Top 50 Game Design Schools

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Video Game Design is a major, rapidly growing industry. The game design industry actually exceeds Hollywood and the film industry in terms of job openings and revenue. As of 2009, the entertainment software industry employed over 250,000 people. That is only counting the video game industry. Many other industries are starting to utilize Game thinking and game mechanics in a … Read More

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Unity Student & Faculty Commercial Deal Extended

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Exciting News! We’ve just learned that Unity Technologies has agreed to extend the special offer for the Unity Student & Faculty Commercial Complete Suite until April 15th, 2013.  This is great news for teachers and students – it is a 73% savings off the retail of the commercial version. The current product includes Unity 4 Pro, Team License, Android Pro, … Read More

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Unity Collaborates with Facebook & Qualcomm

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Great News for Unity 3D Fans!   Facebook is collaborating with Unity to make magic happen. Facebook is deploying a new web player to make it faster and easier for users to download and play Unity games. Facebook will soon offer a free package to the Unity Asset store that will combine the Facebook API (Application Program Interface) with a simple … Read More

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Sony Announces Support for Unity Game Engine

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Sony Computer Entertainment announced that they are adding support for Unity Game Engine on all of their game console platforms. This includes the PS3, PS Vita, PS Mobile, as well as their upcoming cloud gaming service and the PS4. Unity 3D previously was already able to export your games to the Sony PS3 platform, but now you will be able … Read More

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Unity & App Store “Best of 2012 Games” List

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Seventeen Unity-made games and apps were featured in Apple’s App Store USA Best of 2012 list. These games represented many categories including Casual Games, Best New Ways to Play and Best Showpiece Games. Unity’s game engine is the most popular among mobile game developers, and for good reason. The iPad game of the year, The Room, by Fireproof Games, captivated … Read More

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Yay! Unity 4 Pro Released

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Since it was announced in June, this highly anticipated release of Unity 4 Pro has had Video Game Developers drooling. The new version offers increased rendering power, redesigned animation system, and many more optimizations for graphics and special-effects. It is destined to inspire a new level of game development. The new animation system in Unity 4 named “Mecanim” makes it … Read More

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Spooktacular Student Software Deals

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Too Scared To open your Wallet around Halloween time? There is no need for fear because Studica is having an awesome Spooktacular October Savings Event. If you are an educator or a student, you will definitely be interested because Studica is offering deep discounts on commonly used student software and hardware. For example, everyone has to modify or create PDF … Read More

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Student Contest Update: Robob Searches the Galaxy and Finds $500

kristielCompetitions & Contests, Unity Game Development

Well, actually, Robob’s creator – Jack O. from Denmark gets the cash for creating an awesome game called Robob. Studica announced the student contest winner of the “Robot Game Design Competition”. For this competition, Studica partnered with Unity to challenge students to create a web-based game incorporating Robots in some fashion. It was also required that the game be created … Read More

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