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IGDA
The IGDA's annual Developer Satisfaction Survey (DSS) concludes this Saturday, 15 April! We really need your help to boost the signal and and gather critical developer opinions on a wide range of topics affecting the game industry, from platform preferences to general outlook to diversity to work-life balance.
- Please take the survey: http://www.igda.org/DSS2017
- Please distribute the link within your organizations/companies and to colleagues worldwide.
- Please distribute the link via your social media channels to help maximize the impact.
The DSS is a key data resource for the global game industry, with the survey being quoted in media such as The New York Times and Washington Post, as well as referenced in museums and leveraged heavily in academic circles. Once again, the survey is available in 7 languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
Thank you in advance for your help in this critical research!
IGDA
 Nordic Game partners with IGDA to bring the popular IGDA Mentor Café to Nordic Game 2017 on Wednesday, 17 May.
In the IGDA Mentor Café at NG17, games industry leaders will share their knowledge and expertise in short, 20 minute mentoring sessions.
Apply now!
Interested in being mentored? Want to get advice and ask questions to industry leaders? Apply for mentoring in the IGDA Mentor Café at Nordic Game 2017 here.
About IGDA Mentor Café
Industry leaders share valuable knowledge, skills and advice in IGDA Mentor Cafés, “giving back” to anyone in the community who is seeking mentorship, especially the newcomers to the game industry. Topics range from diversity initiatives, career advice, indie studio start-up and much more.
Check out a list of former IGDA Mentor Café mentors here.
Register now!
Expect much, much more at Nordic Game 2017. So don’t delay – put 17-19 May at Slagthuset in Malmö in your calendar and register today!
ARM
Gone are the days when gaming was the sole domain of your PC or console, these days just about everyone with a phone has gamed on the go in some form or another. The earliest iterations of mobile gaming were run on the CPU and hit our hands with the likes of the near-indestructible Nokia 6110. This was the first handset to come with Snake pre-installed and we all thought it was awesome.
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The 4th edition of LocJAM, the worldwide game localization contest for game translators and organized by the IGDA Localization SIG, will on 15 April! A short open source game in English is published on the locjam.org site and participants have a couple of weeks to submit their translations in French/German/Italian/Japanese/Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil),Russian, and Spanish (Spain and Latin America). A jury of experts picks thei winning Amateur and Professional translators for each language, which get listed on the site and are offered studio tours. The contest itself 100% online and you can participate from anywhere in the world. There are also optional and independent local workshops for those who want to know more about game localization The event is completely free and non-profit, with support of the IGDA Foundation. Visit locjam.org for more details!
IGDA
 Each year, the most influential decision-makers in the digital entertainment industry gather at Digital Media Wire’s Annual LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of games and connected entertainment.
The 2017 event will be held on 10 May. Held in the iconic W Hollywood Hotel, LA Games Conference is a high end favorite among game, media and investment leaders for the high energy, focused environment for networking, meetings and deal-making. Topics include VR/AR, eSports, Global Markets and Hollywood & Games. Register here.
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 Mozilla’s bringing our speakers to a city near you
An overview
Join us for our free to attend, meetup-style, Mozilla-focused events for people who build the Web. Hear from our expert speakers highlighting the latest and best in Mozilla and Firefox technologies. Connect with community members who all push for an open and free web.
The topics
Speakers will cover technologies, standards, tools and research topics for the Open Web, including:
| New Web Standards including WebAssembly, CSS Grid & Layout, Service Workers |
Web Compatibility |
| Electrolysis (e10s) |
Web Extensions |
| Carto CSS |
Web Security, including Let’s Encrypt and tracking protection |
| Developer Tools, including Grid Inspector and Node Debugger |
Web Games |
| Game Development |
Web VR |
| Mozilla and Firefox |
Quantum |
| Open Source Workshop |
Rust |
| Servo |
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We look forward to connecting in person with as many of you as we can, but you can always keep tabs on what we’re doing from our developer newsletter, by subscribing here. For questions or looking to collaborate on this journey, email sandra@mozilla.com. See you on the road!
IGDA
 For a limited time, DeVry University, in collaboration with International Game Developers Association, is offering the opportunity for IGDA members to take a DeVry undergraduate course for academic credit at no cost. A 40% savings will also be provided to continue classes in pursuit of a career-oriented program.
With a wide range of degree programs offered online and on campus and specializations in 40+ career fields, DeVry University is the flexible choice for the busy working professional. DeVry makes courses available when and where you need them – whether that's in a classroom, or online in between meetings or at a kitchen table at night after the kids are in bed.
If you’ve ever worried about how to fit school into your busy life, this is your opportunity to pursue your educational goals - as this offer is only available for a limited time.
To learn about all of your partner benefits, including full details about our JumpStart Your Education program, visit http://partner.devry.edu/IGDA.
For more information about credit hours and discounts, click here.
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Many game studios lack access to proper fundraising mechanisms for their games. As a result, many studios close their doors before they even have the chance to release a game. EquityArcade can help you secure the funds you need to finish your game.
Learn more at www.equityarcade.com.
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Click here for discount information (requires log in).
To view all upcoming IGDA and IGDA Partner events, click here.
Android Central
You have to love Google for all that it's done and continues to do to support indie game developers — from running fantastic contests that shine a light on outstanding indie games for Android to giving away a paid app for free each week. Now, it has added a new home for the best indie games in the Google Play Store.
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The Verge
Microsoft has exclusively revealed the specs for Project Scorpio in a unusual and exhaustive collaboration with Digital Foundry. The many videos and stories go into great detail about the CPU, GPU, and various other technical aspects of the upcoming console, going so far as to speculate about how drastically Project Scorpio will improve Xbox One and Xbox 360 games. But the reports — based on spec reveals and a single tech demo — raise as many questions as they answer.
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VentureBeat
Eric Romo and his cofounders at AltspaceVR want to make virtual reality as pervasive and accessible as the worldwide web. AltspaceVR is leading the charge to create a social VR experience, where people do in VR pretty much everything they do in real life. Founded in 2013, the Redwood City, California-based company now has more than 40 people. And it has raised $16 million since 2016. The crowds were thin at first, but on a given weekend night, you’ll now find parties with hundreds of people attending them. It’s now used in 150 countries.
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Streamline has built a diverse, flexible, responsive, creative, first rate organizations of artists, producers, designers, programmers and executives. When you partner with Streamline Studios you work with expert teams led by hands-on industry veterans with more than 20+ years of experience. Learn more about how our teams are organized!
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World Trademark Review
A poll conducted by World Trademark Review at recent gaming conference EGX Rezzed suggests only a small percentage of independent video game developers consider registered trademark protection during the process of releasing a game. While various reasons were stated, one repeatedly brought up was the daunting prospect of approaching a law firm, with a more bespoke approach suggested in a bid to benefit both communities.
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GamesIndustry.biz
Unity Technologies is ramping up for a major expansion in one of the world's key growing games markets: India. The firm has told The Economic Times that it intends to triple the number of employees it has in the region by the end of the year, Pocket Gamer reports.
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VentureBeat
Microsoft revealed details on its Xbox Scorpio game console on April 6, giving exhaustive specifications on the hardware that will go into its next gaming machine.
So begins a series of revelations that will take us through E3, the big game industry trade show in June, and an eventual launch in the holidays of 2017. It was a limited reveal, with no information yet on the games, the operating system, the user interface, the industrial design, the price, or the myriad other details associated with a major game console launch.
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GamesIndustry.biz
Consumers with Microsoft devices will be unable to download and use emulators from the Windows Store thanks to efforts to clamp down on games piracy. Microsoft previously announced it would be changing the Windows Store policies in order to block all emulation of video game systems, but has now begun removing software such as Univeral Emulator (formerly known as NESBox) from the marketplace.
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