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Unity Technologies Hires Elizabeth Brown as Chief People Officer

Unity Technologies has announced it has hired Elizabeth Brown as Chief People Officer. Bringing over 15 years of leadership experience from Trulia, LinkedIn, and Microsoft, Brown will direct the full life cycle of Unity talent from hiring, development to retention at a global scale.

Unite Europe 2015 Announces Keynote and Speaker Line-Up

Unity Technologies today unveiled the speaker line-up and session schedule for Unite Europe 2015. Unity CEO John Riccitiello will open the conference with a talk on how Unity is driving developers success, followed by a Guest Keynote by Mariina Hallikainen, CEO of Colossal Order, the studio behind city building simulation game Cities: Skylines. Unite Europe 2015 will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands at the Westergasfabriek venue from June 24-25, with a Unity Training Day on June 23.

World’s First Livestreamed Total War: ARENA Match, 23rd May, in association with ESL

Creative Assembly will be hosting a Total War: ARENA live event at the ESL Studios in Cologne, Germany. Livestreamed across Twitch, the event will offer viewers the chance to see live gameplay from the massed battle strategy game for the first time.

Former President of Epic Games Dr. Mike Capps Joins Unity as Internal Advisor

Through its official blog, Unity have revealed that they have partnered with Dr. Mike Capps, the former President of Epic Games as as Internal Advisor To learn more about the partnership visit the official Unity blog at: http://blogs.unity3d.com/?p=25759

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PLEX for GOOD – Nepal Earthquake Relief

On Saturday, 25 April, a massive earthquake of 7.8 magnitude struck Nepal and the surrounding region, swiftly followed by an initial aftershock measuring 6.6 and a second measured at 6.7 the next day. These earthquakes have caused unprecedented destruction across the area, leveling homes, businesses and reducing to rubble heritage that has stood for thousands of years. With the United Nations confirming that the death toll has surpassed 6,000 people, foreign aid has begun to pour in from across the globe.

[EN] InnoGames TV Releases May Episode

Today, the German game developer InnoGames released the May edition of InnoGames TV. This month, the approximately 12 minute video features a QA session, gameplay trailer, event announcements and the winner of last month’s tablet competition.

NOT A HERO TIME TRAVELS TO A NEW MAY 14 RELEASE DATE

Political pundits Roll7 and Devolver Digital announced today that the upcoming politically charged, cover-based shooter Not a Hero has undergone super secret upgrades to crank that shit up to 60 frames per second and will now launch on May 14 via Steam, GOG, and Humble (http://www.notahe.ro).

Guns, Gore & Cannoli Steam, Say Hello to my Little Friend!

Listen up Mafioso - its time to finally get a piece of the action with the launch of the award winning Guns, Gore & Cannoli Inspired by classic 80’s side-scrolling shooters, Crazy Monkey Studios's over-the-top action sidescroller takes a 1920’s Tommy gun turf war and throws in zombie lowlifes, Italian pastries and even flamethrowers - making this game, an offer you really can’t refuse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tIP8RSivbY

April 30 · 2015

Unity Announces Support for Microsoft HoloLens

April 30 · 2015

Today the Mosaic Release has come to EVE Online!

Mosaic brings many changes to EVE’s massive sci-fi universe

April 29 · 2015

Devolver Digital Films Releases ‘Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie’ on #Steam Store, April 28, 2015

Devolver Digital Films announces the release of Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie on the Steam Store, on Tuesday, April 28th The comic sci-fi/adventure film features the popular ‘Angry Video Game Nerd’ character from the eponymous comic web series created by and starring James Rolfe; the feature-length film follows The Nerd on an adventure through the urban legend surrounding the mass burial of millions copies of the Atari 2600 video game E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, proclaimed as the "worst video game of all time.” The film will launch for a sale price of 4,79 € (40% off the title’s regular Steam Store price of 7,99 €), worldwide and DRM-free

April 28 · 2015

DiRT RALLY HURTLES ONTO STEAM EARLY ACCESS

Codemasters today invites gamers to join them on the road toward the future of the DiRT series with the release of DiRT Rally on Steam Early Access http://store.steampowered.com/app/310560. Launching initially with 17 classic and current cars and 36 challenging stages spread across three very different real world environments, the team will be adding regular free updates featuring more vehicles, locations and game modes as they build a new, exciting breed of focussed and challenging off-road racing. Gamers can watch the first gameplay trailer now at http://www.dirtgame.com

April 27 · 2015

Codemasters announces Overlord: Fellowship of Evil, invading consoles and PC in 2015

Are you sick of RPGs casting you as a valiant bore? Do you need a fresh breath of putrid air in fantasy Action RPG gaming? Then it’s time to thank the dark Gods; everyone’s favourite pantomime of gaming evil has returned! After six years of scheming away in their darkest dungeons, the Codemasters development Minions have hatched their most diabolical gaming experience yet – Overlord: Fellowship of Evil, invading PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment system; Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC in 2015.

April 23 · 2015

BunnyLord HQ Ransacked by Political Opponents, Not A Hero Leaks

A previously unknown British political faction, UJIP, have claimed responsibility for a recent break-in at the campaign headquarters of time-traveling rabbit and London mayoral candidate BunnyLord. In addition to the theft of sensitive campaign information, the political group has also posted a cracked, defaced version of BunnyLord’s upcoming videogame, Not A Hero. This illegally distributed version of the game contains strong anti-BunnyLord imagery and sentiments and is freely available on http://www.theujipparty.org/ and – inexplicably – on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/274270/). Even in Australia.

April 23 · 2015

Former Blizzard CCO Rob Pardo to Tour Global Unity Developer Community as a Creative Advisor

Through its official blog, Unity have revealed that they have partnered with celebrated game designer Rob Pardo, former Chief Creative Officer at Blizzard Entertainment, to tour the globe and visit members of Unity’s developer community as a Creative Advisor. Pardo will visit developers in North America, Europe, and Asia to discuss creative process, game design, industry trends, and keys to making successful games. In addition to visiting individual studios, Pardo will also make appearances at select local Unity community developer groups to share observations and discuss the industry.

April 22 · 2015

Mayan Death Robots – Insane New Gameplay Video Features Two New Destructive Characters

Sileni Studios, the masterminds behind Mayan Death Robots (PC & consoles) released a new gameplay trailer for the upcoming robotic annihilation game today. In the new video, you'll be introduced to two new combatants, the playable robot Huracan, and the boss character, Tohil.

April 21 · 2015

RONIN Drops in From the Shadows With a Demo on Steam

Assassins in training are now able to get their hands on some sweet turn-based ninja action as lone wolf developer Tomasz Wacławek and shadowy game label Devolver Digital have released a three-level demo for RONIN on Steam. Pre-orders for RONIN and the RONIN Digital Special Edition are now available on Steam, GOG, and other digital services with 10% off the $12.99 / £9.99 / € 12.99 price for the standard game and $19.99 / £14.99 / € 19.99price for the Digital Special Edition.

April 20 · 2015

The Republique Remastered in Unity 5 Learn Project Goes Live

Earlier in 2015, Camouflaj published Remastering Republique: The Journey to Unity 5, a series of videos, articles and blog posts, about how the studio used Unity 5 to take République to the next level for the new PC version on Steam.

April 20 · 2015

InnoGames Opens Additional Development Studio in Dusseldorf

Today, online games publisher InnoGames officially opened itsnew development studio in Dusseldorf, Germany. Currently 20 people are working there to develop a mobile game based on Unity, which is supposed to go live in 2016. The team might grow up to 50 employees during the midterm. With this additional studio, InnoGames aims to have an additional advantage in the war for talents within the games industry.

April 20 · 2015