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GDC & VRDC 2016 talks are now available to watch on the GDC Vault!
Game Developers Conference officials are happy to announce that the many talks and presentations delivered by game industry notables last month at GDC 2016 are now available to watch on the GDC Vault!
April 5, 2016
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Video: Game industry all-stars reflect on 30 years of making games
From Chris Crawford to Palmer Luckey, game industry luminaries reflect on how game development has changed in the past 30 years in this special "Flash Backward" at the 30th edition of GDC this year.
April 5, 2016
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Players watch streams of the games they like, then buy them
The secret of success in streaming and eSports is actually pretty simple -- at least it tends to be -- according to new research from NPD.
April 5, 2016
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Latest STEM Video Game Challenge opens with a new sponsor: Nat Geo
Just a quick heads-up for students with game dev dreams (or parents of said students): The National STEM Video Game Challenge is now accepting entries for its annual student game design competition.
April 4, 2016
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Greenlit in 16 days Post mortem: What worked well, what didn’t.
After reading so many Gamasutra articles about other games past greenlight campaign while I was preparing ours, I though it was fair to analyze the succesful Wincars Racer's publicly and draw some useful conclusions...
April 4, 2016
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EVE Online's big battle proves players are the content in a sandbox MMO
In content-driven MMOs, players burn through handcrafted contnet and then abandon the game; in EVE Online, they're driven to keep playing for years.
April 1, 2016
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New Unreal update includes Paragon improvements, and language support
The latest release has some not-so-insignificant improvements, of a number of different stripes -- whether your concern is international audiences or cutting-edge graphics, sound, or more.
March 31, 2016
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Reminder: GDC Europe 2016 call for talks closes on Friday!
Just a quick reminder that the call for submissions to present lectures and panel sessions at the Game Developers Conference Europe in August ends tomorrow: Friday, April 1st, at 11:59 PM Pacific.
March 31, 2016
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UC Irvine to launch eSports scholarships for League of Legends
The University of California at Irvine is launching a big eSports initiative this fall, with backing from League of Legends developer Riot Games and PC gaming seller iBuyPower.
March 30, 2016
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PlayStation VR could be getting PC support
Sony is looking at new ways to expand its virtual reality presence, and is toying with the idea of bringing its PlayStation VR headset to PC.
March 29, 2016
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From interactive fiction to quitting PlayStation: GDC podcast in review
During GDC 2016 earlier this month, Gamasutra and video game radio show One Life Left teamed up for the official GDC podcast. We had dozens of guests, some of whom we’ll be highlighting all week.
March 28, 2016
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GameStop: New hardware sales to shrink by 10% in 2016
On the back of a flat year for the company's game business, its execs are projecting further shrinkage in consoles and games for the year.
March 25, 2016