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• Amy Hennig on being a creative director: 'It takes a level of humility'

  10-07-2018 23:27
  Amy Hennig and Mark Cerny discuss the misconceptions around what creative directors actually do....
  
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• GTA Online's latest update brings its Guest List members $100,000 and a fashion-forward pink bodysuit

  10-07-2018 23:16 via gamesradar.com
  Plus double GTA dollars and RP on all Smuggler's Sell Missions
  
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• Game of Thrones Actress Voices We Happy Few Main Character

  10-07-2018 23:03
  
  Game of Thrones actress Charlotte Hope will voice one of the main characters in We Happy Few.
  On today's episode of Inside Xbox, Compulsion Games' founder Guillaume Provost revealed the actress is voicing Sally Boyle, one of the three playable characters in the survival adventure game set in a drug-addled dystopia.
  Charlotte Hope is an English actress best known for her reoccurring role as Myranda, the sadistic girlfriend of Ramsay Bolton in seasons 3 - 6 of HBO's hit drama series.
  "Most of
  
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• Blog: Lessons for live game developers from X-Wing 2.0

  10-07-2018 22:51
  As tabletop games and video games embrace the idea of being developed in perpetuity, here's a few lessons from X-Wing Miniatures' 2.0 edition that can transition to digital games. ...
  
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• Anthem's executive producer is answering (almost) all questions about BioWare's next game

  10-07-2018 22:41 via gamesradar.com
  Insights into which Javelin suit you start with, how much you can customize it, and more
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 devs tease a world full of dive bars, virtual reality, and improvised tech

  10-07-2018 22:38 via gamesradar.com
  Life in Night City isn't all it's cracked up to be
  
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• Don't Miss: Doing agile QA the BioWare way

  10-07-2018 22:36
  In this timeless blog post, veteran game dev Tulay Tetiker McNally shows how how and why quality assurance should be an integral part of game development, with specific examples from BioWare QA....
  
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• Far Cry 5: Lost on Mars DLC Release Date Announced

  10-07-2018 22:23
  
  Ubisoft announced today the Far Cry 5: Lost on Mars DLC will be hitting PS4, Xbox One, and PC on July 17.
  The second major piece of DLC for the game, Far Cry 5: Lost on Mars can be bought alone for $9.99 or as part of its season pass.
  Lost on Mars takes the player from Hope County to Mars as protagonist Nick Rye, who is tasked with stopping an alien invasion of Earth. The DLC includes new weapons, including the Blaster of Disaster, Hellfire and Morphinator, and the new Space Jets traversal tool.
  
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• Hearthstone's Newest Expansion Takes Players To Dr. Boom's Lab

  10-07-2018 22:20
  Hearthstone's next expansion, The Boomsday Project, brings players to the secret lab of mad scientist Dr. Boom, one of the game's most infamous cards. Blizzard announced the expansion with a new trailer.Blizzard also released a nine-minute video in which the team gets even cornier than usual and explains the expansion's new mechanics.The expansion introduces a new keyword, "magnetic." Cards with the magnetic tag can merge with a mech minion on the board if played to the left of the mec
  
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• ESA: Unions havent been a significant issue in the industry for the last decade

  10-07-2018 22:16
  In a conversation with Waypoint, ESA president Michael Gallagher talks about the past and current state of the video game industry and labor organization....
  
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• ESA: Strong wages and opportunities keep unionization from being a 'significant issue'

  10-07-2018 22:16
  In a conversation with Waypoint, ESA president Michael Gallagher talks about the past and current state of the video game industry and labor organization....
  
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• Microsoft Reveals New 'Sport White Special Edition' Xbox One Controller

  10-07-2018 22:05
  Microsoft has just announced the Xbox Wireless Controller - Sport White Special Edition that will launch in the US and Canada on July 31 and worldwide on August 7.
  This controller, which is the first in the new "Sport series" line, will retail for $69.99 USD and comes packaged with 14-day trials for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass.
  The Sport White Special Edition controller features "a fresh white base color (the same white offered through Xbox Design Lab), mint accents, and grey and silver pa
  
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• The sound design behind Bethesda's Oblivion and Fallout 3

  10-07-2018 21:56
  In a recent video interview with Noclip, audio director Mark Lampert goes over the music and sound behind classic Bethesda titles from Fallout to The Elder Scrolls series. ...
  
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• Swap your shotguns for laser blasters, because Far Cry 5: Lost on Mars launches next week

  10-07-2018 21:37 via gamesradar.com
  The standalone adventure stars gun-for-hire Nick Rye and a whole bucket of badass weaponry
  
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• Get a job: Embodied is hiring a Game Designer

  10-07-2018 21:25
  Embodied is looking for a Game Designer to join its team in developing products and services that leverage robotics to impact people's quality of life in meaningful ways....
  
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• Minecraft Releases Update for Aquatic Phase Two, Includes Underwater Zombies

  10-07-2018 21:07
  Minecraft released it's most recent update on Tuesday, Update Aquatic Phase Two that lets you explore the oceans at greater depths in the Minecraft universe. The update will be on Windows 10, VR, mobile devices, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch immediately.
  Microsoft and Mojang launched the first part of the Update Aquatic back in May, but the second phase adds an extensive list of added features and changes to the gameplay.
  Some features include Sea Turtles now being in the ocean for you
  
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• 'Gatcha' is a good fit for Fire Emblem, but it isn't Nintendo's standard for mobile

  10-07-2018 20:26
  Despite reports that Fire Emblem Heroes has been the big earner for Nintendo's mobile pool, it isn't resigning to only releasing games that use those same cash-for-random-reward monetization mechanics. ...
  
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• Blog: Visualizing StarCraft replays with R

  10-07-2018 19:57
  Here's how you can use the R programming language to create interesting summarizations of expert StarCraft gameplay. ...
  
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• How do companies like Nintendo and CD Projekt Red approach crunch?

  10-07-2018 19:41
  "Crunching in our company is actually something that all of the workers think that they need to do right now, because they want to have their work look better, you know?" ...
  
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• Nintendo Wants to Help Publishers Incorporate Cross-Play

  10-07-2018 19:38
  One of the most hot-button topics at E3 last month was cross-play: Nintendo and Microsoft allow it; Sony doesn't. In a recent investor call, Nintendo reiterated its desire to help third-party publishers incorporate cross-play into their Nintendo Switch games.
  An investor on the call asked Nintendo about how cross-play has helped increase the popularity of Fortnite and Minecraft on Switch, wanting to know what sort of initiatives Nintendo had in place for bringing this feature to other multiplatf
  
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• New Hearthstone Expansion Release Date and Theme Announced

  10-07-2018 19:04
  
  Hearthstone’s next card expansion will be launching on August 7 and be called The Boomsday Project.
  Themed around mechs and led by one of Hearthstone’s most infamous characters, Dr. Boom, The Boomsday Project will add 135 new cards, as well as a new single-player puzzle mode called The Puzzle Lab.
  Here’s a look at some newly revealed cards:For the first time ever, each class will be getting a legendary spell card -- you can see the Rogue’s in the gallery above. A new keyw
  
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• Hearthstone's next expansion, The Boomsday Project, unleashes weird science and Legendary spells on August 7

  10-07-2018 19:03 via gamesradar.com
  Dr. Boom is back, and he brought plenty of new inventions
  
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• Fired Guild Wars 2 Writer Says Former Employer Was 'Highly Unprofessional'

  10-07-2018 19:00
  Less than a week after being fired for a Twitter dispute with a partnered streamer, a fired Guild Wars 2 writer is speaking out.
  In an interview with Polygon, Jessica Price addressed Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet's decision to fire her and fellow writer Peter Fries.
  “I was given no opportunity to argue my case,” she told Polygon. “ spent some time insisting that developers must be friends with the company’s customers, and that it was unacceptable to say that we aren&rsq
  
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• Update: Four More Llamas Discovered in Europe Ahead of Fortnite: Season 5

  10-07-2018 18:55
  
  Update (July 10): Four more llamas have been spotted throughout Europe, continuing the Fortnite: Season 5 craze.
  The fourth llama was found hanging around an ice cream shop in Warsaw, Poland while a fifth llama was witnessed poking its head out of a moving taxi in London, the second llama in the city.Source: Richt3r_scale on RedditContinue reading…
  
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• Dead Cells Launching on PC and Console Next Month

  10-07-2018 18:50
  Indie roguelite/Metroidvania mashup Dead Cells will release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac, and Linux on August 7 for $24.99, developer Motion Twin announced today.
  Motion Twin released the below trailer alongside the release date announcement. The trailer showcases plenty of sidescrolling hack-and-slash action as well as a quick glimpse at Dead Cells' upgrade system and some of its Metroidvania-style hidden areas.
  Dead Cells is available for preorder right now on all platf
  
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• Dead Cells Exits Early Access, Drops On All Major Platforms August 7

  10-07-2018 18:34
  Dead Cells has been in good shape for a long time. Despite the early access moniker, the rogue-like metroidvania already contains dozens of hours of content, secrets, and unlockables for PC players. Finally though, it's ready for a full release: It'll be dropping on August 7 for all major platforms.Since early last year, Dead Cells has been available on Steam and GOG , giving PC players a chance to check out its unique mix of procedurally generated and ability-gated content. It also has a strong
  
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• Blog: Behind the AI and storytelling of Spec Ops: The Line

  10-07-2018 18:27
  In this article I explore how the horrific story of Spec Ops is held aloft by smart AI systems and designers exploiting them to full effect....
  
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• New NHL 19 Trailer Showcases New Skating Engine

  10-07-2018 18:26
  As we said in our first look at NHL 19, the latest hockey title from EA Sports boasts the biggest leap in player control we've seen this console generation. Powered by the same Real Player Motion technology used in EA's FIFA, Madden, and UFC titles, the skating fidelity is finally making strides in a positive direction. Players have much more burst skating out of a stop, and you can move more accurately in small spaces. EA even designed three different skating styles for
  
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• Attend XRDC for cutting-edge insight into AR data visualization!

  10-07-2018 18:22
  At XRDC in San Francisco this October, IBM's Reena Ganga and Jenna Goldberg will share lessons learned from building AR tools that help data scientists analyze data and present their findings in 3D. ...
  
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• Wasteland 2: Director's Cut Officially Announced For Switch

  10-07-2018 18:17
  Nintendo has formally announced the Switch version of post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 2: Director's Cut via a new trailer, and also revealed that it's coming next month.Wasteland 2: Director's Cut is developed by the makers of the original Fallout RPG. The Director's Cut version of the 2014 RPG featured improved graphics, additional voice acting, and other improvements, and launched in 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The Switch version was previously teased by i
  
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• Tired of Skyrim ports? Then "stop buying it," says Todd Howard

  10-07-2018 18:14 via gamesradar.com
  Y'all really like Skyrim
  
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• Another Fortnite: Season 5 Teaser Image Arrives

  10-07-2018 17:54
  
  With two days to go until Fortnite: Season 5, another teaser image as popped up.
  Epic Games revealed on Twitter a screen of what looks like a Viking axe along with a rift caused by the Fortnite rocket launch. This new hint comes just 24 hours after the first Season 5 teaser image was unveiled.Epic Games released this second Fortnite: Season 5 teaser image on Twitter.Continue reading…
  
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• Fortnite wallpapers from a graphics glitch are minimalist and excellent

  10-07-2018 17:02 via gamesradar.com
  Fortnite glitch makes replay mode way cooler (but you wouldn't want to play this way)
  
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• Nintendo Wants to Release '20 to 30 Indie Games' Each Week on Switch

  10-07-2018 16:41
  Nintendo wants Switch to be a full throttle indie machine.
  During its 78th annual general shareholder's meeting at the end of last month, Nintendo executives faced questions about the future of Switch and, specifically, about indie games.
  During the meeting, one shareholder asked: "Indie games have become a hot topic recently. As games made by small-scale developers around the world with relatively low development costs, how will Nintendo integrate these kinds of games into its future business s
  
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• The Binding of Isaac Card Game Hits $1.1M on Kickstarter

  10-07-2018 15:20
  The Binding of Isaac card game on Kickstarter has surpassed $1.1 million — and still has 16 days to go.
  Called The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls, the card game has smashed its $50,000 goal and actually hit that target in just one-and-a-half hours. Isaac creator (and Super Meat Boy co-creator) Edmund McMillen is behind the project.
  The card game, planned to release this November, includes "iconic monsters, items, characters and random happenings" from The Binding of Isaac. And to celebr
  
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• Sonic Mania Plus/Encore DLC Review

  10-07-2018 15:00
  Last year’s Sonic Mania was a superb return to form for one of gaming’s most enduring icons, and Sega has now delivered even more Sonic in the form of Sonic Mania Plus, which you can get as either DLC – titled Encore – or a physical bundle that includes the main game, the DLC, and a 32-page art book. But before you get fanatical over the prospect of more Sonic Mania, temper your expectations: the new content isn’t all up to the same standard.Sonic Mania Plus/Encore
  
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• Deadpool 2 is getting a ‘Super Duper Cut’ with 15 minutes extra footage - and it’s coming real soon

  10-07-2018 12:55 via gamesradar.com
  Plus, a gag reel, deleted scenes, Ryan Reynolds audio commentary, and so much more
  
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• Star Wars 9 adds another classic character as Lando returns – but whose side is he on?

  10-07-2018 11:56 via gamesradar.com
  Iconic Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams is set to return to a galaxy far, far away
  
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• Blog: Localization project manager boot camp - Part 1

  10-07-2018 11:18
  Part 1 of 10 in a localization series for aspiring Localization Project Managers. Here, I will share my knowledge of localization having worked for Activision and Sony on over 100 games. ...
  
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• What game devs can learn from Japan's most interesting puzzle magazine

  10-07-2018 10:51
  Gamasutra contributor John Harris explores the logic puzzle designs of the Japanese puzzle company Nikoli (which popularized Sudoku) and shares useful takeaways for curious game devs....
  
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• ArenaNet president: Fired devs 'could have chosen not to engage' on social media

  10-07-2018 01:52
  "Executives promised us that they wanted us to speak up about the ugly things, the harmful things, and that we wouldn't be punished for doing so," fired ArenaNet staffer Jessica Price tells Polygon. ...
  
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• ArenaNet firings inspire IGDA to remind devs: Ask about harassment protection

  10-07-2018 00:56
  International Game Developers Association chief Jen MacLean updated her company blog today with a post offering "Questions You Should Ask For Your Protection" if you're a game dev on social media....
  
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