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Taking a peek behind Hidden Door's AI
CEO Hilary Mason talks about what generative AI can (and can't) do for storytelling in games
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CharacterBank's goal to create 'VR's Mario'
The Japanese studio discusses VR's popularity and opportunities in the country, as well as its own ambitions ahead of RuinsMagus' PSVR 2 release
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Weaker subscription deals have hit indie publishers, says analyst
Devolver and TinyBuild's difficult year is partially down to smaller deals coming from Sony and Microsoft
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Sponsored | The US video game industry gets back to growth
Improved hardware supply and blockbuster new releases driving market
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Gamescom, Activision Blizzard, and Microsoft's history of acquisitions | This Week in Business
Our weekly round-up column does a lap of the biggest news in the industry to see what we can take away
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Why BattleBit Remastered's devs wanted to make a low-spec large-scale shooter
And how a trio of inexperienced developers created a game that sold 100,000 copies in just three hours
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Pure vision vs. player feedback | 10 Years Ago This Month
People trying to do something different have always struggled with the question of whether the customer is always right
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Industry needs to break down biases about African games markets
Devcom panel calls for more support and visibility for continent that makes up one third of global population
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How Ron Gilbert returned to Monkey Island 30 years later
Devcom panel also discusses the humour and art style of last year's critical hit, plus thoughts on a movie adaptation
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Netspeak Games: Turning cozy consumers into co-creators
CEO Callum Cooper-Brighting says Sunshine Days' creator mode is a step toward establishing a platform
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Blockchain gaming forgotten, but not yet gone | This Week in Business
There's a lot less buzz around blockchain gaming these days, but Zynga's new Web3 title reminds us it's not quite dead yet
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Sponsored | Meet Portal - The UK-based creative agency that's big in Sweden
We speak to award winning commercial creative director Josh Heaton on his global marketing creative agency Portal
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Must-see sessions at Devcom 2023
As the industry prepares to descend upon Cologne, check out the highlights of next week's developer conference
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How Cyberpunk 2077 shaped CD Projekt Red's approach to level design
Max Pears discusses the developer's work environment and core development principles ahead of Phantom Liberty DLC
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Baldur's Gate 3 | Critical Consensus
An in-depth, meticulous, polished world to explore and shape with your own decisions, Larian's follow up on the cult franchise is as good as RPGs get
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Riot vets at Treehouse on leaving competitive behind for co-op
Codename: Islands studio execs on the misguided metaverse trend and the potential for survival crafting without being hunted by naked cannibals in the woods
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Black Voices in Gaming and the journey to sustainability
Director/co-founder Justin Woodward talks about the 2023 XPerience Excellence Accelerator and what's next
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Sponsored | How Unity and Early Access helped make Dave the Diver one of 2023's biggest indie hits
We talk with MINTROCKET about its million-selling diving and restaurant management game
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A better way to grow? | This Week in Business
Whether live service companies plan to grow revenues by getting more users or increasing spending per user, they often wind up in the same place
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"I dream of an Italian game developer opening a studio in the UK"
Fast growing studio Stormind on why it's important some Italian studios retain their independence
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From Mario to Star Wars: What's next for Ubisoft Milan
We discover more about one of Ubisoft's more unique development teams
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Reply Game Studios: We want to be the Italian PlatinumGames
The developer discusses the inspiration for its 2022 action game Soulstice, and the positive impact of PlayStation Plus
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Take-Two growth slows with anniversary of Zynga acquisition
CEO Strauss Zelnick discusses the limits of recurrent consumer spending and the impact backward compatibility has on software sales for new hardware
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"There's almost an industry here now" – The rapid growth of the Italian games business
The IIDEA and a whole host of Italian game studios on the growth and challenges of making games in Italy
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En Garde developers on the challenges of founding a studio early in your career
Fireplace Games co-founders talk about the journey from making a student game to establishing a whole studio to remake it