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Science and coffee.

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Closing @PAXAus Saturday with a bang.

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Hello again, Melbourne. #PAXAus

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Scaling Games & Apps in a Fragmented Trade Landscape: Start of the Tariff Wars. From rising costs and currency volatility to shifting trade blocs and geopolitical risks, this piece breaks down what leaders need to watch and how to adapt.
https://t.co/ktTtAA9CrW
#gamedev

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Great move by @sagaftra Their new student & game jam agreements let union performers collaborate with emerging devs—supporting the future of games and labor rights.

#GameDev #SAGAFTRA #IndieGames #GameJams #VoiceActing #UnionStrong
🔗 https://t.co/6eaX4xMkfG

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Is AI Destroying Your Game’s IP Value? Learn how AI-generated game assets threaten your IP protection, valuation, and future profits. Discover practical strategies to safeguard your game studio. #gamedev #mobilegames
https://t.co/UZgK783joS

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Trust, but verify.

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Pretty great that Netflix is entering games. It means some more opportunities for terrific and experienced industry veterans and new blood working on potentially exciting IP. Competition makes for better products and user experiences.

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I wont be at GDC next week. Instead, I encourage you to invest time in your local IGDA chapter, do game meetups and find a great incubator or mentor this year. The best growth is investing in yourself and helping one another. Find your IGDA at https://t.co/On7UkS9dmy. #gamedevs

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@cursor_ai Would love to chat with someone in sales for a large team. Really great tool.

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A great start for 2025 with the team securing a top 25 placement for overall top grossing company in the US with Google Play and Apple App Stores. Just underneath OpenAI and pushed out some excellent competitors such as EA, WarnerMedia, Netflix, X and more. #gamedev

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Go get more games.
https://t.co/6yolM9rEt3

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@mfmereu

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You Shall Not Pass.

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I wonder if other game devs raise chickens. We could show them off to each other. My new girls and boy are getting huge but still many weeks before eggs. #gamedev

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The draft “Restrict Act” has the chilling ability to cast a huge shadow of government overreach and paranoia across the games and mobile app industries. You should be keeping an eye on this. #gamedev

[Games and Online Harassment Hotline @GamesHotline]

Every year, there are stories about groping, drugging, harassment, and even more stories of countless attempts to create opportunities for assault at games industry events like #GDC23. It's heartbreaking and infuriating that this feels so normalized...

Text SUPPORT to 23368.

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Disappointed but not surprised at GDC last week. From apparently personal addresses being shared, alcohol again a focus and a party being mass roofied? Same unsafe issues repeated. It isn’t a safe and inclusive place for art and devs, it’s blinded by hubris.

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Returned from a deployment to help contain a dangerous grassfire in NSW that destroyed nearly 4,500 hectares, there is power in volunteering. Not only does it benefit the community in need, but it also has significant benefits for the companies and their staff who do this.

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Top Games Inc and the flagship award-winning title Evony: The King's Return started 2023 with big results.
- 8th overall top grossing game in the US
- 5th overall top grossing company in the US
- 17th overall top grossing app in the US

Evony also now on Aptoide.
#gamedev

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Evony has been awarded Best MMO by Samsung in the Best of Galaxy Store Awards 2022. Top Games thanks @samsung_dev and looks forward to bringing even more to players worldwide. #gamedev #MobileGame #mobileApp #samsunggalaxy