not killing them
Undead Labs made a name for itself with the popular zombie survival game State of Decay for Xbox Live Arcade and PC. The studio's next project is quite a departure from that.
Aug. 4, 2014
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Are eSports pros inherently better than the average player?
Dr. Amine Issa recently conducted research on pro League of Legends players to begin to answer this question.
Aug. 4, 2014
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God of War developers to helm UCLA game course
Writer Marianne Krawczyk and Sony Santa Monica producer Whitney Wade join up to present a course designed to help understand how creativity and production meet in game development.
Aug. 4, 2014
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The man who helped build Battle.net is developing new Stardock tech
Stardock recently hired Blizzard's Battle.net frontman, and now it's tapping him to helm development of a new cross-platform networking technology codenamed Project Tachyon.
Aug. 4, 2014
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Report: China's mobile market will grow to $2.9 billion this year
If you're thinking about bringing your mobile game to China, now might be a good time to do it -- market research suggests the Chinese mobile market will grow roughly 93 percent in 2014.
Aug. 4, 2014
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The challenge-free seascape of Simogo's The Sailor's Dream
Simogo is at it again, teasing a vivid, "challenge-free" seascape in The Sailor's Dream. Simon Flesser talks to Gamasutra about the game's inspirations, and the challenge of knowing what to show.
Aug. 4, 2014
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Creative challenges in game development
"The road to creating something great is long and harrowing, with many turns and dead-ends along the way. You can't ignore what's right in front of you just because you have a clear destination in mind."
Aug. 4, 2014
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Get a job: BattleCry seeks a Senior Environment Artist
Austin-based BattleCry Studios is looking to hire a senior artist to work on the environmental art team for the company's upcoming online team combat game Battlecry.
Aug. 4, 2014
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Video: Designing Assassin's Creed III
Ubisoft's Steven Masters delivers a design-centric GDC Europe 2013 presentation on a simple topic: how do you approach the practical challenges of designing an Assassin's Creed game?
Aug. 4, 2014
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Sega's profits halved, as retail game business continues to decline 2
Sega saw its profits more than halved during the last fiscal quarter, while the company's video game business recorded a swing to operating losses.
Aug. 1, 2014