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Interesting articles about video games.

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Panic! At The 'Frisco (Convention Center) – @Cabel, co-founder of @Panic, spoke at GDC about the highs and lows of bringing @playdate to market. Here's our report!

#gamedev #gdc #playdate #GDC2024

https://t.co/fPjxR95Z2b

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When publishers passed on @VenbaGame, its commercial prospects looked slim, but public appetite proved the tastemakers wrong. Here’s our report from #GDC on the making of the game.

https://t.co/4R96bQwJFh

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In our latest report from #GDC2024, we hear from the team at @Ubisoft Bordeaux about the development of Assassin's Creed Mirage. #assassinscreed #gamedev

https://t.co/Gf9dhb8rHq

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At #GDC2024, we spoke to @kobunheat from @DigitalEclipse about telling the story of Jeff Minter and Llamasoft in the latest Gold Master Series release.
https://t.co/Bo7NCesO9E

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At #GDC2024 , the @insomniacgames animation team revealed the process of bringing American Sign Language into #SpiderMan2.

https://t.co/xp1Rnzs5Bg

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Forget #HelldiversII, the real video game counterpoint to Starship Troopers is Free Radical's 2008 FPS, Haze. @Joshywise explains why in the latest Cut Scenes...
https://t.co/rExlQecvlb

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Must you gather every map icon before venturing forth?

Why #BaldursGate3 is the perfect FOMO cure all.

https://t.co/3gxSWG2wsX

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Port-and-remaster specialist @Aspyr has dusted off another old relic from gaming history. The intrepid @Joshywise investigates Tomb Raider I–III Remastered.
#retrogames #tombraider
https://t.co/3fqTlrzWdy

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Please investigate @Joshywise's review of Detective Pikachu Returns for the #NintendoSwitch.

#Pokemon #Pikachu #Nintendo #DetectivePikachuReturns

https://t.co/RFNkwbyfYW

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Is #EAFC24 the fully-featured football sim #NintendoSwitch owners have been waiting for?
https://t.co/bsfKvjB0mb

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Cut Scenes returns! This time, @JoshyWise's examination of the intersection between #videogames and #film takes aim at #Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and Ripley’s Game.

https://t.co/AhELcHixAT

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Unlicensed, but thrilling – we preview @replicantd6's upcoming GoldenEye homage, Agent 64: Spies Never Die. #Agent64 #007 - https://t.co/gInjCDMGtU

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Video game music performed by a string quartet in a candlelit setting sounds perfect. But is there a tough boss lurking behind the scenes? Here's our review of Candlelight: The Best of Video Games from
@fever_us #videogames https://t.co/MoyRu5ztLt

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"Arcade is Dead", or so runs the theory, but our man @JoshyWise found there's life left (and great games, and lots of booze) in its modern descendants, like @NQ64ArcadeBars #Arcade #Gaming

https://t.co/gQ9kzIpGs5

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The director of @LoftySkyGames was interviewed by @thumb_sticks about the development of Sky of Tides!

Learn about the importance of exploration, dialogue, and choice in development as well as engaging gameplay to support the narrative.

Read more: https://t.co/pM43ZuWQ2z

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We spoke to Judith Cheung of @LoftySkyGames about the value of #GDC Pitch and the studio's wide range, from hard-hitting documentaries to upcoming RPG Sky of Tides. #gamedev #gdc23 #indiegames

https://t.co/tAG84hBPbJ

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For Cut Scenes this week, @Joshywise looks at the similarities – in particular, the character of Lenny Nero – in #Cyberpunk2077 and Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days

https://t.co/cJY6hGpK9Z

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Here's @TomThumbsticks with an arm around the shoulder for anyone who has come to terms with (probably) never playing the latest "must-play" video game - in this case, #TearsOfTheKingdom

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Cut Scenes, @JoshyWise's examination of the intersection between #VideoGames and #film is back! This week, it's #MaxPayne3 vs. Man on Fire

https://t.co/qLQrRkE5iK