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Play folk games on the fly with Tiny Games app
Can a new app combine the social quality of in-person play without the complex logistics of live events? Hide&Seek's tiny games wants to make a massive catalog of folk games accessible to all.
April 3, 2013
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Listen to Fullbright, Harmonix and NYU from the GDC floor
As the final lectures of last Thursday finished, One Life Left convened another diverse panel to chat some more about life making games in 2013. Click through for portals, storytelling and secrets.
April 3, 2013
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The UK video game industry is independent and mobile-focused
The UK video game industry is heavily focused on new independent studios making mobile games, according to a new report from UK trade association TIGA.
April 2, 2013
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Sony merges video game operations in Japan and Asia
Sony merged its Japanese and Asian video game divisions this week, with a refreshed management lineup overseeing new planning and support units.
April 2, 2013
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Video: The 9 biggest trends from free-to-play games in 2012
At GDC 2013's Free to Play Design & Business Summit, top analysts from Joju Games, Playdom, and Funsockets review the best games and the nine biggest trends from 2012's Facebook, mobile, and open Web.
April 2, 2013
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Omgpop founder Dan Porter walks away from Zynga
The former CEO of the Draw Something developer -- which Zynga acquired last year for a contentious $180 million -- is no longer with Zynga, in what the company is calling a "mutual decision" as Draw Something 2 wraps up.
April 2, 2013
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Motivation, cross-media pollination and the creative process
GDC 2013 might be over, but you can relive One Life Left's relentless guest schedule, which includes game experts from Double Fine, Lady Shotgun and Spry Fox. Put these people in your ears now.
April 2, 2013
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Ask Gamasutra: What GDC 2013 meant to us
Ask Gamasutra is a regular column that takes issues from within the video game industry, and poses them as a question to the editorial staff. For this edition: what last week's GDC meant to the Gamasutra staff.
April 2, 2013
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GDC Europe 2013's call for talks now open until April 22
The call for submissions to present talks at this August's Gamescom co-located 2013 Game Developers Conference Europe is now open through Monday, April 22.
April 2, 2013
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Wargaming's expansion is relentless - and so far, it's working
If you're making online and free-to-play games, and not watching Wargaming's every move, you should go ahead and start doing that immediately. Gamasutra caught up with CEO Victor Kislyi at GDC 2013.
April 2, 2013
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Video: Spec Ops: The Line contextualizes violence through story
Spec Ops: The Line lead writer and narrative designer Walt Williams discusses at GDC 2013 a four-step process, dubbed "the illusion of casuality," used to make the moment-to-moment violence in-game meaningful.
April 1, 2013
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Video: Chris Hecker's wordless rant at GDC 2013
Typically, speakers at GDC's annual game dev rant panel take to the microphone to rant for their allotted five minutes, but this year, design veteran and SpyParty creator Chris Hecker let the industry do the talking for him.
April 1, 2013