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Six words about role-playing games [35]
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Jordan Mechner finds his cinematic rhythm with Karateka remake Exclusive
image Storytelling isn't about words -- it's about rhythm, says the Prince of Persia creator, who talks to Gamasutra about how his very first game has been made new game, but retains its original cinematic spirit.
 
 
Game Developer magazine's Power 50: Business Exclusive
image Gamasutra and Game Developer spotlight ten savvy executives, marketers, and other professionals working in the business end of the game industry, helping bring great titles to the market.
 
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Activision beats estimates by going big, focusing on retail hits
image While video game retail space is generally in decline, retail games like Skylanders, Diablo III, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 allowed Activision's Q3 to shine.
 
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New indie game incubator Execution Labs launches in Montreal
image A group of industry veterans has launched a new indie game incubator, with the aim to help smaller teams of developers fund, create and launch their game titles.
 
 
Sony's online platforms boss retiring
image The president of Sony Network Entertainment International, which oversees PlayStation Network and other Sony media services, is retiring -- Sony Computer Entertainment head Andrew House will take over the role.
 
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Game Developer magazine's Power 50: Design Exclusive
image Gamasutra and Game Developer spotlight 14 talented designers in the game industry who've created outstanding work in the past year, championing the developers who inspire us to do better.
 
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Kim Swift and Airtight Games test out iOS with Pixld Exclusive
image Now at Airtight Games for three years, Portal and Quantum Conundrum's Kim Swift talks the studio's first mobile foray with Pixld, and being a small team trying out the App Store.
 
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Natural Selection 2 rakes in $1M in a week
 
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Star Wars: The Old Republic goes free-to-play on November 15
 
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Live broadcasting coming to Origin, thanks to Twitch partnership
 
 
Indie Royale debuts seven-game 'Harvest Bundle' with Mutant Mudds
image Indie Royale's newest, seven-game bundle includes 3DS turned PC hit Mutant Mudds, Pineapple Smash Crew and Avernum: The Great Trials Trilogy, among others.
 
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Tactics Ogre creator Matsuno is leaving Level-5
image Tactics Ogre creator Yasumi Matsuno joined Professor Layton developer Level-5 last year. Now just 16 months later, he's leaving the studio to take a break from game development.
 
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GDC 2013's debut sessions feature Assassin's Creed III, Magic: The Gathering creator
image The build-up to next March's GDC 2013 has officially begun -- first sessions include talks on Assassin's Creed III rendering, a 'digital/physical games' panel featuring Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield, and much more.
 
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Make Something Unreal Live 2013 shortlist revealed
 
 
Sponsored Post: Thursday's Gamasutra webinar discusses making of MechWarrior Online
image In a sponsored webcast this Thursday on Gamasutra, MechWarrior Online creator Infinite Game Publishing and IT infrastructure provider Internap will examine the tech challenges facing modern online games.
 
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Halo 4: What the critics are saying
image This edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to 343 Industries' sci-fi first-person shooter sequel Halo 4, which reviewers describe as "one of the finest shooters in years."
 
 
Video: Relive the 2012 GDC Online Choice Awards
image This year's Game Developers Choice Online Awards celebrated the best-in-class MMO, social, mobile, and free-to-play games, and now you can check out the ceremony for yourself in a brand new archived video.
 
 
Latest UDK release adds major iOS upgrades
image Epic today updated its Unreal Developer's Kit with a hefty number of new features, including support for iOS 6 and various iOS devices like the iPhone 5, the fourth-generation iPad and the iPad mini.
 
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Wii U user accounts, Network IDs and device integration explained
image With the Nintendo Wii U due to launch later this year, company president Satoru Iwata today further explained how we can expect user accounts to work on the system.
 
 
When less is more in game music
image Composer Andrew High has an issue with game music -- that it isn't handled more like film music, and used to punctuate games and their emotional content rather than to layer them with constant sound, and in a new feature, asks why.
 
 
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From antisocial behaviors to indie problems
image In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, such as how to reduce antisocial behaviors in your game, the top five problems indie developers face, and more.
 
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PS Vita sales drop to a record low in Japan
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Jordan Mechner's Karateka remake launches today
 
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DeNA to acquire 20 percent stake in Rage of Bahamut studio
 
 
Most Popular Facebook Games: From FarmVille to King.com's Sagas
image Every other week, Gamasutra examines the most popular Facebook games, this time looking at how Zynga's two FarmVille titles doing, and at King.com's Bubble With Saga and Candy Crush Saga.
 
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Is Game Music All It Can Be?
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The End of the Journey: One Indie Studio's Tale
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The Tip of the Iceberg: Storytelling and Reactive Design in Canabalt and Capsule
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On the advent of "slow games"
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Why slowness in modern game design is a good thing.
 
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Quality of Life: Bring more snus!
by Samuel Rantaeskola
One of the biggest struggles a producer has is to get team members onboard in an organized way of...
 
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Security, security! But do you test it?
by Andrey Karpov
There is no fragment in program code where you cannot make mistakes.
 
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Framerate and Refresh, games and movies are not the same.
by Roger Hågensen
Why does a 24FPS movie look better than a 60Hz game? Real motion blur vs fake motion blur. 30FPS vs...
 
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The Best Political Games of Election 2012
by Mark DeLoura
There were hundreds of politically-themed games created for 2012's U.S. presidential campaign season...
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With over 1000 titles to our credit, SomaTone is the #1 provider of audio and art in games, period. Our active clients include Activision, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Zynga, Playdom, Big Fish Games, PopCap, Gazillion, F9, Gameloft, Arkadium, THQ, Disney, a
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Game Design Challenge: Crossing Over
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