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Come to GDC Europe and see how LawBreakers' gameplay is designed
At GDC Europe Boss Key Productions' Dan Nanni will deliver an expert talk on how to design a game that's both fun and functional, using the studio's work on multiplayer shooter LawBreakers as example.
June 20, 2016
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ReCore developers had to consider accessibility for its color-driven gameplay
To build its color-coded combat system, ReCore's tells reporters that they needed to build in accessibility features for colorblind players.
June 20, 2016
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Get a job: The Odd Gentlemen seek King's Quest Cinematic Animator
The studio, based in Pasadena, California, is looking to hire an animator to create cinematics alongside the team working on the final King’s Quest chapters and future Odd Gentlemen projects.
June 20, 2016
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Text manager - Part 1
Here I talk about the basic system I implemented for The Guest game, a text manager.
June 20, 2016
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Sony promises all Playstation Neo games will work on PS4
In an interview with Time Magazine, Sony's Shawn Layden says they plan for all Playstation Neo games to be 100% compatible with the original Playstation 4.
June 17, 2016
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Twitter tags Zelda as the 'most talked about' game during E3
While this is more of a fun data point than a particularly useful insight, it does give credence (at least, if you care about Twitter mentions) to Nintendo's Zelda-centric marketing strategy for E3
June 16, 2016
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Your Game Can Change People's Lives (Even Unintentionally)
We recently received a message describing how our game had a profound effect on someone's life, and I felt I needed to share it with the world / gamedev community. Even a "non-serious" game can change the world! Read on :)
June 15, 2016
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Watch the Xbox E3 conference right here at 9:30 AM Pacific
E3 week begins this morning at 9:30 AM Pacific with Microsoft's Xbox event in Los Angeles, where the company is expected to talk up its lineup of video games and hardware for the year ahead.
June 13, 2016
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Watch the PlayStation conference at E3 2016 right here
This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo continues with Sony's PlayStation showcase at 6 PM Pacific, which the company will surely use to hype up its games and hardware plans for the year to come.
June 13, 2016
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Social games platform LINE heading for $5.5 billion IPO
"Historically, we have depended on a small number of games for a majority of our mobile game revenues, and we expect that this dependence will continue for the foreseeable future."
June 13, 2016
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With Serious Sam VR, Croteam takes the VR plunge
Croatian indie dev Croteam is getting into VR game development with Serious Sam VR, which is set to be published by Devolver Digital on Steam Early Access this summer.
June 13, 2016
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Microsoft confirms plans to release a more powerful Xbox next year: 'Scorpio'
Xbox chief Phil Spencer closed out Microsoft's E3 showcase today by confirming that yes, Microsoft is going to release a more powerful Xbox console next year that will play all existing Xbox One games.
June 13, 2016