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Studio heads speak out against Quebec tax break reduction
The next budget for Quebec will cut tax credits to the game industry by 20 percent. This is, unsurprisingly, making studio heads in the region antsy.
June 24, 2014
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Q&A: Telling human stories of the Great War with Valiant Hearts
Two lead developers on Ubisoft Montpellier's Valiant Hearts explain why they made a cartoonish adventure game inspired by soldier's letters and other somber artifacts of the First World War.
June 24, 2014
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Kabam taps ex-EA VP Aaron Loeb to lead its North American studios
Industry veteran Aaron Loeb (Simpsons: Tapped Out, Giants: Citizen Kabuto) has signed on with free-to-play game company Kabam to help manage its operations in San Francisco and Vancouver.
June 24, 2014
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Report: Crytek losing staff and failing to meet payroll
A pair of reports published this week by Eurogamer and Kotaku suggest that CryEngine developer Crytek may be having trouble paying all of its employees, losing some of them in the process.
June 24, 2014
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IGDA: More women are making games, but men still dominate the industry
Results of a recent IGDA survey suggest that the diversity of the industry is (very slowly) improving, even as its members continue to struggle with crunch and work/life balance.
June 24, 2014
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Get a job: Vicarious Visions is hiring a character artist
The studio that built Skylanders and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 needs an experienced character artist to work alongside the art team in the company's Albany, NY office.
June 24, 2014
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GDC Europe 2014 adds notable talks from Double Fine and Paradox
A look at emergent gameplay in Crusader Kings II and a discussion of dialog in Double Fine games will be part of the session lineup for GDC Europe 2014, which is being held in Germany this August.
June 24, 2014
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Linden Lab is building a spiritual sequel to Second Life
Linden Lab has confirmed that it is working a spiritual sequel to its hugely popular Second Life virtual world, stating that, "The next generation virtual world will go far beyond what is possible with Second Life."
June 23, 2014
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'Microstudios' are on the rise in the UK game industry
A new report from UK trade body TIGA suggests that while the UK video game industry is expanding rapidly, the new of "microstudios" popping up means that the UK industry is more vulnerable.
June 23, 2014
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This Week in Video Game Criticism: Revolutionary Assassins and Phil Fish
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics ranging from the historical case for playable women in Assassin's Creed to everyone's opinion on Phil Fish.
June 23, 2014
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After losing patent suit, Nintendo plans appeal
Dutch electronics giant Philips prevailed against Nintendo in UK court, in one of several patent cases it has filed -- but the Japanese console manufacturer isn't taking the loss.
June 23, 2014
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Quadrilateral Cowboy: Good old-fashioned digital bliss
We talk to Blendo Games' Brendon Chung about Quadrilateral Cowboy, his love letter to a 1980s style vision of hacking complete with chunky old tech and staticky, tactile virtual space.
June 23, 2014