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Opinion: How NFC tech could be Wii U's saving grace Exclusive
image From new ways to play Pokemon to new ways to pay for Pokemon, the Wii U's newly-revealed NFC feature lays the groundwork for new business and gamplay opportunities for Nintendo and its partners.
 
 
Tera devs to defend themselves from NCSoft theft allegations
image Following allegations of theft from MMO publisher NCSoft, Bluehole Studio and En Masse Entertainment revealed today that they reject these claims, and plan to protect the U.S. launch of the upcoming fantasy MMO, Tera.
 
 
MechWarrior's Weisman fights to save the wetlands with new game Exclusive
image We catch up with veteran designer Jordan Weisman on his work leading UW Bothell's Center for Serious Play, whose students have just launched a Facebook game geared at wetlands restoration.
 
 
Get a job: Rockstar, LucasArts, others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
image In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Rockstar, LucasArts, Blizzard Entertainment, and others.
 
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Korea considers blocking minors from playing online games for over 3 hours
image South Korea's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is reportedly reviewing a policy that would ban minors' accounts if they played online games for more than two hours consecutively, or a total of three hours in a day.
 
 
Top iPad game apps: NFL Flick Kicker, Paper Monsters report brisk sales
image Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with NFL Flick Kicker HD, Angry Birds Seasons HD, and Paper Monsters currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
 
 
Your game industry in your words: Week of January 27
image Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from industry figures such as Mojang's Daniel Kaplan, Runic Games' Max Schaefer, Arc System Works' Daisuke Ishiwatari, and many others in this new weekly roundup.
 
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Survey shows Kindle Fire leading in total Android app sessions
image Since its launch in November, Amazon's Kindle Fire has made some major gains in the Android Market, and has overtaken Samsung's popular Galaxy Tab in terms of total app sessions.
 
 
Best of Indie Games: From Caverns of Minos to Unstoppable Gorg
image Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including a mashup of Tetris and a word search, and a new release from Llamasoft founder Jeff Minter.
 
 
Core-focused social dev Kabam acquires Fearless Studios
image Redwood City, CA-based "core"-focused" social game developer Kabam (The Godfather: Five Families, Dragons of Atlantis) adds talent to its pool that include former Lucasarts heavies.
 
 
GDC 2012 details Audio track talks, from Bastion to Crysis 2
image The organizers of March's GDC 2012 have highlighted this year's Audio Track, covering Supergiant's indie hit Bastion, Crytek's big-budget shooter Crysis 2, and GDC's ever-popular Demo Derby.
 
 
Student Kinect project wins Microsoft's Imagine Cup grant
image Microsoft announced the winners for its Imagine Cup Grants program for student technology and social entrepreneurs, including a Croatian group that developed a physical therapy solution using the Kinect motion sensing device.
 
 
Road to the IGF: Key and Kanaga's Proteus Exclusive
image Continuing 2012's "Road to the IGF" interview series, Gamasutra speaks with the creators of Nuovo award nominee Proteus about their fascinating, music and exploration-driven game.
 
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Nintendo boss details network plans, considers retail game downloads
image Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is finally willing to bring Nintendo's online strategy up to speed, with expanded digital distribution plans and the possibility of full downloads of retail games.
 
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New Mario 3DS announced, Super Mario 3D Land sells 5M copies
image As Nintendo revealed plans to release a new 2D Mario game for 3DS in the next fiscal year, the company announced that Super Mario 3D Land has already sold 5.03 million copies around the world since its launch in November 2011.
 
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Wii U controller's latest secret revealed
image Nintendo revealed a previously-undisclosed feature of the Wii U's tablet controller: near-field communication tech, which sets the stage for gameplay -- and shopping -- innovations.
 
 
Report: EA loses another social gaming head
image Electronic Arts' social games subsidiary Playfish has reportedly lost John Earner, its London headquarters' general manager and vice president, who is joining venture capital Accel Partners.
 
 
Nintendo will make 3DS profitable again soon
image Nintendo intends to begin making a profit on each 3DS system sold again sometime between April and September 2012, and revealed plans to improve the portable's online connectivity rate with users.
 
 
Minecraft's Jens Bergensten 'looking forward to big companies' making similar games
image In a new Gamasutra feature interview, Mojang's new lead developer, who took the reins of the project from Markus "Notch" Persson, says that he is excited to see what major developers come up with when making similar games.
 
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Iwata: 'Bitter lesson' learned from slow 3DS launch
image Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said in an earnings briefing this week that the botched launch of the 3DS was a learning experience that the company will apply to the upcoming release of the Wii U.
 
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Growing game animation: State changes and pathing
image In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, Zenimax Online Studios' senior animator Mike Jungbluth explains why state changes and pathing can "either strengthen or destroy the personality, intent and objectives of a character."
 
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Insomniac Games walks away from Resistance franchise
image According to a recent report, Insomniac's PlayStation 3 title Resistance 3 will be the developer's final game in the Sony-exclusive sci-fi shooter franchise.
 
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Opinion: Plagiarism as a moral choice
image Spry Fox's Dan Cook considers the definition of plagiarism as it applies to game design, and warns developers of the consequences of borrowing ideas from other games.
 
 
Gamasutra expert blogs: From brand recognition to deployment strategy
image In highlights from Gamasutra's Expert Blogs, industry notables write about diverse topics, including the two faces of brands in the game industry, deployment strategies for free demos, and more.
 
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Building Games that Run on Poor Mobile Connections
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Playing to Win? Measuring Social Interaction in Games
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Why Wordfeud worked.
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Wordfeud took the world by storm, returning the ancient game of scrabble to modern time. In this...
 
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Immersion: A Matter of Scale
by Eric Schwarz
Immersion can be a game's biggest selling point, but how to effectively go about building it? In...
 
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It's Not an Educational Game
by Ryan Creighton
If your educational game doesn't teach anything, guess what? It's a quiz.
 
 
Business Post Mortem Series Intro: Wolf Toss on iOS, Android, and Chrome
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Wolf Toss, the first Zipline Games title, just crossed the 1 million players mark 6 weeks after...
 
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What happened to innovative games?
by Tyler York
Indie developer Nimblebit dropped a PR bomb on Zynga yesterday, arguing that Zynga copied it's game....
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