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Audio Passes: Success Through Layering [1]
 
The Future: A Scary Place
 
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Double Fine's Kickstarter Windfall: Will Patronage Supplant Traditional Game Publishing? [11]
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For one Kickstarter employee, Double Fine's project is literally a dream come true Exclusive
image Kickstarter community director Cindy Au has been hoping to help fund a new Double Fine game for years, but even she could not have predicted the campaign's record-breaking success.
 
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DICE 2012: EA's Galda says television's episodic model is the future of game narrative
image TJ Galda, senior CG supervisor at EA, believes that the future of storytelling is episodic, saying that games should look more to television than film as inspiration for its narrative structure.
 
 
What drives the developers of Unity? Exclusive
image Gamasutra speaks to Unity's VP of engineering, Steffen Toksvig, about his vision for the company's developer culture and how that drives the direction the company takes its popular engine.
 
 
Your game industry in your words: Week of February 10
image Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from industry figures such as Electronic Arts' Peter Moore, Big Huge Games' Colin Campbell, David Jaffe, and many others in this new weekly roundup.
 
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Jaffe would consider Kickstarter for new projects Exclusive
image Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe tells Gamasutra that in light of Double Fine's record-breaking crowdfunding campaign, he would consider turning to Kickstarter to fund projects from his new studio.
 
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DICE 2012: Activision's Hirshberg believes creative people should lead companies
image Eric Hirshberg, formerly of Deustsch LA, has been leading Activision Publishing for almost two years. Here he shares some of his successes as a "creative CEO."
 
 
Get a job: Double Fine, Beachhead, 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 Double Fine Productions, Amazon, Beachhead, and others.
 
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Closure earns Grand Prize at 2012 Indie Game Challenge
image Eyebrow Interactive's indie puzzle-platformer Closure took home the Grand Prize at this year's Indie Games Challenge, with other winners including Symphony, The Bridge, and Nitronic Rush.
 
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Obituary: Fallout 3 concept artist Adam Adamowicz
image The game industry lost one of its most influential artists this week, as Adam Adamowicz, a key concept artist behind Fallout 3 and numerous other Bethesda titles, has passed away.
 
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Temple Run downloaded 36M times on iOS
 
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'Cooling Off System' and blocking minors from betas, this week in Korean news
image Gamasutra rounds up the week's biggest reports on South Korea's booming online games market from local news site This Is Game, including a new bill prohibiting minor from playing games for more than four hours a day, or from playing betas.
 
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Steam transaction records potentially compromised in November hack
image Through its investigation of last November's Steam's security hack, Valve has discovered that intruders may have gained access to a backup copy of Steam transaction information ranging from 2004 to 2008.
 
 
Best of Indie Games: From Off The Leash to Fortune Summoners
image Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including a time-travelling 2D platformer, and a new release from Recettear publisher Carpe Fulgur
 
 
Asian online game operator GigaMedia making moves to turn around business
image Asian online game developer and operator GigaMedia, now under new management, revealed several major moves it is implementing with the hopes of turning around its business and increasing shareholder value.
 
 
GDC 2012 reveals Super Mario 3D Land, Resident Evil Revelations postmortems
image GDC 2012 show organizers have revealed major new Japanese-helmed talks giving postmortems of Super Mario 3D Land and Resident Evil Revelations, also detailing the other translated talks for the event.
 
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Spacetime's mobile Legends MMORPGs reach 100M play sessions
 
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Analyst questions validity of unusual January NPD results
image Following the extremely low NPD sales figures for January's U.S. video game retail business, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter said he finds the results a bit dubious.
 
 
Skyrim wins big at 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
image The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has announced the winners of its 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, with Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim taking home multiple awards.
 
 
Road to the IGF: Lucky Frame's Pugs Luv Beats Exclusive
image In the latest in our "Road to the IGF" series of interviews with 2012 IGF finalists, Gamasutra speaks with Lucky Frame's Yann Seznec about his team's 2012 IGF Excellence in Audio nominee Pugs Luv Beats.
 
 
Japanese social game giant Gree opens SF area dev studio
image Japanese mobile social game developer and network operator Gree is preparing to move is U.S. headquarters and a newly-opened development studio to a new San Francisco location.
 
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Zynga Boston head resigns
image Nabeel Hyatt, general manager at Zynga's Boston studio and former CEO/founder of Conduit Labs, has resigned from the social game developer to join venture fund Spark Capital.
 
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Blizzard opposes Valve Dota name registration
image It came to light this week that Blizzard has challenged Valve's move to secure the rights to the Defense of the Ancients name, despite previously saying that it was not planning to do so.
 
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Strong Tales of Xillia sales help Namco Bandai to Q3 profits
image Namco Bandai has posted financial results for the third quarter of the current fiscal year, noting an increase in both revenue and profits year-over-year thanks in part to strong video game sales.
 
 
Top iPad game apps: Ragdoll Blaster 3, Eufloria HD reports brisk sales
image Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Ragdoll Blaster 3, Eufloria HD, and Battlefield 3: Aftershock currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
 
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Namco Bandai to co-publish Digital Extremes' Star Trek action game
 
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Principles of an Indie Game Bottom Feeder
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How to Avoid the Video Game Time Crunch
by Craig Dodge
A few tips for avoiding the time crunch
 
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Audio Passes: Success Through Layering
by Alexander Brandon
Audio requires numerous iterations, both with technology and the creative process. Learn about these...
 
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A Non-Gamer Plays Halo: Reach
by Craig Ellsworth
I got to catch a wild non-gamer and put him in captivity where all he got to do was play Halo: Reach...
 
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The Parable of Feudal Japan
by Robert Boyd
An extended metaphor that may or may not be applicable to the game industry.
 
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Has Double Fine disproved the 'ideas don't matter theory'?
by Finlay Thewlis
Double Fine's stunning progress has been so well covered this week that simply writing an article...
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Signus Labs is a boutique software development studio. Partnering with top-tier publishers and brands we design and develop high quality entertainment experienced by thousands of people every day. We work on art, coding, up to full production.
 
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Highly original production music recorded by 1st call NY sessions players and European orchestras. Custom music by seasoned composers who are experts in their genre, be it rock, jazz, classical, hip hop or retro game music.
 
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Rob Yale is a professional composer and keyboardist specializing in music for games. He brings a depth of experience to the gaming world based on years of performance and recording with such diverse acts as David Bowie, Bruce Cockburn and Jane Siberry. A
 
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With over 1000 titles to our credit, SomaTone is the #1 audio team in games, period. Our active clients include Activision, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Zynga, Playdom, Big Fish Games, PopCap, Gazillion, F9, Gameloft, Arkadium, THQ, Disney, and many indepe
 
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Media Elements is a global leader in business and multi-platform multimedia services for Video Game and Digital Entertainment. Media Elements is one of the top 10 multimedia studios for service and solutions in the world.
 
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Clean Cuts is a world-class audio facility with over 25 years of experience in custom music composition, sound design, audio production and voice over casting. Our team of staff composers and sound designers are passionate and take pride in understanding
 
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GarageGames is currently located in Las Vegas, Nevada. As the makers of the Torque game development technology, we have provided professional level cross-platform technology and tools since 2000.
 
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Creative Audio, the art of sound. That's all we do. Your projects, schedules, and budgets are unique, so are we.
 
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We are located in Hong Kong and providing the best Digital Art with guaranteed quality services for the game industry around the world.
 
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Art Bully Productions was founded by 3d art professionals who have years of experience in the videogame industry. We pride ourselves on delivering AAA quality work at very competitive prices! Clients include: THQ, Digital Extremes, Id Software, Unknown Wo
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The Pitfall Of Game Design As An Entry-Level Career Choice
image Jacob Stevens, the owner of Riverman Media, offers home helpful tips for breaking into the industry, noting why a design job might not be the right fit for a fledgling developer.
 
Game Design Challenge: Let's Get Serious
image GCG has issued its latest Game Design Challenge, this time asking readers to design a "serious game" that somehow benefits the real world.
 
Results From Game Design Challenge: Make An Epilogue
image For the latest Game Design Challenge, GCG asked its readers to design an epilogue to a game of their choosing -- here are the results!
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