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Conservative party's immigration policy could hurt UK game devs, warns UKIE
"As a fundamentally global industry, games businesses will always need to source and compete globally for this top talent."
May 19, 2017
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Facebook doubles down on eSports with ESL partnership
Leading eSports company ESL has signed a deal that will see it bring exclusive content to Facebook.
May 18, 2017
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Jagex to use SpatialOS world creation platform in future projects
Runescape developer Jagex has partnered up with Imporbable with a view to using the company's cloud-based world creation platform SpatialOS in future projects.
May 17, 2017
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Price, scarcity concerns drive a growing bootleg Amiibo scene
Kotaku reports the bootleg Amiibo business is booming, in part because of price & scarcity. More notably, this means some speedrunners are relying on bootleg Amiibo to try for new records in games.
May 17, 2017
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Why comfort was the PSVR's greatest challenge
"One of the things that internally we focused on all along was, 'This has to be comfortable', and you have to be not thinking, 'This is horrible to put on my head.'"
May 15, 2017
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Acer to sell mixed reality headset with motion controllers for $399
Acer plans to release a $399 mixed reality headset that ships with two of Microsoft's new motion controllers later this year.
May 12, 2017
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Civilization V lead designer Jon Shafer joins Paradox Interactive
The Swedish studio already has Shafer, who helped design two Civilization IV expansions before taking the lead on the sequel, working on a mystery project.
May 12, 2017
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Square Enix posts 'record-high' sales and profits as key franchises deliver
Square Enix pulled in "record-high" sales and profits over the past 12 months, buoyed by the performances of key franchises like Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy.
May 11, 2017
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Get some career insight from up-and-coming game developers today at 6PM EDT
What does it take to succeed in the game industry in 2017? We check in with three up-and-coming game developers to talk about their experience and what advice they have for newcomers
May 10, 2017
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EA expects 40% of industry-wide game sales to be digital this year
EA CFO Blake Jorgensen believes that 2017 will be the year that digital sales comprise 40 percent of game sales across the entire game industry.
May 10, 2017
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Get a job: Be a System Engineer at Disruptor Beam
Star Trek: Timelines dev Disruptor Beam seeks a systems engineer to work with the platform and game developers, build, release and performance engineers, and data scientists at the Framingham, MA studio.
May 5, 2017
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Persona dev: When dev cycles run long, 'you start to question your instincts'
"The longer it takes for the game to hit the market, you start to lose confidence in what's expected of you," Persona 5 dev Shigenori Soejima told Glixel. "You start to question your instincts."
May 5, 2017