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Get a job: Kiwi is hiring a Lead Gameplay Engineer
Interested in "working hard to develop the next generation of mobile games"? Kiwi is looking for a lead gameplay engineer with extensive triple-A experience to work on an upcoming title.
May 21, 2014
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Video: Building customizable characters for Destiny
In his GDC 2014 talk Bungie's Scott Shepherd explains how the company's character asset design process helped artists generate a wealth of content for Destiny.
May 21, 2014
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4 vs. 1: Designing for co-op, designing for competition in Evolve
Four versus one doesn’t sound like a fair fight at all. But for Chris Ashton, evening the odds of a four-on-one fight is one of his main focuses with the upcoming online shooter, Evolve.
May 20, 2014
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Ubisoft, Microsoft partner to launch Assassin's Creed HTML5 demo
Ubisoft today released a web browser demo of Assassin's Creed, put together using Babylon.js, an open-source 3D engine for building games with HTML5 and WebGL.
May 19, 2014
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Third-party Steam Machine manufacturers express concern
"It's going to be very challenging. This will absolutely be the least profitable system we ever sell." - Frank Azor, general manager of the Alienware game division, talks about how tricky the Steam Machine space is going to be.
May 19, 2014
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Two industry veterans reveal new indie studio Variable State
Two industry veterans, who have worked for companies like Relentless Software, Rare, Headstrong Games, Electronic Arts, Frontier Developers and Rockstar Games, have founded a new game studio.
May 19, 2014
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UK retailer Game files for $672 million IPO
UK retailer Game nearly went under back in 2012, due to poor retail game sales. Yet here we are, two years later, and the company today filed for a £400 million ($672.7 million) initial public offering.
May 19, 2014
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Google in talks to buy Twitch for $1B, suggest multiple reports
A number of reports appeared over the weekend, suggesting that Google is in talks in buy video game streaming giant Twitch, although it isn't clear at what stage these talks are at.
May 19, 2014
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This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Geiger counters to H.R. Giger
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics ranging from a virtual visit to Chernobyl to the video game legacy of H.R. Giger.
May 19, 2014
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Amid a struggling Kickstarter, Harmonix reflects on Amplitude
As the clock ticks away on the crowdfunding campaign to bring Amplitude to a new generation, Harmonix tells us what makes the game so special to the studio as a whole.
May 19, 2014
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GameStop streamlines website as it repositions for digital growth
The retail chain responded to consumer complaints by relaunching its PC game digital distribution business in the U.S. as a streamlined service for selling direct downloads and Steam/Origin codes.
May 19, 2014
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YouTube testing the waters for Flash-based game demos
Creative types have used YouTube annotations to create choose-your-own-adventure video games for years, but Blades of Excalibur is different -- it's a real-time Flash game running on a YouTube page.
May 19, 2014