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Relentless: "We have gone through profound change"
Andrew Eades takes sole ownership of a leaner company looking to rebuild
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Metanet's minimalist approach goes beyond art
N++ developer on how they've lived off an Xbox Live hit for nearly six years, how they wound up on PS4, and why Steam is a bit depressing
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The Generation Gap
The Xbox One and PS4 are finally here, but how will this generation take shape? Crytek, Guerrilla Games and Oddworld Inhabitants have their say
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Microsoft: We're working unbelievably hard to match demand
"I can only apologise in advance to anybody who is let down before Christmas," says Xbox boss Phil Harrison
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GTA V, 2DS drive big numbers for GameStop
New games, hardware push retailer's quarterly sales up 43% to $2.11 billion, net profit to $68.6 million
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Crytek's Ryse: Son of Rome bores reviewers
Critical Consensus: Forza 5, Killer Instinct, Ryse, Crimson Dragon and Dead Rising 3 pulled apart by critics
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Why can't anyone launch an online service without outages?
PS4 was just the latest big launch tainted by network issues; Akamai's chief gaming strategist explains why rollouts still go wrong
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PS4 biggest launch in Canadian gaming history, says Sony
Sony Canada exec Steve Turvey also notes importance of maintaining brand loyalty for "extremely small" number with defective PS4s
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Ubisoft explains why launch games underwhelm
Tony Key also notes that the $100 price difference between Xbox One and PS4 won't matter, and he expects installed base to quickly double last gen
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Life getting harder for indies
Tom Ohle of upstart publisher Renegade Machine says getting a good game on Steam just isn't enough anymore
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Nintendo stock rises after mobile investment
But Dwango Co. share buy is ad-related, not content
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CastAR's narrow window of opportunity
As Kickstarter campaign closes, Rick Johnson tries to push a disruptive wave of augmented reality before Microsoft and Sony jump in
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Once More, With Feeling: The Ongoing Quest for Emotional Games
Quantic Dream's wild idea has started to take root, but what do we stand to gain from more meaningful games?
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PS4: "The beginning of a new era of PlayStation"
Shuhei Yoshida talks about PS4 being a "transitional generation," reacts to low review scores, explains why 720p vs 1080p Call of Duty is "significant" and more
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Helsinki: Picking the Right Acorns
How Finland's capital hopes to grow even more Supercells and Rovios
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Gamevil posts record overseas sales, turning profit of $1.7m
Chinese revenues up by 46% as online games reap rewards
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Ubisoft posts half-year sales of €293m, net loss of €62.1m
Revenues up, but increased R&D widens bottom-line gap, year on year
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Can PS4 and Xbox One save console gaming?
We speak with industry veterans about the console sales slump in recent years, if innovation has been a problem, and what next-gen will do for business
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Square Enix: 'Games as a service' doesn't resonate with players
FFXIV has focused the whole company during period of overhaul, says CEO
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A Civilized Man: Soren Johnson's Life After Zynga
"No one really seems to like free-to-play, it's weird that it kind of feels like we're saddled with it."
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Growth in Japan and Korea leads to strong Q3 for Nexon
Recent investments could turn the tide in under-performing European and North American markets
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Disney Infinity tops 1 million starter packs sold
Skylanders competitor leads return to profitability for company's gaming division, next test is holiday performance
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Next-gen consoles don't offer "anything that new" - Kixeye CEO
Will Harbin talks about Kixeye going mobile, and what new platforms mean to him
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Don't think of going indie as romantic, says Outlast dev
Philippe Morin explains why the studio he expected to take 3-4 months to set up needed a year and a half to find funding
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Activision quarterly sales drop 18%
Call of Duty publisher gets 59% of revenues for the quarter from digital sales; Diablo III tops 14 million sold