Tilting Point drops $29M into Star Trek Timelines developer Disruptor Beam The $29 million deal between the companies will help fund Star Trek Timelines and development on a new game from Disruptor Beam.

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  Marvel's Spider-Man sold over 3.3 million units in first three days The PlayStation 4 exclusive was developed by Ratchet & Clank and Sunset Overdrive creator Insomniac Games, and launched just under two weeks ago on September 7. 

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  Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu halting work due to ill health The veteran maestro announced the news in a short blog post, where he explained that an increasing workload has left him physically and mentally drained. 

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  Blog: Understanding China's temporary game approval freeze China is the largest games market in the world, but has been hit by a temporary game approval freeze that has limited the number of new games being released this year. Here's what that means.

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  How Exapunks dev Zachtronics finds the fun in hacking "I'm kind of uninterested in the kind of hacking games where you just connect to stuff," says Zachtronics' Zach Barth. "I kind of think that hacking, maybe, is just like entirely about being cool."

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  Mobile game dev Outfit7 opens new Barcelona studio Head's up, game devs: The mobile game makers at Talking Tom developer Outfit7 announced this week that they're opening a new studio in Barcelona, Spain.

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  Video: Lessons learned from trying to gamify death At GDC 2012, game dev Margaret Robertson explains how UK studio Hide&Seek was asked to make a documentary game about the discovery of a corpse in a busy London block of flats -- and what they learned.

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  343 FPS chief says no 'real-money loot boxes' in Halo Infinite According to the head of 343 Studios, Master Chief's next adventure won't include "real-money loot boxes."

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  Get a job: Hi-Rez Studios is hiring a Lead QA Analyst Hi-Rez is looking for a QA Lead to ensure our game products meet high standards of quality, reliability, usability, and performance through hands-on testing and problem reporting.

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  Rovio has an AR Angry Birds game coming to Magic Leap One Angry Birds developer Rovio is has a new game in the works for Magic Leap’s AR headset.

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  THQ Nordic picks up rights to Alone in the Dark and Act of War THQ Nordic continues the acquisition spree that recently nabbed the company the rights to games like Kingdoms of Amalur and Timesplitters.

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3 Don't Miss: Larian's lessons learned making Divinity: Original Sin Studio founder Swen Vencke speaks to Larian's experience of becoming an independent, self-publishing company after 15 years of working with publishers in this Divinity: Original Sin postmortem.

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  XRDC speaker Q&A: Kyle Vaidyanathan on designing interactions in VR XRDC panelist Kyle Vaidyanathan shares some thoughts on the future of VR in advance of next month's show.

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1 Rockstar is bringing an open-world online mode to Red Dead Redemption 2 Red Dead Redemption 2 is following in the footsteps of developer Rockstar’s cash cow Grand Theft Auto Online by including an open-world online mode with the single-player game.

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1 Sony applied for a patent on a simulation sickness-detecting VR headset A patent application filed by Sony last year detailing a VR headset that could detect adverse reactions to virtual reality has been published for all to see.

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  IGF 2019 Inspirations: 2016 Audience Award winner Undertale! Don't forget, entries for all IGF award categories are being accepted through October 1! To help inspire you, today we'd like to highlight another past IGF winner: Toby Fox's charming Undertale!

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  Under the Sea: A look at Beyond Blue and In Other Waters In the wake of the video game world being rocked by a squall over a puddle it seems fitting to, instead, think about how more substantial bodies of water are being portrayed in forthcoming games.

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1 Blog: Kliuless? Gaming Industry ICYMI #3 Each week I compile a gaming industry insights newsletter that I share with other Rioters, including Riot’s senior leadership. This edition is the public version that I publish broadly every week.

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  From Beat Saber to Moss, don't miss all the insightful XRDC game talks! If you're interested in AR/VR/MR game dev you'll want to be at XRDC in San Francisco next month, because the folks who made these games and more will be part of the event's roster of expert speakers!

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4 Blog: Committing career suicide to tell real life game dev stories Why I left my triple-A game development job and what about that experience forced my hand to start Game Dev Unchained, an honest and unfiltered game development podacast.

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  SCUM has surpassed 1 million sales in under a month The title initially surpassed 250,000 sales in 24 hours to become publisher Devolver Digital's biggest launch to date, and has added another 750,000 to the pile in the weeks since. 

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  Valve and Ubisoft fined for breaching consumer laws in France Both companies have been fined for breaching consumer laws in France, after failing to implement satisfactory refund policies on their Uplay and Steam digital storefronts. 

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1 Blog: Using austerity as a creative tool I have never considered financial limitations as a restraint for creativity, but as an entry point to set up criteria to start working with.

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6 Sony making mini-console debut with PlayStation Classic The dinky device will come pre-loaded with 20 classic titles, including fan-favorites such as Final Fantasy VII, Ridge Racer Type 4, Wild Arms, and Tekken 3.

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1 Witch-craft: How Dicey Dungeons balances chance and predictability Veteran game dev Terry Cavanagh (VVVVVV, Super Hexagon) opens up about the design process of his latest game, Dicey Dungeons, and explains how he created and playtested a specific class: the Witch.

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