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GDC Game Design Challenge Gets Sexy

2:02AM Brian Crecente | In this year’s game design challenge, three developers will be pitching their ideas for a game about their first time. Yes, that first time. More »
Rumours

Is Indie Platformer Fez Headed to the Xbox 360?

12:00AM Brian Crecente | A mysterious picture popped up on the website for Independent Festival Awards winner Fez, leading some to believe that the unique platformer has a date with Xbox Live Arcade. More »
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Vote For The Best Independent Game Of 2008

2:20AM Mike Fahey | The Independent Games Festival has launched the voting site for the 2009 Audience Award, with 15 finalists seeking your nod as the best independent game of 2008. More »
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Metal Gear Creator Gets Lifetime Achievement Award

2:30AM Mike Fahey | Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima is being honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2009 Game Developer’s Choice Awards, held during the Game Developers Conference next month. More »
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Hideo Kojima to Keynote Game Developers Conference

1:20AM Brian Crecente | Hideo Kojima, the man behind the Metal Gear series and director of Kojima Productions, will talk about creative game design challenges and the design philosophies behind the Metal Gear series at this year’s GDC. More »
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Indie Games Summit Includes Rants, iPhone HowTos and a Little Love

3:00AM Brian Crecente | This year’s Independent Games Summit will include talks from the people behind World of Goo, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Audiosurf, Flower and EA’s Play label. To name just a few. More »
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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Keynoting GDC 09

4:30AM Michael McWhertor | Each year, one of the three big console manufacturers gets an opportunity to dazzle Game Developers Conference attendees with a fabulous keynote speech. 2009 is Nintendo’s year, with president Satoru Iwata returning to the stage. More »
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Student Showcase Finalists Include Tetris-Meets-SimCity Game

7:00AM Brian Crecente | The Independent Games Festival today announce the ten winners finalists for their annual Student Showcase awards. More »

The Art and Rendering of Brutal Legend, Killzone 2 Coming to GDC

7:00AM Brian Crecente | The Brutal Art of Brutal Legend and rendering techniques of Killzone 2 will both be making an appearance at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco later this year. More »

IGF Finalists Include PixelJunk Eden, The Maw, Cortex Command

12:00AM Brian Crecente | Increasingly, the Independent Games Festival is where smart game publishers go to find tomorrow’s big hits. Games like Braid, World of Goo, flow and Everyday Shooter all had their start here. More »