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Oculus slashes Rift price for second time this year
Oculus is cutting the price of its Rift virtual reality headset for six weeks, marking the second significant price reduction this year.
July 10, 2017
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Cool Youths: BAFTA honors winners of 2017 Young Game Designers Awards
Notably, the four budding game makers honored with these awards (the Game Concept Award and the Game Making Award, divided into two age categories apiece) were predominantly young women.
July 10, 2017
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Oculus' Jason Rubin: Exclusivity deals won't stop VR game dev from growing
"I stole a lot from Donkey Kong Country when I made Crash Bandicoot," Rubin told PCGamer. "Insomniac stole a lot from Crash Bandicoot when they made Ratchet & Clank. Including our crates."
July 10, 2017
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Mobile messaging giant Line launches game publishing arm
Line has cut the ribbon on its own publishing department, Line Games, and acquired a majority stake in the South Korean game developer NextFloor in the process.
July 10, 2017
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Get a job: Visual Concepts is hiring a Sr. Graphics Software Engineer
Visual Concepts is looking for an experienced graphics software engineer to join its team in Novato, California.
July 10, 2017
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Former Qube 2 devs partner to create new studio, Advect Productions
Two of the developers behind Qube 2 have come together to create Advect Productions, a hybrid studio focused both on developing narrative-driven games and supporting other indie game makers.
July 10, 2017
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Get a job: Yager is looking for a Gameplay Programmer
Yager is on the hunt for a Gameplay Programmer to implement gameplay systems, write clear code, and contribute to the development of its free to play project Dreadnought.
July 7, 2017
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University of California Irvine will soon offer Overwatch scholarships
The University of California Irvine plans to offer an Overwatch-based scholarship to prospective students later this year.
July 6, 2017
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Still under threat of Vivendi takeover, Ubisoft aims to expand its board
If successful, this expands Ubisoft's board by 1 to 11 seats total and ensures the majority are held by independent directors, aka people without any financial stake in the company.
July 6, 2017
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Composer and director of Rakuen on crafting an evocative soundtrack
"Being both the composer and game developer helped a lot. Music wasn't an afterthought; I was able to take it into account from the very beginning of development.”
July 5, 2017
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How Super Mario Run's lackluster sales are changing Nintendo's mobile strategy
While the company is slowly becoming more open to different payment models, Nintendo hasn't fully written off the one-time-fee method favored by the inaugural mobile Mario title.
July 5, 2017
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Designing Silicon Void's Combat, Part 2: Critical Eye
How a mechanic in Silicon Void affords the player opportunities for strategic play by shifting combat conditions from turn to turn and battle to battle.
July 5, 2017