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Sega closing its Australian development studio
As part of Sega's restructuring efforts, the company confirmed this week that it will fully close down its Australian branch later this year.
April 5, 2013
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Durango's 'always on' likelihood irritates players and devs alike
Rumors have been circulating for months now that the next Xbox games console will require an "always-on" internet connection. Now a Microsoft exec has sparked fury online by telling people to "deal with it."
April 5, 2013
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Zynga's plan to keep its remaining executives on board: Splash the cash
Social games company Zynga is still shedding top executives, but it has a new plan to retain its top staff: The company has boosted its top executive salaries in a bid to keep its top signings on board.
April 5, 2013
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Video: The Myst 'Classic Postmortem' from GDC 2013
Courtesy of the GDC Vault, Myst co-creator and sound composer Robyn Miller shared at GDC 2013 the design and production details behind one of gaming's most iconic first-person adventures.
April 5, 2013
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Gender, cloning and heartfelt goodbyes from the GDC 2013 showfloor
Here's our last One Life Left vs. Gamasutra episode of GDC 2013, recorded on the show floor at lunchtime on Friday with a tremendous stream of guests, gently interrogated.
April 5, 2013
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How XCOM: Enemy Unknown overcame the accessibility stigma
In the postmortem for the April 2013 issue of GD Mag, Garth DeAngelis, lead producer on XCOM: Enemy Unknown, discusses the decisions that went into building an optional, integrated tutorial into the game.
April 5, 2013
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Industry in flux: What we learned from Game Developer's 2012 Salary Survey
The 2012 Game Developer Salary Survey is available in the April issue of Game Developer magazine! U.S. average salaries rose, layoffs continue to trend downwards, and devs are worried about change.
April 4, 2013
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Video: How Assassin's Creed III's many studios collaborated
Five Ubisoft studio leads held a production panel at GDC 2013 to discuss the different models used to overcome the challenge of collaborating on a large scale for Assassin's Creed III.
April 4, 2013
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The future of the King's Quest reboot is uncertain
Although Telltale Games had planned to reboot the classic King's Quest adventure game series, the company revealed this week that it is no longer working on the franchise.
April 4, 2013
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Exploring video game animation with a film industry veteran
Lionel Gallat has been working on animated movies for over 15 years now, serving as animation director on films like Despicable Me and The Lorax. Now he's making video games, and spotting comparisons everywhere.
April 4, 2013
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Terraria and Minecraft were the big XBLA sellers in March
Side-scrolling multiplayer RPG Terraria has sold more than 125,000 copies on Xbox 360 in its first week on sale -- the first title to outsell Minecraft's weekly sales in quite a while.
April 3, 2013
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Video: Remembering LucasArts' groundbreaking Maniac Mansion
We dug into the GDC vaults to dig up designer Ron Gilbert's "odd collection of memories" about 1987's Maniac Mansion, the influential point-and-click adventure that began what many consider a golden era at Lucasfilm Games.
April 3, 2013