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IGDA elects two new members to its board
Heads up, IGDA members: The International Game Developers Association constituency have cast their votes and elected two new board members, game developers Lucy Morris and Vesa Raudasoja.
March 3, 2016
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GDC: Don't miss the creative, innovative Experimental Gameplay Workshop!
With less than two weeks remaining before GDC 2016, organizers share more details on the ever-popular Experimental Gameplay Workshop session led by Robin Hunicke and Daniel Benmergui.
March 3, 2016
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McDonald's 'Happy Goggles' bringing cheap VR, and fries, to Swedish kids
Fast food giant McDonald's is redefining what the phrase 'entry-level virtual reality' means with Happy Goggles - a new VR viewer that's literally served with fries.
March 2, 2016
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Former Angry Birds devs raise $759,000 to create new mobile RPGs
Finnish mobile startup Kopla Games, founded last year by a group of former Angry Birds developers, has raised €700,000 ($759,000) in seed funding to create original action RPGs for mobile.
March 2, 2016
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Yahoo adds eSports to its sports reporting lineup
It's the latest media outlet to launch its own dedicated eSports site, Yahoo eSports, in a bid to attract an audience that appreciates coverage of competitive games played at a professional level.
March 2, 2016
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Sponsored: Last chance! Learn all about the eSports biz in a free webinar
Join us for a free webinar featuring one of the top eSports companies around! Fnatic CEO Wouter Sleijffers along with Limelight and Cedexis will explain the complex inner workings of a major eSports event.
March 2, 2016
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Over 15,000 Vive headsets sold in less than 10 minutes
HTC sold 15,000 Vive virtual reality headsets in less than 10 minutes after opening pre-orders yesterday.
March 1, 2016
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Next PS4 update will include PC and Mac Remote Play
The PS4's next major system software update - 3.50, or codename 'Musashi' - will include a host of interesting new features, including PC and Mac Remote Play.
March 1, 2016
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Obituary: Video game voice actor, American Gladiator Lee Reherman
Gamasutra has learned today that performer Lee Reherman, whose career spanned appearances in film, television and video games, passed away unexpectedly.
March 1, 2016
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Get expert F2P game dev advice at the GDC 2016 Free to Play Summit
With GDC 2016 drawing nigh, organizers share details on more great free-to-play game talks from the developers of Alphabear, The Walking Dead: No Man's Land and more.
March 1, 2016
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HoloLens Dev Edition pre-orders open, hardware specs and new software revealed
Microsoft has opened pre-orders for its $3000 HoloLens development edition today, and has revealed a swathe of hardware and software details in the process.
Feb. 29, 2016
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There's a new game streaming service entering beta today: Utomik
The startup's "Netflix for games" platform is entering open beta today at the (temporary) price of $6/month for unlimited access to a catalog of over 100 games.
Feb. 29, 2016