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Game Developer magazine's Power 50: Business Exclusive
by GD mag, Gamasutra staff [11.08.12]
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.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Exclusive
 
 
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Game Developer magazine's Power 50: Design Exclusive
by GD mag, Gamasutra staff [11.07.12]
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.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Exclusive
 
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Game Developer magazine's Power 50: Programming Exclusive
by GD mag, Gamasutra staff [11.06.12]
Gamasutra and Game Developer spotlight seven talented programmers in the game industry who've created outstanding work in the past year, championing the developers who inspire us to do better.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Exclusive
 
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Game Developer magazine's Power 50: Audio Exclusive
by GD mag, Gamasutra staff [11.05.12]
Gamasutra and Game Developer spotlight four talented composers in the game industry who've created outstanding work in the past year, championing the developers who inspire us to do better.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Exclusive
 
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Game Developer magazine's Power 50: Art Exclusive
by GD mag, Gamasutra staff [11.05.12]
Gamasutra and Game Developer spotlight ten talented artists in the game industry who've created outstanding work in the past year, championing the developers who inspire us to do better.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Art, Exclusive
 
 
Get a job: Bungie and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
by Eric Caoili [11.02.12]
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at LucasArts, Amazon, Bungie, and others.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Recruitment
 
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Gaming the system: The college applications process through play Exclusive
by Leigh Alexander [11.02.12]
With a new social game, USC's Game Innovation Lab is using game design to help economically-challenged high school students master the complex and deadline-driven process of applying to college.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Serious, Programming, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Exclusive
 
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Unity 4 beta is now public
by Eric Caoili [11.01.12]
Unity Technologies has made the next version of its popular multiplatform game engine, Unity 4.0, available to the public for the first time with a free beta.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming
 
 
Get a job: PopCap and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
by Eric Caoili [10.26.12]
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at PopCap Games, Riot Games, and others.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Recruitment
 
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Obituary: Artist and mentor Joe Skivolocke
by Eric Caoili [10.22.12]
Joe Skivolocke, who worked in the game industry for more than 15 years and mentored a number of artists, passed away on Monday after battling heart cancer. He was 44 years old.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Serious, Art, Production, Business/Marketing
 
 
Get a job: High Moon and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
by Eric Caoili [10.19.12]
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at High Moon, Gameloft New Orleans, CCP North America, and others.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Recruitment
 
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A new face for Canadian video game industry advocacy
by Frank Cifaldi [10.18.12]
The Canadian video game industry's leading advocacy group has a new leader, as Jayson Hilchie takes the reins as the new president CEO of the Entertainment Software Association of Canada.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Business/Marketing
 
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Unity gets gigantic catalog of animations courtesy of Mixamo
by Frank Cifaldi [10.16.12]
The Unity Asset Store's catalog just got a whole lot large with the inclusion of several hundred animations from independently run 3D animation studio Mixamo, which can be imported directly into the Unity Editor.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Art, Business/Marketing
 
 
Get a job: Wargaming, others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
by Eric Caoili [10.15.12]
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Wargaming America, Firebrand Games, and others.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Recruitment
 
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When does effective free-to-play design become an ethical matter?
by Patrick Miller [10.12.12]
"Our industry bears the characteristics of a gold rush, and in any gold rush, you have honest prospectors and you have claim jumpers." - Amazon.com game dev Nik Davidson on ethics of modern game design.
Social/Online, Serious, Design, GDC Online
 
 
Get a job: Facebook and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
by Eric Caoili [10.05.12]
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Facebook, Electronic Arts Montreal, Retro Studios, and others.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Recruitment
 
 
Gamasutra expert blogs: From clones to non-violent immersive sims
by Eric Caoili [10.04.12]
In highlights from Gamasutra's Expert Blogs, industry notables write about diverse topics, including how copyright law should apply to game design, "immersive sims," and more.
Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Serious, Design, Business/Marketing
 
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The median for Kickstarter games is $29K (and other fun facts)
by Frank Cifaldi [10.04.12]
While there's never going to be a scientific formula for determining if your Kickstarter game will be a hit, a little bit of good, hard data should help those of you hoping to crowdfund a game make better decisions.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Business/Marketing
 
 
Get a job: Supergiant and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
by Eric Caoili [09.28.12]
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Supergiant Games, Electronic Arts, Trion Worlds, and others.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Programming, Art, Audio, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, Recruitment
 
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Nintendo's former 'Fun Club President' wants you to Know-It-All Exclusive
by Frank Cifaldi [09.24.12]
Nintendo's former bow tie-adorned spokesman and "Gamemaster" Howard Phillips is back in the spotlight after twenty years, with a mobile game that he hopes will change the way games help us learn forever.
Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Design, Business/Marketing, Exclusive, Student/Education, History
 
   
 
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