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Anew: The Distant Light is an exciting new Indie title that is 6 years in the making. The game is being completed by a professor and game industry veteran and is mainly composed of a three-man team. 

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This episode is brought to you by AppFigures!

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Blizzard is in several lawsuits with its past of harassments is catching up to the company. Join us as game developers to see the effect of the latest news. 

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Here we go again with Star Citizen and its never-ending release. This time, getting in trouble with government about its 'false advertising' practices when selling in-game items that don't exist. Find out more in today's Games ReCAP!

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Sky is an open world game where you can fly, explore and interact with other players. We would like to showcase our beautiful world and flying mechanics and also music instruments that players can play. We also want to show how you can interact with other players!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sky-children-of-the-light/id1462117269

CEOs and their twitter accounts are a sure-fire way to get unemployed. How many times have we heard this story before? Also, some cheeky gamers are already finding loopholes in the anti-gaming restrictions in China. Learn more, in today's Games ReCAP!

Naughty Dog has been under the spotlight lately about its crunch culture practices and forcing the Co-President to respond to how the company is looking to mitigate the issues internally. Is it enough or just damage control? Find out in today's Games ReCAP!

China bans gaming for minors, or at least set regulations with some enforceability. Find out more in today's Games ReCaP, daily game news for game developers. 

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Damon Woods is a talented Character Artist in the industry being in many leadership roles at countless studios. He is currently a Principal Character Artist at Respawn and spent this GduX.me session taking me behind the scenes on his latest personal art project. The remastering of the MonStars villians in Space Jam. With the new release of Space Jam 2 and something to compare to the decided direction of the new monstars, we can easily say that Damon killed it. 

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Reika Yoshino is a Art Production Manager at ThatGameCompany and is currently working on Sky: The Children of Light.

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 Rade Prokopovich is the CEO of Sozap, an emerging and successful mobile company, stopped by the show to discuss his general outlook on the industry and the new challenges coming out of the pandemic. 

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