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Microsoft posts record first quarter revenues
$18.53 billion marks a new best for Windows maker, even as Xbox 360 sales slide 29% year-over-year
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Zynga quarterly revenues drop 36%
Social publisher trims net losses to just $68,000, but daily active users halved from last year
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Prima Games relaunching website, preparing for next-gen
With support of parent company Penguin Random House, Prima is making a much bigger push into digital with its strategy guides business
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Game Devs: When Does Crunch Cross The Line?
Rubin, Spector, and more on crunch and why it won't ever die
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The life of the Nintendo Wii - through the eyes of Satoru Iwata
Chris Morris takes a look back at his many conversations about the Wii with Nintendo's leader
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Game Journalism: Stepping Stone to PR?
Why do so many journalists jump to the other side, and what does it mean for the industry?
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Getting a better Signal: Bringing F2P to 360 with Ascend
How Signal Studios brought a new model to the end of a cycle
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Riccitiello: Adding a Star Wars brand is not an innovation
Former EA CEO has some harsh words for the makers of Angry Birds
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Bach on the Frontline: Battlefield 4's lead producer readies for war
Cross-generation juggling, hitting launch day and why the internet is wrong
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NaturalMotion: Scaling from mobile studio to entertainment business
Acquisitions, new games and starting studios from scratch. CEO Torsten Reil is hungry for it all
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Game Devs Suck at Pitching: Advice for Attracting Investment
Jason Della Rocca gives a beginner's guide to venture capital and offers tips on how to secure funding
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Nordeus sets sights on global success with Top Eleven
Nikola Cavic believes that sports games can outlast the competition, and emerging markets are the key
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Xbox Live Compute: The Difference Engine
Why Microsoft's new Xbox One cloud initiative could change consoles forever
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Marvel Puzzle Quest dev sees “permanent renaissance” for indies
Demiurge Studios CEO Albert Reed is thrilled by the rise of indies, but he also believes publishers will remain an "essential part" of the biz
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Gaming more pervasive in China than US - report
Smartphones, tablets have also eclipsed PC/MMO in terms of gaming frequency in China, according to research from Frank N. Magid Associates
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Is it legal to sell second hand digital games?
Nic Murfett looks at two recent legal cases and questions the current laws on digital content
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Making the case for design school
New York Film Academy's Chris Swain explains the value of a degree and why designers should learn a bit of everything
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Siobhan Reddy: Girls, Games and GTA
"I wouldn't work in a band making music I hated with people that I thought were horrible"
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Critical Consensus: Beyond puts gameplay in the backseat
Quantic Dream's latest refines the studio's focus on storytelling above all else, and critics seem torn on what that means
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Free-to-play needs a new kind of publisher - Scopely
The games-as-a-service trend has changed what developers need from partners, and how much input they want
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Richard Garriott: The power of crowd-sourced development
How Unity Technologies helped the creator of Ultima to regain his mojo
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Spector: Industry must recognize both good and bad effects of games
Warren Spector talks about the not so clear cut issue of media effects, and reveals he's about to start a new job
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Warner's Wolff: "We really have a competitive advantage"
Why the SVP of international games doesn't fear LEGO fatigue
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Mainstream finally seeing value of indies, says IndieCade founder
Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo all sponsoring Culver City festival as it heads into its largest show ever
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Shuhei Yoshida: PlayStation 4, indies, and the Xbox One
Part 2: Sony Worldwide Studios boss talks about the battle with Microsoft, keeping the PS3 alive and the state of The Last Guardian