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• Kabam lays off 8% of its mobile game devs

  22-02-2016 23:36
  
  It's unclear how many developers that represents, but it's a move aimed at more narrowly focusing the company on a more specific market target, CEO Kevin Chou says....
  
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• Fallout 4 Beta Patch Adds New Customization Options

  22-02-2016 23:35
  
  A new update for the PC version of Fallout 4 is currently available in beta and introduces a number of new fixes and customization options.
  Details for update 1.4.124 were posted earlier today, with the most notable additions being customization options for the Workshop to be used in Settlements, including:Support for add-onsAdditional art customization added to Workshop:Super Mutant clutter including meat totems, meat bags and meat cartRaider clutter including raider poles, cages and tentsAbstr
  
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• Codemasters Talks Hardcore Rally Racing In DiRT Rally Dev Diary

  22-02-2016 23:27
  DiRT Rally has been out on PC for a few months, and Codemasters is now moving towards their console release of the game. In a brand new developer diary released today, the team discusses the gritty details of bringing back hardcore rallycross simulation.In the video, which you can watch below, Codemasters goes over the process of making a focused and challenging rally racer in the vein of their earlier Colin McRae titles. It further shows how input from the DiRT community helped shape the core
  
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• Codemasters Talks Hardcore Rally Racing In Dev Diary

  22-02-2016 23:27
  DiRT Rally has been out on PC for a few months, and Codemasters is now moving towards their console release of the game. In a brand new developer diary released today, the team discusses the gritty details of bringing back hardcore rallycross simulation.In the video, which you can watch below, Codemasters goes over the process of making a focused and challenging rally racer in the vein of their earlier Colin McRae titles. It further shows how input from the DiRT community helped shape the core
  
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• New Mod Adds Various Star Wars Helmets to XCOM 2

  22-02-2016 22:18
  
  A new mod has brought armor from a galaxy far, far away to XCOM 2.
  Modder Platoon has added a number of new helmet options into the recently released strategy game, including ones replicating the designs of classic Stormtroopers, Republic Commandos, Mandalorian fighters, and First Order Stormtroopers from The Force Awakens.
  Called Star Wars Helmets, the mod is currently available free on Steam Workshop for all owners of XCOM 2. Check them out in the gallery below.
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• How Firewatch hearkens back to relationships on the early internet

  22-02-2016 21:59
  
  The human interaction in Firewatch draws the particulars of non-physical, virtual social interaction into sharp relief. It almost seems to use the chatrooms of old as a guiding metaphor. ...
  
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• Carmageddon: Max Damage revs up for PlayStation 4, Xbox One debut

  22-02-2016 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gory vehicular action game Carmageddon: Max Damage will make its console debut for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One later this year, developer Stainless Games announced this week. The upcoming release will mark the Carmageddon franchise’s first appearance on consoles since the 1999 release of Carmageddon 64 for the Nintendo 64. Related:  Want a successful Kickstarter? Pay attention to these key trends A controversial release in its day, the original Carmageddon was banned or censored in
  
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• Test your PC for SteamVR: Performance test available now

  22-02-2016 21:16
  
  Want to know if your PC can handle the HTC Vive headset which goes on preorder soon? You can download the test app. ...
  
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• Lessons in iterative game development

  22-02-2016 21:06
  "The way we build games changes over time, but keeping an iterative spirit means being open to change, incremental improvements, and tackling the right problems." ...
  
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• Out This Week: Far Cry Primal, Superhot, Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow

  22-02-2016 21:00
  
  With so many new games and movies coming out, it can be hard to keep up. Lucky for you, IGN is here to help with a weekly round-up of the biggest releases each and every week. Check out the latest releases for this week, and be sure to come back next Monday for a new update.
  Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
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• Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness Coming West This Fall

  22-02-2016 20:36
  
  Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness will release in North America and Europe this fall, NIS America has announced.
  According to a press release provided to DualShockers, Mages. and 5pb.'s visual novel will be available both digitally and at retail to those in the west for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita.
  While the anime-based video game tie-in originally launched for Xbox One in Japan last year, Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness won't be making its way to Microsoft's console in the west.&nb
  
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• Carmageddon: Max Damage Announced for PS4, Xbox One

  22-02-2016 20:20
  
  Stainless Games is bringing Carmageddon: Max Damage to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
  The console version of the violent driving game features over 30 cars and 10 environments. There is also online multiplayer for up to four people.
  Along with multiplayer, Carmageddon: Max Damage has career and freeplay modes, where running over pedestrians is actually encouraged.
  Carmegeddon: Max Damage is set to arrive on consoles in the middle of this year.
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• Getting the most out of Early Access

  22-02-2016 20:18
  "There is one commonality I've heard from developers on Early Access who succeeded: They loved it and they're going to do it every chance they can get." ...
  
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• Over 6 Million People Played The Division Beta

  22-02-2016 19:59
  
  Ubisoft has announced more than 6.4 million players took part in The Division's beta, which ended February 22nd. With so many players, The Division's beta is reportedly the "biggest beta ever for a new game brand on current generation platforms."
  Players spent an average of five hours in the street of New York City, and two hours in The Dark Zone, the game's PvP arena. Ubisoft reported almost 50% of players turned rogue during online play. Also in the Dark Zone, players extracted over 63,30
  
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• Sunless Sea dev Failbetter offering funding for narrative games

  22-02-2016 19:49
  
  Interactive fiction and narrative game developers can score funding for their game projects -- from tiny to not-so-tiny -- courtesy of the UK dev studio. ...
  
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• Id Dives Deeper Into Doom’s Hack Modules And Capture-Style Warpath Mode

  22-02-2016 19:42
  With Doom still a few months off, we’re still learning about what the speedy, bloody first-person shooter has to offer. We explored quite a bit in our February 2016 issue, but there’s still more to uncover.
  Today, id is talking about how hack modules work. These consumables confer a variety of effects, including displaying item respawn timers, pinging enemies on the map, and displaying health bars so you can sweep in for an easy kill. 
  Bethesda is clear to point out are not mic
  
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• A simple way to get great playtesting feedback

  22-02-2016 19:33
  "Yes, it's hard to find good playtesters. That's why I'm suggesting that we don't.That's right. I'm saying that you shouldn't try to find good playtesters. In fact, you should try to find the worst playtesters ever."...
  
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• Explore Elysia In A New Launch Trailer

  22-02-2016 19:25
  Soul Axiom, the new adventure game from developer Wales Interactive, launches on February 29. You can see a first-look at the game’s cyber-world of Elysia in a launch trailer released today.Soul Axiom’s puzzle-based gameplay has been compared to Myst . Players will explore neon-lit environments, acquiring new hand powers (think tonics in Bioshock) that allow them to better interact with their surroundings.
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• GDC 2016: ARM sponsors expert talks on Vulkan and mobile VR design

  22-02-2016 19:06
  
  Passes for the Game Developers Conference 2016 are still available, and as the March event draws closer organizers highlight more cutting-edge sponsored sessions that you won't want to miss. ...
  
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• Blog: The importance of control over tactical outcomes in RTS design

  22-02-2016 19:05
  "Good RTS design, RTS design that resonates with players, puts the agency of the player first. That is, such design will give players ample room on which to succeed or fail own their own merits." ...
  
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• Samsung offering free Gear VR headsets with Galaxy S7 pre-orders

  22-02-2016 17:48
  Samsung will be handing out free Gear VR headsets to anyone who pre-orders a Galaxy S7 or S7 edge in the U.S. or UK. ...
  
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• One More Look At The Walking Dead: Michonne Before Tomorrow’s Release

  22-02-2016 17:00
  With Telltale’s The Walking Dead: Michonne out tomorrow, we’ve got one last look at what the popular character has gotten herself into. In the brief launch trailer below, we discover that she’s made herself new enemies.
  The first episode, “In Too Deep,” kicks off a three-month arc. The second installment, “Give No Shelter,” will be out in March. Michonne’s mini-series concludes in April with “What We Deserve.”
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• Facebook outlines virtual reality vision with the creation of 'social VR team'

  22-02-2016 16:47
  
  Facebook has reiterated its commitment to the long-term future of social virtual reality with the creation of a new "social VR team."...
  
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• Carmageddon Crashes Onto Consoles In 2016

  22-02-2016 16:37
  Nobody is safe from being splattered in Stainless Games' newest iteration in the Carmageddon series, subtitled Max Damage. The game has just been announced for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and the title's debut trailer runs amok on cars and pedestrians alike.
  Carmageddon: Max Damage is scheduled to hit the home systems sometime in mid-2016. Developer Stainless has alluded to a PC version of the game, which it says it will deliver free to those who've purchased 2015's Carmageddon: Reincarnati
  
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• Japanese publisher Gumi to invest in new $80 million VR fund

  22-02-2016 15:50
  
  Japanese mobile publisher Gumi will invest in a new San Francisco-based VC fund looking to raise $80 million to build out the virtual reality industry. ...
  
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• Road to the IGF: Kenny Sun's Circa Infinity

  22-02-2016 15:04
  "And then I decided to participate in the Ludum Dare for some reason. And then I came up with the concept." ...
  
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• Classic Postmortem: People Can Fly's Bulletstorm

  22-02-2016 15:02
  
  This distinctive and underappreciated shooter was released five years ago today. Here's an in-depth postmortem of the game's development by Adrian Chmielarz that first ran in Game Developer magazine. ...
  
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• Amiga engineer and Atari Lynx co-creator, Dave Needle, passes away

  22-02-2016 14:58
  
  Dave Needle, an instrumental figure in the completion of the Lorraine project, which resulted in the Amiga 1000, passed away on Saturday, February 20....
  
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• GDC 2016: Turn and face the strange in making games for change

  22-02-2016 14:38
  
  Game designer and educator Colleen Macklin will deliver a bold look at the history of games for change and its new "third wave", as well as how it affects all game developers, at GDC 2016. ...
  
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• The Comeback: Why Warren Spector is making games again

  22-02-2016 10:00
  "I wanted to make sure I didn't become one of those teachers who used to make games." After years away, veteran game designer Warren Spector tells Gamasutra why he's itching to make games again....
  
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• Pubcast 132: Better Than You've Heard

  22-02-2016 03:40
  
  Three's company in this episode of the Pubcast, with Tristan, Lucy and Cam sitting down for an intimate pow wow. Does anyone use that term any more? Might as well have said "wowsers!" Oh well, too late now. It's not like the internet has an undo button, so let's just soldier on.Even we're not old enough to have watched this show when it was first on, and that's saying something.Episode 132!
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