Steam store pages now officially support animated gifs Valve has rolled out an update to Steam that allows devs to embed animated gifs directly into the “about” section of a game’s store page.

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  Get tips on making better VR games straight from Viveport at XRDC You'll want to see these XRDC talks if you're at all curious about the state & future of the VR market, as Viveport is HTC's VR app store and one of the big markets for VR games and entertainment.

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  Loot Crate now offers a monthly indie game subscription service Loot Crate is kicking off a $10 monthly subscription service that aims to connect “creative new voices” in indie dev with players.

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  GDC 2019 is now open for registration! Now's the time to register for GDC 2019! You'll want to look at pass options and register early to get the best price. Plus, some passes have limited quantities so if you’re interested, don't wait!

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  Rockstar debacle prompts devs to spotlight their crunch-free games One particularly interesting response to the Rockstar debacle came from Vlambeer co-founder Jan Willem Nijman, who implored his fellow devs to spotlight their crunch-free projects.

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  Blog: Designing the boss battles in Shovel Knight In exclusive material from David L. Craddock's "Shovel Knight" published by Boss Fight Books, the author discusses how developer Yacht Club Games designed Shovel Knight's boss battles.

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  China's Huawei thinks it can capture Switch market...with a $1,000 phone Chinese tech outfit Huawei believes it is capable of taking on the Nintendo Switch with its new $1,000 smartphone.

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  VR design principles in RIGS: Mechanized Combat League Before heading to Naughty Dog, developer Pete Ellis worked on the PSVR launch game RIGS: Mechanized Combat League at now-defunct Guerrilla Cambridge. Two years later, he looks back on this modern VR effort.

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  Video: The narrative design of Reigns: Her Majesty In this GDC 2018 talk, writer Leigh Alexander shares her narrative design process around the tricky political tightrope of women's power in Reigns: Her Majesty.

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  GTA V cheaters' assets frozen following Australian court ruling Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive crack down on GTA V cheaters after an Australian federal court granted search and seizure orders against players associated with cheating software.

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  Github launches beta of GitHub Actions, a workflow automating tool Github has detailed and launched a handful of new features that aim to arm devs using the platform’s repositories with new tools to improve workflows and collaboration.

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  Ubisoft selects new CFO to take over beginning in 2019 Ubisoft announced today that chief financial officer Alain Martinez will retire from the company at the end of 2018, with Frédérick Duguet taking over the role beginning in 2019.

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  Get a job: Experius is looking for an Unreal 4 Environment Artist The Culver City-based team is seeking a self-motivated and experienced 3D generalist for a virtual reality project.

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1 Sega credits strong localizations for jump in worldwide game sales The latest shareholder report dives into the nitty-gritty details of the company’s future plans, but its stance on localization is worth calling attention to. 

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23 Don't Miss: Double Fine's postmortem of Brutal Legend In this classic postmortem, Double Fine outlines the production of its rock god epic Brütal Legend, taking in everything from legal troubles with Activision to nitty-gritty tool development details.

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15 Epic sues YouTubers for using and selling Fortnite cheats Epic Games has filed a lawsuit against two YouTubers, accusing the pair of copyright infringement and breach of contract for both using and promoting the use of Fortnite cheats.

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  Submissions are now open for the GDC 2019 Tutorials! Hey devs, GDC 2019 has put out a call for submissions of lectures and panels that would be a good fit for 6 of the conference's popular Tutorials, from the Level Design Workshop to eSports Day!

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6 Discord game marketplace and subscription service enter global beta Discord has launched the worldwide beta for its fledgling game storefront and Nitro subscription service, meaning both can now be accessed by the platform's 150 million registered users.

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  See how to improve your MR apps with Microsoft's Azure at XRDC! XRDC organizers highlight one particular sponsored session from partner Microsoft that you'll want to see if you're at all curious about how cloud computing can help supercharge your work!

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  Blog: Exhibiting at GDEX 2018 - The great postmortem It's hard to show off your game at an expo. It's even harder when you're a solo indie dev. It's absolutely ridiculous when your game is a JRPG, one of the hardest genres to demo. Here's my experience.

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  Sony has fixed the messaging bug that's been crashing PS4s Sony claims it has fixed a recent issue that's been causing PlayStation 4 consoles to freeze after receiving a message containing unsupported text characters. 

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  Bandai Namco agrees to European distribution deal for Cyberpunk 2077 Bandai will be responsible for distributing and promoting the open-world RPG in 24 countries, including France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the UK. 

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  Blog: Getting the world of Sprint Vector over the finish line Survios technical artist Kevin Andersen discusses how to design an aesthetically distinct world that's easily readable and render-able at breakneck speeds.

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  Q&A: Inside the tools and techniques used to build The Crew 2's open world Gamasutra recently sat down with David Guillaume and Carl Pedimina of Ivory Tower to dig the technical aspects of creating an online world that is both massive and extremely detailed.

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1 Sega reports 'long overtime' hours cut by 80% Sega's latest financial report claims "long overtime hours" have been reduced 80 to 90 percent since establishing the anti-overtime initiative back in 2013.

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