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Devs Answer: How will the Brexit decision impact your business?
We ask game developers on Twitter for their thoughts on how the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union.
June 24, 2016
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Oculus swears off the use of hardware checks as DRM on PC
Oculus VR eased up on its DRM policies by updating its software client so that it no longer checks to see if an Oculus Rift headset is connected to a player's PC before allowing them to launch a game.
June 24, 2016
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Devil's Third multiplayer being laid to rest later this year
Nintendo will be shutting down the online services for Valhalla Games' action shooter, Devil’s Third, just over a year after it hit shelves.
June 23, 2016
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E3 2016 VR: The Industry Goes All-In, But Are Audiences Ready?
E3 2016 marked the industry’s near unanimous embrace of VR. As companies invest, Red Fox Insights analyzes how VR is shaping the future and what challenges it must overcome.
June 23, 2016
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Learn to make your game run better on mobile devices at GDC Europe
Intel's Antoine Cohade will lead a session at GDC Europe this summer about how to efficiently reduce your games' power consumption and optimize it for better performance on today's mobile hardware.
June 22, 2016
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Check out the results of GameCareerGuide's latest Game Design Challenge!
Gamasutra's education-focused sister site GameCareerGuide offers info for game industry students and beginners -- and every 3 weeks, it also hosts a Game Design Challenge that anyone can take part in.
June 22, 2016
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First standalone VRDC debuts in November, call for talks now open
GDC organizers are proud to announce that the first ever standalone Virtual Reality Developers Conference, the premier event for VR/AR creators, will be held this November in San Francisco.
June 22, 2016
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Get a job: Turbine is hiring an experienced Android Engineer
The house that built Lord of the Rings Online and the Infinite Crisis MOBA seeks to hire a senior Android engineer to work on mobile projects at its Needham, Massachusetts office.
June 22, 2016
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Fable Fortune Kickstarter canceled after private investor steps up
The team of former Lionhead devs at Flaming Fowl have pulled the plug on the Fable Fortune Kickstarter campaign after securing private funding.
June 22, 2016
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Opinion: We need more Marcuses
Marcus Holloway is a brilliant hacker and the new protagonist in Ubisoft's upcoming Watch Dogs 2--he's also a young black man. Katherine Cross argues how video games need such morally complicated characters of color.
June 21, 2016
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Video: See some of the many prototypes inside Valve's VR lab
Make magazine recently travelled to Valve's headquarters in Washington to check out the game company's VR efforts, and they brought some cameras with them.
June 21, 2016
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Razer aims to spur (OS)VR game development with $5M VR dev fund
Heads up, VR devs: This month Razer launched its OSVR Developer Fund, which has a starting pool of $5 million and a mandate to aid VR developers with funding, marketing and promotional support.
June 21, 2016