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World Health Organization adds video game addiction to diagnostic manual
The first draft of the International Compendium of Diseases lists a description for ‘gaming disorder’ alongside gambling and other addictive disorders.
Dec. 28, 2017
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Reminder: Submit your game to the Unity 3D Game Art Challenge at GDC 2018
GDC and Unity have partnered to curate/host a 3D art contest for games using Unity, and the 12 winners will be showcased at GDC 2018! The deadline to enter is this Sunday, December 31st!
Dec. 27, 2017
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Report: Nintendo won't be rolling out 64GB Switch cartridges until 2019
Nintendo won't be handing out larger 64GB Switch cartridges to external developers until at least 2019.
Dec. 27, 2017
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Learn to better critique game projects at GDC 2018!
As part of the GDC 2018 Educators Summit, Carnegie Mellon's Jessica Hammer and Broken Rules' Martin Pichlmair will explain how you can more effectively critique games and game projects.
Dec. 26, 2017
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One of the first ever LGBTQ video games has been restored
Caper in the Castro, one of the first ever (if not the first) LGBTQ-themed video games, has been restored and is now playable over on the Internet Archive.
Dec. 22, 2017
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Cuphead crosses 2M sales to go double platinum
Animated extravaganza Cuphead has sold over 2 million copies since launching September 29.
Dec. 21, 2017
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Gamasutra's Best of 2017: Our top five Twitch streams of 2017
If you need some background game dev education over your holiday break, here's 5 hours of insightful interviews from the Gamasutra Twitch channel.
Dec. 20, 2017
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How Donut County shifted its focus on Los Angeles
Developer Ben Esposito talks about his decision to move Donut County away from Hopi culture through being inspired by the city of Los Angeles.
Dec. 20, 2017
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Gamasutra's Best of 2017: Alex Wawro's top 7 games
There's nearly 2000 words' worth of opinions about 7 games of the year here, and you can read them with just one click. Talk about a bargain!
Dec. 20, 2017
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Super Mario Odyssey has surpassed 1M physical sales in Japan
Super Mario Odyssey has surpassed 1 million physical sales in Japan since launching on October 27.
Dec. 20, 2017
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Attend GDC 2018 for real talk about partnership from the Darkest Dungeon devs
Red Hook cofounders Tyler Sigman & Chris Bourassa will reveal how sharing almost every major decision, from business to staffing to product development, can be alternately wonderful and maddening!
Dec. 19, 2017
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GDC Q&A: Astroneer's Veronica Peshterianu on success as a team's first producer
Veronica Peshterianu is a producer at System Era Softworks and will be speaking about her work at GDC 2018. Here, she shares a bit about herself, her work, and why producers are so important.
Dec. 19, 2017