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Layoffs at Rare in the wake of Kinect Sports Rivals launch
Microsoft claims to be "reviewing the skills and the makeup of our development teams" at Rare, the British studio which most recently released Kinect Sports Rivals for the Xbox One.
May 19, 2014
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Nintendo beats another patent troll
Nintendo has triumphed in another patent case -- this time beating a company in Japan at the same time its patents were vacated in the U.S., forcing a dismissal.
May 19, 2014
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Video: Developers speak their minds from the 2014 Indie Soapbox
Check out these excellent six-minute microtalks from speakers like Robin Hunicke, Leigh Alexander, Zoe Quinn, Ryan Clark, Shawn Alexander Allen, and more during the GDC 2014 Indie Soapbox session.
May 19, 2014
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GDC Europe 2014 opens Innovative Games Showcase submissions
GDC Europe 2014 organizers have opened call for submissions to the first ever European Innovative Games Showcase at the Cologne, Germany show this August.
May 16, 2014
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New Steam games vie for visibility against older back catalog games
Following our in-depth report into the influx of Steam releases over the past several months, today we take a snapshot of the sorts of games you'll be competing with if you release a game on Steam in 2014.
May 16, 2014
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Oculus picks up Google Glass lead engineer Adrian Wong
It seems like Oculus picks up another big name in virtual reality tech every week. This time around the Rift company has picked up Adrian Wong, previously lead electrical engineer on Google Glass.
May 16, 2014
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Halo 5 will launch for Xbox One in fall 2015
With Microsoft looking to bolster its Xbox One software library, the company today announced that the next Halo will launch for the console in fall 2015.
May 16, 2014
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Take the game developer salary survey (and enter to win a free GDC pass)!
The annual game developer salary survey is now live, and we want to hear from you! It's very important, and it'll only take about five minutes of your time, I swear.
May 16, 2014
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Apple loosens up on in-app payment promo policy
Real Racing 3 seems to be the first iOS game to offer promo codes for IAP, suggesting Apple may be reneging on its stance that developers can only issue codes for full game downloads.
May 16, 2014
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Porting The Last Of Us to PS4: 'We expected it to be hell, and it was'
In a new interview, The Last Of Us creative director Neil Druckmann offers fresh insight into the work that goes into porting a game built to run exclusively on the PlayStation 3's unique hardware.
May 16, 2014
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Blizzard's Chinese partner NetEase profits from Hearthstone launch
The company that operates World of Warcraft and Hearthstone in China reports a modest rise in both quarterly revenue and profits year-over-year for its online game services business.
May 16, 2014
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Video: The value of making games with artists from other fields
Developer Pippin Barr explains what game makers can learn from collaborating with artists in other fields, citing his own experience working with performance artist Marina Abramovic.
May 16, 2014