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On Friday, March 5, the Technology Association of Georgia’s (TAG) Entertainment Society announced that the “Digitainment” initiative is now underway. The announcement, made by Entertainment Society Chairman Audra Browning at the Gwinnett Technology Council Q109 Meeting, signals the unveiling of a program that will marry five of Georgia’s technology sectors in order to reshape and [...]

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In the current economic climate, it’s hard to find a company with good news to share. And the volatile MMO business might be the last place you’d look.
Yet Iceland-headquartered CCP, developer of EVE Online, is not just healthy, but growing, seeking 60 new hires, says North America president Mike Tinney. “We’re in a pretty [...]

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Georgia really wants game developers to come to their state, so much so that free rent is being offered at a new facility.
The Creative Coast Alliance (TCCa) and the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA) today announced a deal for up to one year of free rent in the Game Development and Digital Media Center. The [...]

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An Insider’s View of the Making of Fusion Fall
Monday, March 9
3:00 – 4:30
Skiles 002
Join us for a roundtable discussion with the designers of the FusionFall MMOG as they discuss how this complex game,
merging a variety of diverse cartoon properties was developed by a multi-national team.
Chris Waldron, Game Producer
Sam Lewis, Lead Game Designer
Mario Piedra, Creative Director
Matthew [...]

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The Entertainment Software Association’s charitable arm, the ESA Foundation, is offering 30 scholarships to women and minorities who aspire to get a job in the games industry.
The amount of scholarships is double the 15 that were available in each of the past two years. The awards are worth $90K in total, and for the first [...]

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Innovative game architecture combines fast-action character creation and personal interaction on a massive scale, eliminating geographic and server constraints —
ATLANTA – (February 24, 2009) – Internap Network Services Corporation (NASDAQ: INAP), a global provider of end-to-end Internet business solutions, announced today its Performance IP™ network and Managed Server hosting services are [...]

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It’s an amazing and intimate conference in which the industry’s brightest stars come to Savannah for two days of talks, dinners and a ridiculous amount of southern hospitality.
Registration is only $50 for the general public for two days.
Speakers are still being announced (as I get their bios and profiles in), but the line up [...]

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In this current economic situation, developers and publishers alike are forced to downsize their staff. The general perceptions of a recession-proof industry are incorrect. Fortunately, while the major players in the video game industry are taking difficult hits, the independent studios are quietly toiling to develop new titles.
Hi-Rez is developing a new MMO called [...]

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By Will Freeman
February 13, 2009
As EVE Online continues its new promotional push, and prepares a free expansion and a debut boxed release, we spoke with the game’s in-game economist Dr. Eyjólfur Guðmundsson.
Develop: You’ve got a very unusual job. For our readers that don’t know about your role, what are you responsible for in the EVE [...]

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Celia Pearce will be featured in an interview on the online radio program DigIn! with Limor Schafman, on Monday, February 2 at 4pm EST. The subject will be current and future trends in virtual worlds and multiplayer gaming.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Limor-Schafman
The interview will also be archived for later podcasting.
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