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Harvest Moon Creator Yasuhiro Wada Talks Theming And Why Japanese Gamers Are Returning To Consoles

… … Harvest Moon Creator Yasuhiro Wada Talks Theming And Why Japanese Gamers Are Returning To Consoles …

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Resident Evil Creator Launching New Studio, 3D Horror Coming?

… Evil Creator Launching New Studio, 3D Horror Coming? … Industry veteran and father of survival horror, Shinji Mikami, is planning to start a new Tokyo-based development studio and teases 3D horror project. … Resident …

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NY Times: Video Game Industry Takes Advantage Of Federal Tax System

… video game industry exploits a wide-range of corporate tax incentives to write-off development expenses and even …

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Nintendo Says No To Smartphone Development, Further 3DS Price Cuts

… Nintendo Says No To Smartphone Development, Further 3DS Price Cuts … andheld. … Nintendo Says No To Smartphone Development, Further 3DS Price Cuts …

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Itagaki Rips Japanese Game Industry, Says They Lack Knowledge, Social Skills

… Itagaki Rips Japanese Game Industry, Says They Lack Knowledge, Social Skills … In a new … the Dead or Alive creator blasted the Japanese game industry, berating management in Japan for a lack of "social skills" and knowledge of development in comparison to their American and European …

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Lionhead Studios Working On A Top Secret Project

… Working On A Top Secret Project … Lionhead developer and industry chatterbox Peter Molyneux has revealed that he has a secret game in development. … Lionhead Studios Working On A Top Secret …

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Activision Balks At No UK Tax Cut

… UK Tax Cut … Activision is threatening to shut down its UK development office after the government scrapped industry tax relief. … Activision Balks At No UK Tax Cut …

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Rumor: ZeniMax Acquires New Studio Made Up Of Ex-Starbreeze Devs

… Has Bethesda's parent company added another studio to its development roster? … Rumor: ZeniMax Acquires New Studio Made …

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Australian Government Invests $20 Million In Games Industry

… government-run funding organization Screen Australia is investing $20 million to help boost local game development …

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Summing Up An Industry – Discussing Video Games: The Movie

… Summing Up An Industry – Discussing Video Games: The Movie … We talked with … his documentary spanning the entire spectrum of video game development and history. … Summing Up An Industry – Discussing Video Games: The Movie …

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Report: Game Engine Maker Unity Courting Buyers

… … According to a new CNET report, Unity, the popular game development platform, has been conducting meetings with …

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Facebook Launches Women In Gaming Initiative

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Game Industry Parody Dawn Of The Devs Hits Kickstarter

… Game Industry Parody Dawn Of The Devs Hits Kickstarter … The game … feature facsimiles of prominent game designers. … Game Industry Parody Dawn Of The Devs Hits Kickstarter …

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Netflix To Reportedly Start Offering Video Games, Hires Former Head Of EA Mobile As VP Of Game Development

… industry. Now it looks like they're looking beyond simply adapting them.  … Netflix To Reportedly Start Offering Video …

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GDC Survey Explores Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic On Game Development

… The State of the Game Industry 2020 survey polled nearly 2,500 game developers from … … GDC Survey Explores Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic On Game Development

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Crunch: The Video Game Industry's Notorious Labor Problem

… Crunch: The Video Game Industry's Notorious Labor Problem … Do developers need to … order to make successful games? … Crunch: The Video Game Industry's Notorious Labor Problem …

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Grasshopper Hires Two Industry Vets

… Grasshopper Hires Two Industry Vets … It looks like Suda 51’s development studio Grasshopper Manufacture just got an … that they’ve hired two heavy hitters in Eastern game development. … Grasshopper Hires Two Industry Vets …