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2K pens deal with the NFL to develop multiple new football games
The deal gives 2K the rights to create "non-simulation football game experiences," meaning EA's annual Madden NFL franchise will remain will remain unchallenged in the realm of realistic football sims.
March 10, 2020
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Video Game Composers: The Importance of Themes (GDC 2020)
Game composer Winifred Phillips shares additional research from her Game Developers Conference 2020 lecture, "The Importance of Themes: Creating Musical Signatures for your Games." The lecture will be presented as a GDC Virtual Talk (available for free).
March 10, 2020
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Steam Labs' latest addition is a dedicated News Hub for news and events
The latest new tool to launch under Steam Labs builds on some of the concepts put forth in the platform's Steam Library redesign by putting news posts, updates, and events front and center in the News Hub.
March 5, 2020
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Get a job: Join Disbelief as a Programmer
Programmers at Disbelief are called on to develop and debug in a variety of areas from game play to core engine programming
March 5, 2020
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Epic cancels Unreal Fest Europe 2020 due to coronavirus concerns
Epic Games has canceled Unreal Fest Europe 2020 due to uncertainty caused by the spread of the coronavirus.
March 4, 2020
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Zynga faces class action lawsuit over 2019 data breach
Zynga is the target of a recently filed class action lawsuit that accuses the company of failing “to reasonably safeguard” the data of the millions that play its games.
March 3, 2020
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Modus Games' narrative puzzler Lost Words becomes 'First on Stadia' exclusive
Google Stadia has managed a small win today after publisher Modus Games revealed its upcoming release Lost Words: Beyond the Page will launch exclusively on the streaming platform.
Feb. 28, 2020
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Facebook cancels F8 dev event over coronavirus worries
Facebook has called off the on-location portion of its annual F8 developer conference, citing growing concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus as the reason for the decision.
Feb. 27, 2020
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Steam's latest search features are straight from Steam Labs experiments
Steam Labs is to thank for a handful of new features and options now headed to Steam's search tool.
Feb. 26, 2020
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The Wonderful 101 dev PlatinumGames to open 100-person studio in Tokyo
Platinum Games is opening up a new studio in Tokyo, an announcement coupled with news that the company plans to launch a new game to close out its trilogy of hero-themed works.
Feb. 26, 2020
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Video Game Deep Cuts: Your World Of Horror's Clockwork God 2
The latest highlights include a raft of new games to look at, from World Of Horror through Lair Of The Clockwork God to Hunt: Showdown and beyond, as well as some great history pieces, looks at voxels and Apple Arcade, and an investigative piece on GameSt
Feb. 23, 2020
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Scottish studio Tag Games will expand workforce by 50 percent in 2020
Scottish studio Tag Games has relocated to a new office in its home city of Dundee so it can expand its workforce by 50 percent in 2020.
Feb. 20, 2020