Gree closes Chinese studio as profits dip 1
by Mike Rose [05.15.13]
Japanese mobile company Gree has been forced to close its studio in China, after recording "extraordinary loss" as a result of its recent business performance in its full 2013 fiscal forecast.
Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Business/Marketing

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New DICE studio opened in L.A., focusing on Star Wars 1
by Mike Rose [05.15.13]
Electronic Arts has opened a new DICE studio in Los Angeles, with a key focus around bolstering the creation of new video games in the Star Wars franchise.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing

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Opinion: Let's retire the word 'gamer' 102
by Brandon Sheffield [05.15.13]
"The word 'gamer' is regressive. It accepts the portrait of us painted by the mainstream news media, and every time I hear it or read it it actually makes me feel a little sick."
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Exclusive

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Sponsored: Win $100K in Intel's Perceptual Computing Challenge  
by Intel [05.14.13]
Intel wants to inspire developers to forge new ground by integrating voice control, gesture control, facial recognition, and augmented reality with apps and games on PCs.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Sponsored Article

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Get a job: Wargaming is hiring a Build Engineer  
by Kris Ligman [05.14.13]
"Wargaming is looking for a Build Engineer to be responsible for maintaining the build environment, performing daily/nightly software builds, and deploying builds to development and clients."
Console/PC, Programming, Recruitment

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Dungeon feng shui: Procedural design in RPG environments 7
by Gamasutra Community [05.14.13]
A look at how you can use "clever programming" to automatically (and intelligently) populate an RPG environment with enemies, items, and treasures.
Console/PC, Indie, Programming, Design

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GDC Europe sees 25% submission boost, adds Crytek, CD Projekt board members  
by GDC Staff [05.14.13]
Organizers of this August's GDC Europe have announced more than 275 talk submissions, adding Advisory Board notables from CD Projekt (The Witcher) and Crytek (Warface).
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Design, Production, Business/Marketing

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How can I make my games more inclusive? 16
by Gamasutra Community [05.14.13]
Daniel Cook, the Spry Fox designer behind Triple Town, offers simple, actionable ways to make your games more appealing to a wider audience.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Indie, Art, Design

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Another major MMORPG is going free-to-play 2
by Kris Graft [05.14.13]
Trion Worlds' MMORPG Rift is set to go free-to-play, starting June 12, alongside the launch of its next major content update.
Social/Online, Business/Marketing

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Blog: The divided future of the video game industry 10
by Gamasutra Community [05.14.13]
"Here it is, I think: the moment the world of video games definitively chunked up into discrete groups and congealed," Matthew Burns begins, in this rumination on developer culture and identity.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design

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Angry Birds studio Rovio moves into mobile publishing  
by Mike Rose [05.14.13]
Angry Birds studio Rovio today launched a new mobile game publishing initiative, through which it plans to forge its first path into the world of third-party titles.
Smartphone/Tablet, Business/Marketing, Video

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Twitch video game broadcasting comes to Xbox 360  
by Mike Rose [05.14.13]
With live video game broadcasting becoming more and more popular, video streaming service Twitch today released a dedicated app for the Xbox 360, which allows users to watch broadcasts directly on their home console.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing

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Sony tells us what's going on with the PlayStation Vita 38
by Mike Rose [05.14.13]
Sony's counting on a wide breadth of developers to save the slow-selling PlayStation Vita. We talk to Sony biz dev manager Shahid Kamal Ahmad about the future of the platform.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing, Exclusive

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Nvidia's Android handheld costs as much as a Wii U 21
by Mike Rose [05.14.13]
The Nvidia Shield, an upcoming handheld game device that can both play Android games and stream games from your PC, will launch in June for $349.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing

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Women in games, circa 1983 12
by Gamasutra Community [05.14.13]
30 years ago, what women were doing serious work in the game industry? This article, dug up and reposted, showcases Roberta Williams (King's Quest) and Janice Hendricks (Joust) among others.
Console/PC, Programming, Design, History

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Capcom's Phoenix Wright franchise goes download-only 18
by Mike Rose [05.14.13]
Capcom has made the decision to release the upcoming Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies, the latest in the popular court-room adventure game, as a download-only title for Nintendo 3DS.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing

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The psychology of skill trees: Making choices satisfying 12
by Gamasutra Community [05.14.13]
Most core games these days offer character progression choices -- but how do you present them in a way that's most satisfying to players? Psychology research holds the answer.
Console/PC, Indie, Art, Design

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YoYo Games rolling out GameMaker: Studio module for Tizen  
by Kris Ligman [05.13.13]
"We strongly believe that Tizen will be a significant platform for mobile and other devices," says GameMaker: Studio developer YoYo Games, in announcing the software's support for the open-source OS.
Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Programming, Business/Marketing

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Warren Spector teams with University of Texas for new game school 2
by Kris Ligman [05.13.13]
The University of Texas at Austin is joining forces with Warren Spector (Epic Mickey) and Paul Sams (COO, Blizzard) to found a new game design school, the Denius-Sams Gaming Academy.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Production, Business/Marketing

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Nintendo triumphs in Wii patent case (again) 3
by Kris Graft [05.13.13]
One patent holder wanted to get a piece of the Nintendo Wii's success, but a court has denied that notion.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing

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