Overwatch now lets players create custom modes with in-game scripting tools Blizzard is launching what it calls the Overwatch Workshop, a way to make custom game modes for Overwatch by messing with some of the scripting tools the dev team uses to create the game itself.

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  Xbox earnings held up by software and services as hardware sales fall Microsoft’s latest financial report shows that its game business is still in the rise in terms of revenue, but that income generated by hardware has taken a significant year-over-year hit.

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  Get a job: Sony PlayStation is hiring a Sr. Manager, Competitive Gaming PlayStation is looking for a Sr. Manager of Competitive Gaming to help drive the execution of its esports business.

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  Ex-BioWare dev James Ohlen heading up new Wizards of the Coast studio Ohlen retired from BioWare after 22 years last July, saying that he planned to “take a break from the industry and work on something a little more smaller and more personal.”

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  Video: Why you should put your name on your indie game Experienced indies Zach Gage & Bennett Foddy take the stage at GDC 2019 last month to discuss why indie game makers are one of the few craftspeople to not sign their work, and why that should change.

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20 Don't Miss: How working on gross, violent games can mess with developers In this 2015 feature, a number of developers share their experiences working on some of the gorier aspects of game development and reflect on how that work affected them.

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  Respawn CEO: Sticking to seasonal updates better for Apex Legends devs Despite temptations to ramp up content production or hiring after that initial boom, Respawn CEO Vince Zampella says it was best for the team to stick to its original pacing plans for new content

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  Nepal lifts short-lived ban on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Nepal's Supreme Court has lifted the government’s ban on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, ruling that the ban imposed unjustified limits on the freedom of expression guaranteed under its constitution.

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  Persona 5 has sold over 2.7 million copies worldwide Persona 5, the stylish role-playing game from Japanese developer Atlus, has sold over 2.7 million units worldwide. 

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  Blog: 10 important Kickstarter hacks from an expert A quick checklist of expert hacks that should help you create a successful Kickstarter campaign.

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  Supercell partners with Internet Matters to improve child safety online Clash of Clans maker Supercell has joined forces with non-profit organization Internet Matters on a mission to help keep children safe in the digital world. 

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  Frostpunk has surpassed 1.4 million sales in first year City-building survival game Frostpunk has sold over 1.4 million copies worldwide on PC since launching a year ago.

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  Switch continues to dominate hardware sales in the U.S. The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in the U.S. throughout March in terms of unit and dollar sales, and has been throughout the past quarter.

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7 Blog: Evolving difficulty modes in survival horror - Resident Evil 2 What can Hardcore Mode in Resident Evil 2 offer beyond tougher enemies and scarcer bullets? A look at how content-based difficulty rewards survival horror fans.

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  Video: Building God of War's Atreus to fit with both gameplay and narrative Working Kratos' son Atreus into God of War complicated many aspects of development but, in the end, including him as a fully realized companion AI paid off.

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  Get a job: Into the Breach dev Subset Games is hiring a Platform Engineer Subset Games, the game studio behind FTL and Into the Breach, is looking for an experienced C++ programmer to work remotely and help manage its growing library of games.

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5 Google coy with new Stadia details, pushes the promise of discoverability Google has lofty ambitions for its coming cloud-based game platform Stadia, many of which include giving game developers and players alike the ability to approach video games in a different way.

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1 Don't Miss: Using vision as the cursor in Tethered "VR offers new ways of interacting that allow us to get much closer to that mouse and pointer functionality by turning your face into a mouse pointer," says Ian Moran, technical director of Tethered.

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3 Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 fan port hit with DMCA takedowns Nintendo has taken action against a fan project to port Super Mario Bros. to the Commodore 64. After 7 years, the project released its finished game this month.

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11 Constant development means a perpetual push to crunch at Epic, say Fortnite devs "If I take time off, the workload falls on other people, and no one wants to be that guy," one dev tells Polygon how crunch has become an unofficial requirement for QA at Epic Games.

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2 Assassin's Creed Unity hit by review bombers intent on spreading positivity Assassin's Creed Unity is the latest game to be review bombed by Steam users, but perhaps not in the way you'd expect.

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  XRDC returns this October, so now's the time to pitch your great AR/VR talks! There's no better place to be if you want to check out the latest AR/VR tech while sharing knowledge with your peers -- and now's the time to submit your pitches for talks!

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8 Here's why the Epic Games Store takes a 12 percent revenue cut from devs Tim Sweeney has explained exactly why the fledgling Epic Game Store only takes a 12 percent revenue cut from devs, as opposed to the once standard 30 percent taken by rival Steam.

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  World War Z has surpassed 1 million sales in first week The co-op title launched on April 16 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PC, and notably skipped Steam in favor of the Epic Games Store.

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  Keywords nabs Japanese HTML5 developer Wizcorp for $1.1 million Irish game service provider Keywords has acquired Japanese work-for-hire studio Wizcorp for $1.1 million in cash. 

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