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Microsoft still wants to turn your living room into a video game
Microsoft has been playing around with living room projection for video games for a while now, most recently with IllumiRoom. Now Microsoft Research has a new solution called RoomAlive.
Oct. 6, 2014
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Video: Building your own genre with a game like Bounden
Developers, if you're making a new game you might be thinking too small -- why not make a whole new genre? Game Oven's de Jongh explains the value of thinking big in this GDC Europe 2014 talk.
Oct. 6, 2014
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Watch John Carmack's off-the-cuff Oculus Connect keynote now
The VR company has posted videos from its Oculus Connect event in Los Angeles on its YouTube channel -- including its famous CTO's musings and trials with mobile VR.
Oct. 3, 2014
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GameMaker: Player storefront app coming later this month
Developers who use the GameMaker engine will be able to submit and sell their games via a dedicated application on Windows, Mac, and Linux -- with a beta launch coming later this month.
Oct. 3, 2014
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GDC Next adds talks on mobile marketing and PopCap's sound design
PopCap's Damian Kastbauer will explain what it takes to deliver great game audio, and a panel of veteran mobile execs share lessons learned in global brand-building at GDC Next 2014 featuring ADC.
Oct. 2, 2014
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GDC 2015 is now open for registration!
The time has come to sign up for the largest and longest-running worldwide event for game developers: Game Developers Conference 2015 is now open for registration!
Oct. 1, 2014
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There is a Tetris sci-fi movie in the works 2
With all the movie adaptations of video games that have popped up over the years, it was only a matter of time before someone tried to turn Tetris into a movie.
Sept. 30, 2014
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On the back of mobile success, InnoGames opens new studio
The Hamburg-based studio, best known for making browser games, has an iPad hit -- and now expands to Dusseldorf to beef up its mobile offerings.
Sept. 30, 2014
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Find out how to make games for a YouTube audience, at GDC Next 2014
GDC Next 2014 featuring ADC has two new talks to announce today: One about the keys to making a a game that goes viral; another about cross-platform games for the web and mobile.
Sept. 30, 2014
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Get a job: Fun Bits Interactive is hiring a Senior Engine Programmer
Want to take on the challenge of leading development of a console game engine? Seattle-based Fun Bits Interactive (Escape Plan) is hiring.
Sept. 26, 2014
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After six years, PlayStation's virtual world is closing its doors
Sony confirmed today that its avatar-driven virtual world PlayStation Home would be shutting its doors in North America on March 31, 2015.
Sept. 26, 2014
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Scottish game industry healthiest it has been in 5 years
With Scotland in the spotlight recently over its rejection of independence, the country's video game industry is apparently in rude health.
Sept. 25, 2014