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A song is the whole theme of thatgamejam #02
thatgamecompany's two-week jam asks entrants to turn a piece of music into play, with $10,000 across five prizes and no rhythm games required.
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The studio that fled publishers is now a publisher
thatgamecompany has launched thatgamepublisher, spending Sky: Children of the Light money on other people’s emotionally ambitious games.
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Thatgamecompany teases new multiplayer game “about giving” for 2017
Thatgamecompany has teased its next game after Journey (2012) with an image and the promise of its arrival in 2017. It’s also been confirmed that, unlike thatgamecompany’s previous three games—flOw (2006), Flower (2009), and Journey—it will not be exclusive to PlayStation platforms. The teases came
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Homesick is a story exploration game about people, nature, and night terrors
Homesick isn’t afraid to court environmentalist politics.
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This is sad: Tale of Tales is done making videogames
But their games live on as cultural touchstones.
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Katamari Damacy’s creator will have us unite friends with a giant funsplosion next
While members of the press struggle to properly label Wattam (is it a puzzle game? A sandbox? A friendship simulator?), the latest trailer only continues to defy all categorization and genre. If you haven’t played on of Keita Takahashi’s games before then you haven’t seen a game quite like Wattam, a
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Journey producer Robin Hunicke is a welcome face for Google’s effort to reach girls
“Every person that has the inspiration to make a game can now contribute their voice.”
Announcement
UPDATE: Kill Screen at IBM’s dev@Pulse now to include Cliff Bleszinski, Dan Connors
Get ready for a deep dive on what makes games great.
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Earth-Bound
What do video games and 20th century contemporary art have in common? Simple: Roller Coaster Tycoon.
Interview
Is Journey creator Jenova Chen the videogame world’s Terrence Malick?
Thatgamecompany founder Jenova Chen has moved millions through his vision of games with feeling and popular titles like Flower and Journey. But as he embarks on a new adventure as a solely independent creator, can he continue to make the novel titles that earned his studio fame? We talk to Chen abou
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Sucker Punch
Game designers talk about their most influential fights
competition
Winner
Is competition such a bad thing?