Marshall Lemon Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Firefall Dev Cautiously Optimistic About Ouya

Red 5 Studios CEO would rather develop for the Ouya than mainstream consoles. Mark Kern is a familiar figure in the gaming industry. ...

By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorAugust 1, 2012

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Google Bans Third-Party Android Billing

Android developers are now required to use Google Play’s billing system for app and in-app purchases. There’s a bit of a trade-off when ...

By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorAugust 1, 2012

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Kixeye Recruits With Unicorns, Helicopters, Maniacal Children

Kixeye invites developers to join “the best damn gaming company on the planet”. When it comes to recruitment campaigns for the game industry, ...

By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorJuly 31, 2012

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Android Gaming Tablet Launching With Controller

The Wikipad will feature open-source touchscreen gaming with optional buttons. The gaming world has been keeping a very close eye on the upcoming ...

By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorJuly 31, 2012

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Dr. Horrible Comes to Television

The web series Joss Whedon made to circumvent a writers strike will finally air on CW. Back in 2007, when the Writers Guild ...

By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorJuly 31, 2012

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Sony: Publishing Models Must Change

At a Casual Connect panel, Sony explained that digital publishing requires “constant communication between developers and publishers.” The massive growth of digital distribution ...

By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorJuly 31, 2012

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EA Makes Millions Using Facebook Ads

Thousands of people bought Battlefield 3 before or after posting pictures of their lunch online. Remember in The Social Network when Sean Parker/Justin ...

By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorJuly 28, 2012

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Just Cause 2 Still Going Strong

Avalanche Studios attributes its success to a refusal to rely on “crap” DLC. As DLC becomes more and more prevalent in today’s games, ...

By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorJuly 26, 2012

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id Starts Work on Next-Gen Console Title

Doom developer id is seeking UI Programmers for a super-secret project (that may be Doom 4). It takes a lot of people to ...

By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorJuly 26, 2012

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Puzzle Quest Studio Quietly Splits From EA

Infinite Interactive becomes an independent studio following a year-long merger with EA’s Firemint. For a good many years, gamers viewed EA as either ...

By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorJuly 26, 2012

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Ouya No Bigger Than a Rubik’s Cube

The Ouya will be the most portable console yet. People are clearly excited for the Ouya, as seen by these 42,000 backers and ...

By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorJuly 24, 2012

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Project Holodeck Creates “Accessible” Virtual Reality

A University of Southern California team presents the first holodeck gaming system. Ever since we first saw Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s holodeck, ...

By Marshall Lemon Legacy AuthorJuly 24, 2012

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