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Leading the Charge: Execution Labs' First Cohort
The Firemasters, Henchmen, Big Action Mega Fight, MacGuffin Quest, Afterland: Jason Della Rocca's incubator turns up the heat
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Talking Shop: DeNA's Head of Culture and Communication
We chat with DeNA's Sarah Fuchs about what it takes to build a great corporate culture
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BBC aspires to Defiance-like transmedia approach
Robert Nashak, BBC's EVP for digital, explains how the company deals with its vast array of IP and why BBC is so excited for Microsoft's next-gen Xbox
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Ouya hits 10,000 developers milestone
Kellee Santiago: "Partnerships with larger developers and publishers will be coming up in the next few months"
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Game Marketing: "If the rules of the game aren't working, change the rules"
Sessions on the growth of eSports, The Walking Dead's marketing, and the “wild wild west” of Google Play reveal how some are reaching new audiences
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Number of devs switching solely to mobile "frightening," says Divnich
EEDAR analyst expects 11 million consumers to transition to next-gen consoles by 2014, says devs need to take advantage
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Sony helping to unify console biz, says Ready at Dawn boss
Ru Weerasuriya tells us all consoles now will have to be more open; he also stresses team, not the game, as "the ultimate goal"
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Protecting App Titles with Registered Trademarks
The pros, cons, confusion and legalities of trademarking games and apps
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AAA troubles can help independent scene, says Klei founder
Jamie Cheng says cuts produce an influx of talent, but he'll miss the training devs get from big publishers
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Wargaming CEO: Hardware should not constrain the player
Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi on putting the company's new resources to work
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Gordon Walton: Publishers see devs as "replaceable meat puppets"
Veteran exec laments the treatment of dev teams, talks about Riccitiello's struggle, and predicts Activision's business ending in "catastrophe"
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Fishing for dollars: CocoaChina brings rapid mobile growth to the West
The publisher of Fishing Joy on open-source development, one-hit wonders and emulating Chinese success
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Talking Shop: Assassin's Creed IV's Senior Public Relations Manager
We chat with Ubisoft's Stone Chin about what it takes to be a great PR manager
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Indie Fund: Striving for irrelevance
Nathan Vella, Matthew Wegner, and Aaron Isaksen on balancing fiscal responsibility and creative risk to empower an industry
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Ted Price aiming to offer "something fresh" among a "sea of sequels"
Insomniac boss not worried about launching new IP at end of console cycle, says gamers have been playing the same games for last 6 years
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"No room for B-games," says Ubisoft Montreal head
Yannis Mallat on next-gen trends, rising development costs, and managing a team of more than 2,700 people
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GameStick: Selling the Shop Window
CMO Anthony Johnston on the UK's entry to the micro-console market
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EA: "Gaming isn't mass market yet"
CCO Richard Hilleman on the huge opportunity presented by connected TV, and why Apple may not win the front room
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Talking Shop: Shovel Knight's Pixel Artist
We talk with Yacht Club Games' Nick Wozniak about the ins-and-outs of pixel art
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Man of Many Parts: Chris Avellone's busy schedule
On Wasteland 2, Planescape, South Park and Project Eternity
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The Doctor is Out: Zeschuk on BioWare, EA and consoles' uncertain future
Zeschuk wouldn't change a thing about his time at BioWare or EA, which he says "gives you enough rope to hang yourself"
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Paid user acquisition a must for major pubs, says Sega exec
Director of online operations and Three Rings CEO lay out strategies for staying ahead of the curve
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The Psychological Appeal of Violent Shooters
Jamie Madigan asks why headshots, loadouts and military themes are so attractive to video game players
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Mobile "just too scary" for indies, says Spelunky dev
Derek Yu notes even great games can tank on iOS and Android, welcomes growing competition on PCs, consoles
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IGDA head Kate Edwards: "Games are an art-form, pure and simple"
GDC 2013: Plus more on gender, cultural sensitivity and the resignation of Romero