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Get a job: Turbine seeks a Senior Mobile Engineer 2
The house responsible for that Infinite Crisis MOBA and the venerable Lord of the Rings Online needs an experienced software engineer to work on mobile projects in its Needham, Massachusetts office.
May 27, 2015
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This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Polybius to pixel art
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Eric Swain on topics ranging from the legend of Polybius to a response to Blake Reynolds on the contemporary reception of pixel art.
May 25, 2015
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Laid-off Zynga devs get a fresh start at a fantasy sports company
A former Zynga employee tells Re/code that roughly 38 of the 42 devs who lost their jobs when Zynga shuttered its Orlando studio this month have gone on to join fantasy sports game company Fanduel.
May 22, 2015
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Tapping VR's potential for putting you into an experience
"Two years from now, I guarantee you’ll be standing in the middle of the Boston Marathon bombing aftermath, instead of watching it on TV."
May 21, 2015
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PSA: European Innovative Games Showcase submissions close this Friday
GDC Europe 2015 officials are still seeking submissions to the 2nd annual European Innovative Games Showcase at the Cologne, Germany show this August. You still have time!
May 20, 2015
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PSA: Your deadline to submit talks for GDC China is this Friday
The call for submissions in Mandarin and English to present talks for 2015 Game Developers Conference China closes this Friday, May 22nd.
May 19, 2015
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Microsoft Studios snaps up former Mass Effect lead Casey Hudson
Less than a year after his formal departure from BioWare, Casey Hudson has signed on to serve as creative director of Microsoft Studios as it develops both games and HoloLens experiences.
May 18, 2015
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Grand Theft Auto V drives tidy year-end profits for Take-Two
Take-Two closed the book on its 2015 fiscal year this week with a strong fourth-quarter showing thanks to big revenue generators like the PC version of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V and 2K's multi-platform shooter Evolve.
May 18, 2015
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Get a job: BioWare is hiring a Quality Analyst
BioWare's Edmonton office, perhaps best known for its work on the Mass Effect and Dragon Age franchises, seeks a quality analyst to test and measure player experience of the studio's current project.
May 14, 2015
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Attend GDC Europe to learn the business of nurturing amateur eSports
GDC Europe 2015 is just a few months away, and today conference officials are proud to reveal talks focused on the business of nurturing your game's community of players.
May 13, 2015
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2014's biggest retail sellers revealed
Ubisoft let slip the biggest retail-selling games in the Western market in its latest results -- no surprises, but it's interesting data nonetheless.
May 12, 2015
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Square Enix sees profit during transitional year
The publisher released fewer major console games, but profits actually rose thanks to that -- as catalog sales and MMO and smartphone games performed well.
May 12, 2015