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Talking Shop: Technical Supervisor for Motion Capture
We chat with House of Moves' DJ Hauck about the craft of motion capture
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Suda51: We ran into a "wall" at publishers
The Japanese designer believes he'll be able to drive better sales of his games now that he's part of GungHo Online
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Gamers love swag: The lucrative world of collector's editions
We talk to one of the leading makers of game items about how they're made, the impact on sales, and why fans get crazy about game swag
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Talking Shop: Obsidian Entertainment's Creative Director
We chat with industry vet Chris Avellone about being a great creative director
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Indies and AAA pubs to partner more - Contrast dev
Compulsion's Guillaume Provost says challenges could push AAA and indies together, pubs wary of appealing to women
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Critical Consensus: Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Ubisoft nailed the marketing, but Blood Dragon's posturing has divided the critics
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The Psychology of The Uncanny Valley
It's a fine line between realistic and eerie - do video game characters live in or around the uncanny valley?
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Mobile to be "primary hardware" for gaming by 2016
Shifting mobile game market to hit $9 billion in 2016, says Juniper; tablets helping to drive in-app purchases
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Destruction is the new ragdoll, says Havok
Product head says generational shift an opportunity for all middleware even as mobile erodes money spent on AAA games
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Games need more direction, says filmmaker James McTeigue
The V for Vendetta director says there has to be a "master of the ship" on a game at some point so that designers don't get bogged down in minutiae
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De Fondaumiere: UK tax-breaks could be applied retroactively
The Quantic Dream co-founder on taxes, Hollywood and violence
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Square Enix warns of impending redundancies
"We do expect changes to the UK office, which will affect personnel"
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Riot: Don't ban your players, reform them
Riot is taking a very scientific and psychological approach to player behavior, and it's only helping to increase League of Legends' popularity
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Industry instability is here to stay, says The Behemoth
BattleBlock Theater devs say chaos will keep everything moving forward, studios big and small always face the same hurdles
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GTFO: Don't film the trolls
Filmmaker launches Kickstarter to shine a light on sexism in the games industry
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Digital Foundry: Hands-on with Oculus Rift
Exciting new display technology or the beginning of a revolution in gaming?
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The Class Of Quality Assurance
Sony's Studio Liverpool alumni discuss whether QA really can be a launch pad into the upper echelons of the games industry
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Nintendo "forgot Marketing 101" for Wii U
We speak to analysts about Nintendo's recent fiscal report and the company's move to give Iwata the additional role of North American CEO
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Zynga's bet on midcore, real-money gaming could be a win
Profitable, but smaller, Zynga is aiming to turn its business around with new games, midcore, mobile, and real-money gaming
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Brian Fargo: We no longer have to answer to the Walmart buyer
The head of InXile talks about the big advantages of crowdfunding, eliminating gatekeepers, cooperating with Obsidian and more
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Disney sees Infinity as game platform with "infinite" possibilities
Bill Roper doesn't rule out one day adding in Marvel or Star Wars characters; he also downplays any similarities to Skylanders
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Post Mortem: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Capcom has had a hard time convincing western gamers, can Nintendo do any better?
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That Brain: Big team sizes are a hindrance to development
Veterans from Media Molecule and Grin have launched a new studio - we speak to them about their plans and the state of independent development
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Chris Roberts: I can be more profitable than AAA games on a fifth of sales
The veteran developer talks about Star Citizen's development process, the problems with big publishers and whether the PS4 may see his game
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Warren's Mailbag: Games are still niche, too expensive
Thanks to the overwhelming response to Warren Spector's column, the veteran designer is replying to some of your most interesting comments