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The law of the series | Retro article

Review: In DP 05 : 2010, we sought an expert discussion with Blue Byte, the German gaming industry giants. We asked Managing Director Odile Limpach and Producer Benedikt Grindel about the 7th instalment of the building strategy series The Settlers.
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Medieval murderer

Ubisoft built on the success of Assassin's Creed with a second installment in the series. The content mix for the sequel: Renaissance Italy, modern 3ds Max technology and a pompous trailer debut. The reward: an animago AWARD in the "Best Postproduction" category!
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Making-of Krautscape

Review: In DP 04 : 2014, we let the engines roar in the racing game Krautscape by developers Mario von Rickenbach and Michael Burgdorfer - including procedurally generated racetracks. A game project from the Zurich University of the Arts.
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Historical Decay

Review: In DP 01 : 2014 game developer Naughty Dog threw its heroes into a post-pandemic scenario with The Last of Us - but how were the lighting, texturing and motion capturing created?
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Bioshock Infinite

Review: In DP 03 : 2013, we asked Design Director and User Experience Specialist Billd Gardner why Bioshock Infinite had to be delayed. What happened behind the company gates at Irrational Games?
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ESL Pro Series Finals XIII

Organiser Turtle Entertainment launches the competition among Germany’s best esports players. With €130,000 in prize money, ESL Pro Series is Germany’s richest esports competition. Intel Friday Night Games presents the leading players live before an audience, with Offenbach joining the nine-part esports roadshow for the first time. Eight further Intel Friday Night Games excite esports fans throughout Germany each week during an ESL Pro Series season. ESL presents the leading matches in each discipline live before as many as 2,000 spectators. Professional presenters commentate and analyse every encounter. Alongside the top matches, events offer autograph sessions, partner stands and a free-gaming area. ESL’s own esports channel, ESL TV, available via IPTV at http://tv.esl.eu, broadcasts the season’s Intel Friday Night Games live and in full. The highlight is the June finals weekend at EXPO XXI in Cologne, where more than 5,000 spectators are expected.
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Intel Friday Night Game #9

Turtle Entertainment opens the competition among Germany’s best esports players. The €130,000 ESL Pro Series is the country’s highest-prize esports competition, and the Intel Friday Night Games present its leading players live before audiences.
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Intel Friday Night Game #8

Turtle Entertainment launched the competition for top German e-sports athletes with a €130,000 prize pool. Intel Friday Night Games run as part of the ESL Pro Series, with live matches and fan-focused events across multiple cities.
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Intel Friday Night Game #7

Turtle Entertainment launched Germany’s highest-funded competition for top e-sports athletes. The ESL Pro Series and Intel Friday Night Games run as part of a weekly season format with live matches and fan programming.
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A determined man aims a handgun towards the viewer, wearing a black leather jacket, with a somber, cloudy background and scattered bullet casings in the air, creating a dramatic atmosphere.

Trailer for “Max Payne”

Based on Rockstar Games’ legendary video game, director John Moore tells a fast-paced, hard-hitting action story whose innovative bullet-time effects define the film’s aesthetic.
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What’s New for Wii

Tomorrow's video gamers can look forward to even more immersive experiences, more realism in their virtual worlds, and of course even more fun and excitement. At least that is what Nintendo is promising fans at E3, the leading video game trade show taking place in Los Angeles from July 15 to 17.
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Legend Online: More Than 1.5 Million Players After Eight Weeks

The successor to the action RPG ‘Legend – Hand of God’, which won the German Developer Award in 2007, moved from Master Creating to Gameforge in May this year. After ‘Ikariam’ and ‘Gladiatus’, it is already the third Gameforge title to pass the one-million-player mark in a very short time.
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High-Profile Speakers at GC Developers Conference 2008

GC Developers Conference will once again feature high-profile speakers in 2008. Presenters at Europe’s leading developer conference include Henrik Lorensen of The LEGO Group, Michael Capps of Epic Games, Leigh Davis of Intel, Kay Gruenwoldt of Nokia and Steve Meretzky of Blue Fang Games.
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Chimera Entertainment Develops for Handhelds and Consoles

One month after the successful release of Windchaser for PC, Munich development studio Chimera Entertainment was looking confidently to the future. Following swiftly completed authorization processes with Microsoft and Nintendo, Chimera Entertainment had been an official developer for Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and DS since mid-June 2008.
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Video: Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party

Football is our life, and of course the Raving Rabbids join in too. What would have happened in the decisive Germany-Austria match on June 16, 2008, if a rabbit from Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party had been standing in the wall for the winning goal?
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Gaming for Bikers

SBK08 is now available in stores. The motorcycle spectacle brings the 2008 Superbike World Championship into the living room.
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Indiana Jones Has the Games Charts in His Grip

"Indiana Jones IV" achieved the most successful film opening of 2008 to date. The hero is also succeeding in the related video game. "Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures" enters media control’s games charts on seven platforms—twice at number one.
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Video: Emergency Heroes Available Now

The racing game Emergency Heroes is aimed primarily at boys and gives them the chance to play the hero of their dreams: police officer, firefighter or ambulance driver—all these heroes can be portrayed in Ubisoft's Emergency Heroes.
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Bigpoint Plays on FIBA.com

Hamburg-based browser-game provider Bigpoint is partnering with international basketball federation FIBA. At www.fibagame.com, fans can enter the game and relive the stars of the 2007 Basketball World Championship.
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Video Game Haze Now Available

Ubisoft, one of the world's largest manufacturers and publishers of computer and video games, announced that Haze is now available in stores. The new first-person shooter is set in a harsh future in which war is not what it appears to be.
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Gameforge Acquires Occupa GmbH

Gameforge is again expanding its influence in the browser-games scene: on May 16, 2008, the company acquired Occupa GmbH, a development studio behind successful titles such as KnightsDivine, BattleKnight and WildGuns.
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