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11th annual Experimental Gameplay Sessions reveals GDC 2013 line-up
Organizers of GDC 2013's Experimental Gameplay Sessions have announced a mammoth 20+ game line-up, including Keita Takahashi's new title Tenya Wanya Teens & Jason Rohrer's The Castle Doctrine.
March 15, 2013
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Video: A fireside chat with Minecraft creator Notch
Chris Hecker (SpyParty) fires off questions to Mojang's Markus Persson about piracy, his designing and growing of Minecraft, and his own professional growth in this free lecture from GDC 2012.
March 15, 2013
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Guild Wars 2, SimCity design lectures highlighted at GDC 2013
GDC 2013 organizers are highlighting more top talks, including design lectures on Guild Wars 2 and SimCity, Brenda Romero's F2P "morning after," and panels on indie incubators and physical-digital game mixing.
March 15, 2013
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Road to the IGF: LiquidSketch
Nominated for a Technical Excellence award at the 2013 Independent Games Festival later this month, LiquidSketch is a unique iPad puzzle game employing impressive liquid physics that developer Tobias Neukom tells us was a beast to get right.
March 15, 2013
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GDC 2013 Audio Track highlights Walking Dead, Dear Esther, Dead Space 3 talks
GDC 2013 has an in-depth Audio Track, and this year's highlights include Dear Esther's approach to mixing live and digital instruments, episodic sound design and production for The Walking Dead, and much more.
March 14, 2013
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GDC 2013 announces winners for Game Narrative poster sessions
GDC and the Game Narrative Summit have debuted the 2013 Student Narrative Analysis Competition winners, who all receive passes to this year's March conference in San Francisco, CA.
March 13, 2013
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Video: How Habbo kept players engaged with smartphone spin-offs
Paul LaFontaine, former CEO of Habbo developer Sulake, discusses keeping players engaged in a game world as they move across platforms in this free video lecture from GDC 2012, courtesy of the GDC Vault.
March 13, 2013
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DmC, Tomb Raider, Tearaway, ESRB talks headed to GDC 2013
GDC 2013 organizers are highlighting more notable talks for its March conference, including talks on Tearaway,Tomb Raider, DmC, EA Spouse, and an international ratings system.
March 12, 2013
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Road to the IGF: Guacamelee!
DrinkBox, the team behind the open-world action platform game Guacamelee!, speaks to us about where the game from, its inspirations, and what went into its unique, IGF-nominated art style.
March 11, 2013