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• Blog: Making a procedural 2D world in Unity, part 1

  07-02-2017 23:37
  
  Twin Flames lead programmer Will Bates talks about the game's two dimensional procedural world and explains which rules he followed in order to make it work....
  
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• Take-Two's earnings are on an upswing as GTA V continues to make money

  07-02-2017 23:12
  This is an especially notable earnings report because it encompasses October through December of 2016, aka the holiday season, when Take-Two oversaw the launch of games like Mafia III and Civilization VI. ...
  
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• Grand Theft Auto 5 Has Now Sold-In 75 Million Copies

  07-02-2017 23:12
  In spite of having released in 2013, Grand Theft Auto V is still massively successful, at least when it comes to sales figures. The game has now sold-in 75 million copies.
  Sold-in means copies sold to stores and not sold-through, which are copies bought by customers. Still, Grand Theft Auto V has sold 5 million more copies since November 2016 and 15 million more copies since last February.
  Contrast that with sales of Mafia III, a game that was initially 2K's fastest-selling launch game. First re
  
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• Nintendo Says Switch Online Will Be 'Key' to Its Business

  07-02-2017 22:46
  Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima has come forward to express the company's commitment to delivering a valuable online service with Nintendo Switch, saying online play will serve as a core component of its business.
  "Online play with Switch is going to be something that's key to the business," Kimishima said in an interview with Time.
  With regard to the subscription fee that will be required when the paid service launches this fall, Kimishima said there was a lot of discussion within the comp
  
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• Square Enix sees sales rise and profits fall, but console & mobile games are doing well

  07-02-2017 22:41
  
  Square Enix's MMO game biz saw a dip in profits year-over-year, while the console and mobile divisions saw an uptick in both revenues and profits -- thanks in large part to Final Fantasy games. ...
  
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• Portal in augmented reality almost makes the $3,000 HoloLens worth it

  07-02-2017 22:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  You thought virtual reality was expensive, what with the $800 HTC Vive, $600 Oculus Rift, and $400 PlayStation VR? Try augmented reality courtesy of Microsoft's HoloLens - dev kits of these puppies will set you back a whopping $3,000! And it'd almost be worth it too, judging by this awe-inspiring video:It's seriously impressive technology, and developer Kenny Wang is obviously gifted
  
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• Making an AR game? You'll need a permit to include some county parks

  07-02-2017 22:13
  
  Thanks to 'thousands in damages', Milwaukee county has put an ordinance in place that will require game developers to purchase a permit if they want to include county park locations in their AR games....
  
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• Nintendo Addresses Lack of Switch Backwards Compatibility

  07-02-2017 22:07
  Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima explained the Switch’s lack of backward compatibility and that more ports from previous Nintendo systems could come to the system in the future.
  "Switch is not backward compatible with games designed for other systems, and is not currently compatible with controllers designed for other systems,” Kimishima told Time. “Support for certain controllers may be considered for a future update.“
  In response to whether Switch could emulate Wii
  
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• Attend GDC 2017 and learn to make great mixed-reality trailers for your VR game!

  07-02-2017 21:54
  
  Come to GDC 2017 and see Northway Games cofounder Colin Northway and trailer wizard Kert Gartner share some of the best techniques and technologies for creating mixed-reality video of your VR experiences....
  
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• Get a job: Zenimax Online Studios is hiring a 3D Environment Artist

  07-02-2017 21:30
  
  Zenimax Online Studios in Hunt Valley, Maryland is looking to hire a self-motivated 3D Environment Artist with excellent skills in modeling and texturing. ...
  
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• Don't Miss: The postmortem of Warbits, a 'certified dumb idea'

  07-02-2017 21:09
  
  "Despite the fact that Warbits worked out for us, it was a certified dumb idea," writes one dev. "We hope this postmortem can shed some light."...
  
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• A Complete Guide to Halo Wars 2's Preorder Bonuses

  07-02-2017 20:52
  
  All units, stand by! Halo Wars 2 is on the way.
  For those who are a bit behind, check out our Halo Wars 2 preview, where we dive deep into the campaign and the game's new card game-inspired mode, Blitz.
  As with most major releases, multiple versions of Halo Wars 2 will be available when it is released on February 21. Plus, if you're planning on preordering, some retailers offer much more bang (and exclusive goods) for your buck than others. If you're a more casual player, the standard
  
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• Carl Bass steps down as CEO of Autodesk

  07-02-2017 20:51
  
  After a decade in the position, Carl Bass has stepped down from his role as CEO of Autodesk. Bass will remain on the company's board of directors and will assist with efforts to find a replacement CEO. ...
  
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• Everything You Need to Know About For Honor

  07-02-2017 20:30
  For Honor may be set in an alternate war-torn past, but gamers will finally get a chance to join the fray in the near future. So there’s no better time than now to dig into the gritty details and find out exactly what this game’s all about. Here’s everything you need to know about For Honor.
  Ubisoft first unveiled For Honor at the company’s press conference at E3 2015. The announcement trailer didn’t show any gameplay, but it established that this would be a brutal,
  
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• Mass Effect: Andromeda's armor cuts off buttcheeks and other little details revealed in new character kits

  07-02-2017 20:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  BioWare has given us our closest look yet at the crew of Mass Effect: Andromeda thanks to a slew of character kits posted to the company blog
  
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• 5 games you should try if you’re a fan of Nintendo’s ‘Fire Emblem Heroes’

  07-02-2017 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Last week, Fire Emblem Heroes arrived on the iOS App Store and Android's Google Play. Not only is it Nintendo's latest mobile release, but it's also the latest in a long line of mobile titles known as "gacha" games. The trademark of a gacha game is that you have to "pull" characters from a virtual slot machine of sorts in order to put together a team that you can use to work your way through the game. Gacha games often shower players with premium currency early on in order to get them hooked, bu
  
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• The Switch and 3DS can coexist 'for the time being', says Nintendo

  07-02-2017 19:50
  
  Nintendo isn't worried that the sometimes-portable Nintendo Switch will cannibalize the popularity of the 3DS in the handheld market. ...
  
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• YouTuber Pleads Guilty to FIFA Ultimate Team Gambling Charges

  07-02-2017 19:07
  YouTuber Craig "Nepenthez" Douglas has plead guilty to several FIFA Ultimate Team gambling charges under the UK Gambling Act.
  Eurogamer reports that Douglas, who previously said he was innocent of advertising unlawful gambling and promoting a lottery, has changed his plea and has been ordered to pay £91,000k/$113,730USD in fines and costs. He will avoid a jail sentence as a result.
  Douglas and his business partner Dylan Rigby, who's been ordered to pay £174,000/$2
  
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• Gears of War 4 Update Brings Two New Maps

  07-02-2017 18:27
  Gears of War 4's February update will bring two new maps, Guardian improvements, and more, The Coalition has announced.
  The first map, titled Impact Dark, will be "a remixed version of Impact that completely re-imagines the combat dynamics of the original," according to The Coalition. Impact Dark will have a nighttime setting with visibility permanently reduced by smoke. Snipers will be swapped out with Boltoks, Dropshot replaces Torque/EMBAR, and the Overkill replaces Incendiarie
  
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• 'World of Warcraft' reaches out to 'Overwatch,' 'Hearthstone' players

  07-02-2017 18:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Influential MMO "World of Warcraft" is incentivizing play by allowing users to spend virtual currency on characters, equipment, and cards in other games by the same developer, Blizzard Entertainment. WoW Tokens were introduced in 2015 as a convenient way of allowing players to extend "World of Warcraft" subscriptions using in-game currency. Playing "World of Warcraft" over a period of time would allow dedicated players to purchase extra time with the game, subsidizing their subscription fee and
  
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• Nintendo Giving Big Gift to Fire Emblem Heroes Players

  07-02-2017 18:11
  
  Fire Emblem Heroes players will be granted a hefty in-game reward in the form of 10,000 Hero Feathers later this week.
  Nintendo kicked off a promotional campaign yesterday on Twitter, telling players that if they reach 10,000 global retweets, all Fire Emblem Heroes players would receive 10,000 Hero Feathers. Hero Feathers are a value in-game item that can be used to upgrade level 20 heroes.
  While the campaign doesn't officially end for another 10 hours, the goal has already been reach three
  
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• Microsoft, Sony, HTC Vive and more are sponsoring great GDC 2017 talks!

  07-02-2017 18:03
  
  Don't skip the great sponsored sessions at GDC 2017! High-profile companies like Microsoft, Sony, and HTC Vive will be there opening up about everything from the future of Xbox to 3D audio to VR dev. ...
  
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• New Iron Fist trailer introduces the explosive punching of Netflix's final Defender

  07-02-2017 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel and Netflix have unveiled the first full-length trailer for Iron Fist, the last remaining individual series before this new hero and Marvel’s other street-level do-gooders Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage all join forces as The Defenders
  
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• Blog: Seven new things you'll love at GDC in 2017

  07-02-2017 17:45
  
  As we're getting ready to put on Game Developers Conference once more, I thought it might be a good opportunity, as a co-organizer, to point out some of the new things we're doing this year! ...
  
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• Miyamoto: PC devs can build Switch ports in 'less than a year'

  07-02-2017 17:36
  
  Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says it would take less than a year for third-party PC developers to port their games to Switch. ...
  
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• Nintendo plans to release 'two to three' mobile games each year

  07-02-2017 17:14
  
  Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima says the company will release "two to three" smartphone titles per year for the foreseeable future. ...
  
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• Phil Spencer: Xbox 360 backward compatibility on Windows possible, but unlikely

  07-02-2017 17:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Backward compatibility support for Xbox 360 games on Windows 10 would be very difficult to implement, but not entirely impossible, according to Microsoft's head of Xbox, Phil Spencer.
  
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• Blog: The music of Frog Fractions 2 and the value of versatility

  07-02-2017 17:01
  
  While working on the Frog Fractions 2 score, I was asked to write everything from TV and game spoofs to Renaissance-era choral music. Here's how I prepared for such a bonkers soundtrack....
  
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• Billy Dee Williams confirms the Han Solo movie's plot and discusses his meeting with Donald Glover

  07-02-2017 16:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Donald Glover seems like absolutely perfect casting for a young version of Star Wars’ space scoundrel Lando Calrissian, but when stepping into an iconic role like that, I imagine it might ease the crushing amount of pressure to speak with the man who originated the part
  
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• Road to the IGF: Carl Burton's Islands: Non-Places

  07-02-2017 16:13
  
  Carl Burton takes the player to ordinary places, showing them offices, parking lots, and hotel lobbies through a surreal lens in Islands: Non-Places. ...
  
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• Nintendo Aims to Make 2-3 Mobile Games a Year

  07-02-2017 16:10
  Nintendo has said that it plans to continue its recent foray into mobile gaming by releasing multiple smart-device games per year.
  At a Q&A session for investors, president Tatsumi Kimishima said that "we plan to continue releasing two to three titles per year that consumers can enjoy as Nintendoʼs smart-device applications."
  It follows a successful first year in the market, with Nintendo's own Miitomo, Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes all performing to or above expectations, alon
  
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• Physical and digital game sales up at Sega Sammy

  07-02-2017 15:50
  
  Sega Sammy is the latest game company to release its financials, revealing both sales and profits are on the up....
  
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• Blog: XCOM 2 and the cost of an illusion

  07-02-2017 15:37
  
  "I was falling in love with XCOM 2 all over again, but it didn't take long before I was reminded why I fell out of love with it in the first place."...
  
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• ALT.CTRL.GDC Showcase: Spacebox

  07-02-2017 15:36
  
  Spacebox turns a plain cardboard box into a controller. By playing with the flaps, players can fire weapons or bring up shields. By leaning, they can steer their ship through the cosmos....
  
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• WoW Currency Can Now Be Spent in Other Blizzard Games

  07-02-2017 15:22
  Effective today, World of Warcraft players can redeem WoW Tokens for Battle.net Balance funds, a new digital currency that can also be used to purchase content for other supported Blizzard games.
  As detailed on World of Warcraft's official site, players who visit the in-game Auction House and purchase a WoW Token (or shell out $20 USD of real-world money) can now choose whether to add an additional 30 days of play time to their account, or redeem it to their Battle.net Balance and 
  
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• EA Confirms Switch Is Getting FIFA 18

  07-02-2017 14:22
  EA has confirmed that the "custom built" FIFA game coming to Nintendo Switch will be FIFA 18.
  Previously only officially referred to as "EA Sports FIFA on Nintendo Switch", EA chief competition officer Peter Moore confirmed that the game will be the next full installment in the series during an interview with GameReactor.
  "Well, as we have said," he explained, "we are custom-building a FIFA version for the Nintendo Switch. It will be FIFA 18, and it will obviously be later this year wh
  
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• Someone Has Made Portal for Microsoft Hololens

  07-02-2017 14:05
  Augmented reality game developer Kenny W has shared his latest project: Portal for Microsoft Hololens.
  As per TechCrunch, Kenny W shared a video of how it works on his Twitter page. The video below shows the portal gun, companion cube, and the physics of portals working just like in the games.
  We even see a companion cube reaching terminal velocity with one portal placed directly above the other, and the cube tumbling down some real life stairs after exiting another portal.
  Continue reading&hell
  
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• UK Deals: Nioh, Nintendo 2DS, Tom Clancy's The Division, Gaming Headset

  07-02-2017 13:45
  
  Help us get to 2000 likes! Like our page to get the latest deals straight to your news feed and also to find exclusive codes that we provide for our readers.
  Nioh's 9.6 rating was officialized late last week (read our review here), and we're sure most of you will be looking to get your hands on a copy before it's released tomorrow, February 8, 2017. IGN presents you with the best place to preorder Nioh below.
  Currently the cheapest place to pre-order Nioh is with Boomerang who hav
  
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• Blog: Urbanism as a storytelling tool in Nekromega

  07-02-2017 13:36
  
  An approach to urbanism as a storytelling tool, and the story of the urban design of adventure-RPG Nékromegà's opposing cities....
  
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• Forza Horizon Dev Making a Non-Racing, Open World Game

  07-02-2017 13:24
  Playground Games, the UK developer behind the Forza Horizon series, will be opening a second studio to work on a new game.
  As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, the untitled new game - currently referred to only as 'Project 2' - will be open world, and will not feature racing.
  "We feel like we've become pretty good at racing games over the years," said Playground founder, Ralph Fulton. "We can always get better, we can always strive to get better but we'd love to prove ourselves in a different genre
  
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• Ubisoft Has Worked on an Assassin's Creed VR Game

  07-02-2017 13:23
  Ubisoft has spent some time working on a virtual reality Assassin's Creed game, subtitled Da Vinci’s Workshop, but it likely won't be getting a release.
  According to VG24/7, the project is a collaboration between Ubisoft and students at NHTV in the Netherlands. "The game itself is a co-op escape room where players must solve numerous puzzles inside Leonardo’s workshop to recover a piece of Eden," says lead designer Tim van Kan on his website.
  He also points out that, "currently there
  
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• Everything Kojima's said about Death Stranding to date: space whales, humour, and hidden meanings

  07-02-2017 12:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Death Stranding will be Metal Gear Solid series creator Hideo Kojima's next project, and his first as the head of an independent studio
  
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• The Best Place to Preorder Nioh

  07-02-2017 12:29
  
  Help us get to 2000 likes! Like our page to get the latest deals straight to your news feed and also to find exclusive codes that we provide for our readers.
  Nioh's 9.6 rating was officialized late last week (read our review here), and we're sure most of you will be looking to get your hands on a copy before it's released tomorrow, February 8, 2017. IGN presents you with the best place to preorder Nioh below.
  Currently the cheapest place to pre-order Nioh is with Boomerang who hav
  
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• The Walking Dead season 7 is about to get good again because Rick is "absolutely" ready to take on Negan

  07-02-2017 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  It’s hard to believe that The Walking Dead season 7 returns in less than a week but here we are
  
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• The Stranger Things kids’ reaction to their Super Bowl trailer proves they love the show more than anyone

  07-02-2017 11:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  You’ve seen the Stranger Things season 2 trailer (and every other Super Bowl ad), you’ve even studied the trailer and read the Stranger Things season 2 trailer breakdown, but, little did we know, the best was yet to come: The kids from Stranger Things reacted (live) to their own trailer and, as it turns out, they’re just as excited for the show’s return as the rest of us
  
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• Building audience early with visuals-first development in Ooblets

  07-02-2017 10:01
  
  Ooblets already has a large following and many Patreon backers early in development. The makers of the game explain why publicly sharing their game's development from day one helped them....
  
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• Sitrep – The Pros And Cons Of The Closed Beta

  07-02-2017 03:00
  Five years since Ubisoft Paris first began its development, we finally got extended hands-on time with the next entry in the Ghost Recon series. Set in a sprawling open world and supporting up to four-player co-op, Wildlands is a drastic departure for the tactical series. Javy Gwaltney, Ben Reeves, and I all spent some time with the game over the weekend, combining our forces to eradicate the Santa Blanca cartel from one of the less protected regions of Bolivia.
  Bertz: I played a small seg
  
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• The Samurai Jack season 5 trailer is here and HHNNNNNGHHH IT'S SO GOOD

  07-02-2017 01:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oh hey. Thanks for stopping by. I know you came to watch the trailer for the return of Samurai Jack, ...
  
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• Blizzard greenlights World of Warcraft gold being spent in its other games

  07-02-2017 01:33
  
  World of Warcraft players can now convert their in-game gold into Battle.net credit they can spend in other Blizzard games as the company continues to experiment with its pan-game economy. ...
  
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• Kojima on Why he Doesn't Want to Make Another Horror Game

  07-02-2017 01:30
  Kojima recently pointed out that Death Stranding will not be a horror game, though thanks to his sharp little collaborative effort with Guillermo del Toro, P.T., we know he is more than capable of scaring us. In an interview with IGN at this year's RTX Sydney, Kojima revealed why he's not interested in going back to horror - at least right now.
  "I get scared very easily," said Kojima. "Actually, this is true of Alfred Hitchcock as well as Steven Spielberg. Because they scare easily, be
  
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