The IGDA Board elections.

significant-bits.com — The IGDA is electing 5 new board members, and every vote counts! read more...

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Gaming the System: How to Really Get Ahead in the Game Industry

published 5 months, 16 days ago, submitted by ElementCy 5 months, 16 days ago

gamasutra.com — In this article, originally published in Game Developer magazine, pseudonymous developers of all levels share their honest, sometimes cutting thoughts on what it takes to truly succeed in each game industry discipline. read more...

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Muse Games: IMMUNITY Development Competition

published 6 months, 9 days ago, submitted by ElementCy 6 months, 9 days ago

musegames.com — Muse Games, (musegames.com), a growing portal for browser-based 3D gaming, has announced the launch of "Immunity," an indie game development challenge based on the Unity 3D (unity3d.com) engine. Contestants can submit a simple game prototype to be voted on by the development community and general public, and ultimately compete for a $10,000 contract to finish the game for distribution on musegames.com and beyond. read more...

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Sponsored Feature: Distributing Your Game On Nokia's Ovi Store

published 9 months, 12 days ago, submitted by ElementCy 9 months, 12 days ago

gamasutra.com — In this sponsored feature, Nokia outlines its newly expanded digital Ovi Store, which allows mobile games in a variety of formats to be sold with a 70/30 revenue split to the game developer. read more...

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The History of Rogue: Have @ You, You Deadly Zs

published 10 months, 6 days ago, submitted by ElementCy 10 months, 6 days ago

gamasutra.com — In the latest in a series of Gamasutra-exclusive bonus material originally to be included in Bill Loguidice and Matt Barton's new book Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time, the authors investigate the origins, permutations, and legacy of Rogue, one of the most quietly influential and long-lived games ever created. Previously in this 'bonus material' series: Elite, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Pinball Construction Set and Pong. read more...

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Mission Architect: How Are You Going To Manage That?

published 10 months, 22 days ago, submitted by ElementCy 10 months, 22 days ago

gamasutra.com — As subscription MMO City Of Heroes launches its Mission Architect expansion, allowing user-generated stories and quests, Paragon Studios' Morrissey discusses the logistics of creating policing for the system. read more...

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GPU Caps Viewer 1.7.0 Adds CUDA Support

geeks3d.com — GPU Caps Viewer 1.7.0 is available for download. This new version adds NVIDIA CUDA support and databases (video cards and OpenGL extensions) have been updated. GPU Caps Viewer is a graphics card utility for Windows. It quickly describes the essential capabilities of your graphics card including GPU type, amount of VRAM, OpenGL API support level and extensions as well as NVIDIA CUDA support level. GPU Caps Viewer also offers OpenGL demos using some of the latest features such as geometry instancing. read more...

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Postmortem: Defense of the Ancients

published 11 months, 20 days ago, submitted by ElementCy 11 months, 20 days ago

gamasutra.com — In a Gamasutra-exclusive postmortem, some of the key figures behind seminal Warcraft III mod Defense Of The Ancients, now working on the DoTA-influenced League Of Legends for Riot Games, provide a look at the creation of the original title. read more...

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