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• Nintendo NX is a console/mobile hybrid, has 'industry-leading' tech, report says

  16-10-2015 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Report also claims software development kits are now being sent to developers.
  
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• How to save money as an indie exhibitor

  16-10-2015 22:22
  "Taking everything into consideration, I think that while our cost-saving measures added a bit of inconvenience to the trip, it was worth the extra effort to save the fairly significant portion of our budget."...
  
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• Everything We Know About The Cast So Far

  16-10-2015 22:20
  Persona 5 is shrouded in mystery. Atlus has provided fans only a few trailers to keep them at bay. After announcing a recent
  delay, the Japanese official website finally listed some information about the
  cast.The Persona games have earned a following for their endearing characters, but after various spin-offs focusing on older casts, the time is right for some
  new lifeblood. Persona 5 features the first new cast in close to eight years;
  they'll tackle the challenges of being a part of mode
  
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• Valve rep: Ads on Steam won't happen, would be 'bad business'

  16-10-2015 21:55
  Responding to a GameSpot question, Valve's Erik Johnson says the company has no plans to ever sell ad space on its platform because "it would be a bad business decision, let alone just dumb."...
  
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• Don't Miss: Cheating vs. exploiting in game design

  16-10-2015 21:28
  "Cheating vs. exploits can be confusing," opens this classic design blog post. "The cheating that happened in Destiny raised a debate about whether or not the player base should be punished." ...
  
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• New Xbox One Update Preview Expanding to More Users Soon

  16-10-2015 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  All Preview Program members who opted in will be accepted in the next day or so.
  
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• See How Xbox One, PS4's Divinity: Original Sin Combat Works on a Controller

  16-10-2015 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New video showcases the game's controls and combat systems on console.
  
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• Blog: Pain, fatherhood, and game design

  16-10-2015 20:03
  "A quest to save your child's life is a quest motivation I find deeply compelling. It is the desire of every parent I see in neonatal. Art is a portal to experiences we may not have in real life." ...
  
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• How Manifold Garden makes reality fold back on itself

  16-10-2015 20:01
  William Chyr explains why he went from creating massive balloon sculptures in art galleries to designing infinite virtual structures in his game Manifold Garden....
  
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• Wall Street Journal Reports That Nintendo Has Started Sending out NX Development Kits

  16-10-2015 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sources suggest that the NX may include both a console and a mobile unit and include "industry-leading" hardware.
  
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• Far Cry Primal has a snowy winter and too many bears, just like the midwest

  16-10-2015 19:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  First off is a great big bear mauling a buck (or something with antlers, anyway) on a snowy hillside. So, hey, Far Cry Primal will have different seasons! I wonder how that will affect your approach to survival; the loin cloth look is nice and breezy for summer, but you may want to toss on a few more furs before the frost comes. Here's a friendly rhinoceros meandering through a summery wood. At least they weren't endangered back then, so you won't feel quite so bad about killing 20 of them to cr
  
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• Here is every rumor we’ve heard about the Nintendo NX

  16-10-2015 19:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Sony and Microsoft have been in an arms race for whose gaming console can squeeze in the most graphical muscle, but for two consoles now Nintendo has taken a more creative approach to its hardware. Unfortunately, the Wii U has struggled to sell. After the breakout success of the Wii, the Wii U has had a tough time competing with the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, despite a generous lead time on its release. Even so, Nintendo’s announcement that it would reveal a brand new console in 2016 came
  
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• Payday 2 dev in hot water for reversing stance on microtransactions

  16-10-2015 19:46
  Starbreeze subsidiary Overkill Software is in a bit of hot water this week after adding microtransactions to its popular Payday 2 game despite earlier public assurances by staffers that they would never do so....
  
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• Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch Launches Today With Explosive New Screenshots

  16-10-2015 18:36
  The PC version of Rodeo Games’ Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch is out today. If you happened to miss the Unreal Engine 4 strategy game on iOS (or simply don’t prefer mobile gaming), the grim dark future awaits on Steam.
  Deathwatch tasks you with training a team of Space Marines from across six different chapters. Unlike other groups of the Emperor’s Adeptus Astartes, the Deathwatch come from across the galaxy to serve as the last line of defense against alien threats.
  Throughout
  
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• Gaming Deals: $350 Xbox One + Controller, $40 PS Plus, $20 God of War 3 PS4

  16-10-2015 18:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  $350 Xbox One bundle with an extra game of your choice, Steam sales, $40 Until Dawn, $20 Rare Replay, and much more.
  
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• eSports broadcaster Virtus.pro nets $100 million in funding

  16-10-2015 17:33
  
  USM Holdings, owned by billionaire Alisher Ismanov, is preparing to invest $100 million in Russian eSports broadcaster, Virtus.pro....
  
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• Black Ops 3's download reappears in the Xbox Games Store — but it's still missing elsewhere

  16-10-2015 17:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is once again available for pre-order on Xbox One, according to the upcoming first-person shooter's listing in the Xbox Games Store. Earlier this month, downloadable Xbox One versions were unavailable from multiple online retailers, including Amazon, U.K. retailer GAME and the Xbox Games Store. The Xbox Games Store is also selling the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Digital Deluxe Edition, a $99.99 option bundled with the game's Season Pass, which includes 
  
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• Striving to make the right game for the right audience

  16-10-2015 17:17
  The story of an indie dev pushing hard to find the right project on the right platform at the right time -- and ending up with a great-looking game and a lot of questions about its viability. ...
  
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• Tales From The Borderlands Gets Its Last Trailer Before Next Week's Finale

  16-10-2015 17:00
  Telltale has announced the release dates for the final episode of its Gearbox partnership. Tales from the Borderlands’ fifth installment, The Vault of the Traveler, launches next week.
  The conclusion arrives on the following dates for your platform of choice:
  Tuesday, October 20 - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PC, Mac
  Wednesday, October 21 - Xbox One, Xbox 360
  Thursday, October 22 - iOS, Android
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• Report: Nintendo rolls out NX software development kits

  16-10-2015 16:39
  
  According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo has already started sending out software development kits for its upcoming NX console. ...
  
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• Meet Elvie, the video game for your lady bits

  16-10-2015 16:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While traditional personal trainers rarely elicit feelings of great passion or excitement, there’s a new guy in town who just may change the game. Well, not a “guy,” per se, but rather a smart kegel tracker that is being described as “your most personal trainer.” Ladies, for $199, you can own the Elvie, a pebble-shaped pod that links to its associated app and gives you real-time feedback on the strength, endurance, and control of your most important body part. Bette
  
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• "Vast Majority" of Xbox One Owners Who Have Kinect Still Use It, Microsoft Says

  16-10-2015 16:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Less for games, but a lot more for biometric sign-in and user interface."
  
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• WSJ: NX could launch in 2016, will be Nintendo’s most powerful console ever

  16-10-2015 16:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, Nintendo has begun sending out software development kits for its upcoming NX game console. The SDK will allow developers to begin working on games for the console ahead of its release. SEE ALSO: Video: It took one gamer nearly 5 hours to walk through every GTA game It’s no secret that the Wii U has struggled to gain a foothold in the market, especially following the launches of the PS4 and Xbox One in 2013. Analysts believe that
  
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• Nintendo NX Is a Console/Mobile Hybrid, Has "Industry-Leading Chips" - Report

  16-10-2015 16:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Report also claims software development kits are now being sent to developers.
  
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• Players will be able to mod their Steam Controller, says Valve

  16-10-2015 15:47
  The Steam Controller will be hitting shelves in less than a months time, but, according to Valve's Erik Johnson, the controller you pick up on November 10 won't be the final design....
  
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• WSJ: Nintendo NX will be a console and a handheld, with 'industry-leading chips'

  16-10-2015 15:46 via news.yahoo.com
  Nintendo has been upfront about 2016 being the year it finally starts talking about the NX, its next-generation console. The company announced the existence of the project in March of this year, calling it "a new hardware system with a brand-new concept." That concept, as has been rumored, might be a console / handheld hybrid, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal today. People familiar with the development plans said Nintendo would likely include both a cons
  
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• Microsoft: A 'vast majority' of Xbox One Kinect owners still use peripheral

  16-10-2015 15:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kinect certainly isn't the integral part of the Xbox One it was at launch, but it remains an active part of how owners of the camera and microphone array interact with the console, Microsoft tells Polygon. "Overall, we don't break down how many console users have Kinect and how many don't," said Mike Nichols, chief marketing officer for Xbox. "I can say that the people with Kinect still make up a very, very sizable portion and that those people do use it quiet frequently.
  
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• Blog: The candid tale of one producer's mental health struggles

  16-10-2015 15:18
  A diary of one producer's mental health: "October, November and December go by with a repeated cycle of GP review, dosage increase, GP review, dosage increase."...
  
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• In Divinity: Original Sin, Even Water Balloons Are Tactical Instruments Of War

  16-10-2015 15:05
  When Divinity: Original Sin arrived on PC last year, it was lauded for its versatility. Using elements in combination allows players to create unique solutions to the game’s problems (both in and out of combat).
  Today we get a chance to see some of the options available when fighting the game’s monsters. Fire spells can ignite explosive barrels or oil on the ground. Ice can make for slippery conditions. And steam and lightning can be used in combination to exorcise ghosts.
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• Nintendo NX Is a Console/Mobile Hybrid, Has "Industry-Leading" Tech - Report

  16-10-2015 14:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Report also claims software development kits are now being sent to developers.
  
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• The intellectual value of design

  16-10-2015 13:20
  "The notion that design is intellectually relevant is uncontroversial. ... But outside the industry, I don't think that games are really understood as designed objects." ...
  
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• More Free Xbox One and Xbox 360 Games Now Available on Xbox Live

  16-10-2015 13:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  For the low price of free you can now download these games.
  
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• Game Design Deep Dive: Controlling space and sound in Panoramical

  16-10-2015 10:03
  
  Panoramical developers Fernando Ramallo and David Kanaga take a deep dive into a simple question: How do you design and tune player input for a game that's also a music visualizer? ...
  
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• Developing for the Apple II: Infinity is more than ten, right?

  16-10-2015 10:03
  Apple II arcade-style game Dino Eggs tried to edge out the competition by having a huge number of levels -- and here, dev David H. Schroeder recalls what that took in the 1980s. ...
  
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• Here's When the Battleborn Closed Technical Test Starts on PS4, Xbox One, and PC

  16-10-2015 06:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Borderlands developer's new shooter goes into closed technical testing late in October.
  
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• Nevada demands fantasy eSports firms get gambling licenses

  16-10-2015 02:02
  Nevada regulators ruled today that daily fantasy sports betting is gambling, and thus companies which offer such services (which encompass eSports) must shut down in the state or get licensed....
  
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• Nintendo, Google and Pokémon Company invest $20M in Pokémon Go developer

  16-10-2015 00:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Niantic Labs, the developer of Ingress and the recently announced Pokémon Go, is getting some big investment from some big names. Nintendo, Google and The Pokémon Company are investing $20 million in Niantic to help the studio grow and support its games. "The Pokémon Company, Google and Nintendo are incredible investors and strategic partners to help build the next chapter for Niantic," said John Hanke, CEO of Niantic, in a release.
  
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