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Virtual worlds: They're back
Linden Lab (Second Life) has a new virtual world on the way, and its original founder has his own -- High Fidelity. "We were like: Okay. It’s cool again," says Linden Lab CEO.
June 27, 2014
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One of China's biggest game publishers at the center of bribery allegations
China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group, one of the biggest game publishers in China, has many investor eyes on it this week, with multiple executive layoffs and allegations of bribery.
June 26, 2014
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Google releases its own VR device - and it's made of cardboard
In terms of big-name virtual reality headsets, we have the Oculus VR, Sony's Project Morpheus... and now Google has released Cardboard, a headset literally made of cardboard.
June 26, 2014
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Razer unveils its own microconsole, with a focus on games
As hinted at by Google this week, Razer is creating its own microconsole powered by the newly-unveiled Android TV -- and the company says it will have an emphasis on video games.
June 26, 2014
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Nexon to publish free-to-play game from Sleeping Dogs dev
The American branch of free-to-play game giant Nexon has entered into a publishing agreement with United Front Games, the studio behind open-world action game Sleeping Dogs, to bring a new free-to-play game to market.
June 26, 2014
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Here are the countries bringing in the most video game revenue
A new report from Newzoo sheds light on where video game revenue is coming from around the world, ranking the top 100 countries by estimated total revenues from all games during 2014.
June 26, 2014
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Get a job: Runic Games is looking to hire a VFX Artist
Like the Torchlight games? The studio that built them is out to hire an experienced visual effects artist to work alongside the rest of the team at the company's headquarters in Seattle.
June 26, 2014
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Google Play's rapid revenue growth is fueled by freemium fare
A new report from mobile analytics company App Annie suggests that freemium apps are driving remarkable revenue growth in the Google Play app store, making it more palatable to mobile developers.
June 26, 2014
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The developers who made Rust are rebuilding it from scratch
"There were a lot of stupid decisions made in the old codebase," says progenitor Garry Newman. "There were a lot of decisions made when we didn't know what game we were making."
June 26, 2014
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Insomniac is livestreaming its small-team development experiment
A small group of folks within Insomniac are going to start streaming themselves working on Slow Down, Bull -- a modest PC action game built in Unity -- as an experiment in open development.
June 26, 2014
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Sins of a Solar Empire publisher, developer win infringment case
UK developer Rebellion's case against Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment has been dismissed by a U.S. judge on First Amendment grounds.
June 26, 2014
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PlayStation Now streaming service beta coming to Sony HDTVs
The company announced plans to bring its service, which is currently in beta and streams PlayStation 3 games to users, to its televisions in April. Its pilot program begins on June 30.
June 26, 2014