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The Kiev, Ukraine based developer that put a dramatic spin on nuclear horror in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series of PC first-person shooters has reportedly closed its doors, leaving the fate of the eagerly-anticipated S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 up in the air. More »
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Want to have massive influence over the powers of marketing and publishing that back the world's biggest video games? Then you might want to try writing a game review for K-Mart. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5587766&view=rss&microfeed=true Yesterday Sega revealed a new Sonic the Hedgehog game, Sonic Colors, but didn't mention who'd be handling development duties. According to an update from ArchangelUK at the Sega City Blognik, the development team formerly known as Sega AM8, Sonic Team, will be handling development on the Wii version, with longtime Sonic collaborators Dimps pitching in on the DS version. More »
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Artist, writer, game designer; the biggest feather in Brenda Brathwaite's cap, in my book, is that she had a hand in creating some of the Wizardry games. More »
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You can't believe you got a job doing this. Your mom said you would never get anywhere with these games. Now you're a big game developer. What will you do to ensure 2010 is a better year that 2009? More »
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The second annual Life. Love Game Design Challenge went live today, the first day of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week in the U.S. More »
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We've seen the theme before: Video games, forsaking all outdoor activity to play them, can lead to obesity. Recently someone sent me a video, which does a great job of getting that message across. It also reminds me of this idea I had last year for a game that would use over-the-counter heart rate monitors to track your running ability and then port it into a first-person shooter. Can you imagine, a game where your character can only run as fast as you can? A game that would get you to go to the gym to improve character stats. Yes, I know there are plenty of devices out there that try to port over your physicality in real time, but I think the best way to do this is to pop in your real-life stats, so you don't have to be screwing around with weird controllers. More »
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It looks like Valve just fired a shot in war to become the dominant support for online PC gaming. They are now giving away Steamworks, a suite of publishing and development tools that include copy protection, social networking services and server browsing, to developers and publisher worldwide. More »
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Ubisoft confirmed today that they were at one time interesting in picking up Lara Croft publisher SCi, but are now totally over her the company and want nothing to do with purchasing it. More »
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A bunch of little things seem to be hitting today about the PS3's next big thing, Heavenly Sword. While I remain cautiously optimistic, Ninja Theory is unrelentlessly giddy about the upcoming game, talking it up on two continents using the SCEE-shell blog ThreeSpeech official Playstation blog and their very own Heavenly Sword blog over on IGN. More »
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Mike Wilson, former CEO of GOD, and Harry Miller, former GOD president, have teamed up once more to form independent game publisher Gamecock Media Group. More »
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Earlier this week it was revealed that there was some alleged cheating going on in Eve Online. The kicker was, the cheating was being credited to the game's development team. Yesterday, on EO's developer's blog, a dev known only as CCP t20 comes forth and admits that he/she was actually the perpetrator of the nefarious deed. More »
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A little more than a half year after Take-Two shuttered Rockstar Vienna (formerly known as neo Software), the founders have announced that they are forming a new company. More »
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It appears the news we broke last week of Slamdance removing the Columbine game from their lists of finalists and why has created quite the shitstorm, for lack of a better word. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=227145&view=rss&microfeed=true Blizzard is looking for a few good men and women... to work on some next-gen console games. According to the job listing on their website, the developer known mostly for PC games like Diablo, Starcraft and of course World of Warcraft, is looking to hire a senior producer with next-gen game development experience. More »
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Someone is renting their game developement studio for 90 days on eBay. The Buy Now price is $200,000 USD, and makes you the head of this anonymous UK studio for about three months. All you have to do is come up with a game idea, and crack the whip to get your team to finish it in an unheard of time. Hey if Iwata can get Brain Age finished in a few months, why can't you get your dream game done in the same time? More »
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Hyboreal Games announced its existence in the wake of the holiday. The company, formed by former Blizzard North and Diablo-team members Eric Sexton, Michio Okamura and Steven Woo, has yet to release any information on its current project (called Project Starfall on the official site). The pictured image is called "Starfall agent," but that really doesn't offer any good hints, does it? More »
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