Weekend Reading: Naval War and the Art of the Compromise

Source: Softpedia

Do all video games need to have good graphics in order to get a solid audience in our current era of video game history? Or are there still genres where offering a solid user interface is more important than delivering eye ...
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Source: Ottawa Citizen

OTTAWA â The capitalâs video game design industry has finally grown up â and itâs throwing a big party on Tuesday to prove it. In what organizers hope will be the first of many annual Ottawa Game Conferences, hundreds of ...
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Get a job: Ubisoft and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board

Source: Indie Games: The Weblog

In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Ubisoft, Majesco Entertainment, Powerhead Games, and others. Each posi ...
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Kickstarter.com helps video game developers reboot old titles

Source: The Washington Post

Earlier this year, a group of filmmakers came to Tim Schafer with a pitch to make a documentary about his video game development company, Double Fine . His people would make a game and they’d film the whole proce ...
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Social Media Helps Laid-Off Video Game Makers Survive a Reckoning

Source: Good Magazine

The video game industry takes care of their own. 38Studios, a video game development house in Rhode Island run by retired baseball star Curt Schilling, laid off all of its employees yesterday, culminating a month of ...
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38 Studios and Big Huge Games Lays Off Entire Staff

Source: VG Chartz

38 Studios, Curt Schilling's video game development studio, has hit rock bottom having laid off its entire staff amid financial problems according to reports. The studio on March 15th had 379 employees. Big Huge Games was also affected by ...
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THQ and Machinima Announce the Nexuiz Tournament Powered by AMD Gaming

Source: Business Wire

Nexuiz is the CryENGINE® 3 powered Arena FPS from Illfonic available on Steam and other PC download sites for a suggested price of $9.99. Open to U.S. residents only (see rules and restrictions) 4v4 Team Deathmat ...
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Chafee updates situation with 38 Studios

Source: Turn To 10

Gov. Lincoln Chafee told reporters Wednesday that "we are in a difficult situation" with 38 Studios, the video game development company founded by Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. He said communication with the ...
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"From Bedrooms to Billions" – Documentary to celebrate the birth of the UK’s gaming industry

Source: The Independent

Filmmakers Anthony Caulfield ...
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