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Finally, Starbreeze eyes up its Payday
CEO Tobias Sjögren discusses the company's slowly expanding future
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Skybound finds life beyond undeath
Five years after starting its gaming business, The Walking Dead company's CEO David Alpert and co-chair Jon Goldman have broadened the business
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How Epic is "doubling down" on its vision for the metaverse
We talk to Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney and EVP Saxs Persson about expanding Fortnite's creations beyond shooters and building an ecosystem based on fairness
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The vibes are bad | This Week in Business
The demise of E3 continues a string of setbacks around the industry, but there are reasons for optimism
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E3 2023 is cancelled. ESA tells us why
ESA executive director talks about the future of the show, saying, "We remain committed to providing a platform for industry marketing"
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Shuhei Yoshida on his BAFTA, breaking the rules, and opening PlayStation to more indies
We speak to PlayStation’s biggest indie champion about the challenges smaller studios face today
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Xbox’s Chris Charla: Game Pass isn’t disruptive
ID@Xbox chief says business concerns over subscriptions are normal and healthy
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Sarkeesian: "Your DEI initiatives are making your culture worse"
GDC session from Feminist Frequency's Anita Sarkeesian says current corporate diversity efforts are part of the problem, offers ways to improve them
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Creating Windies Direct, a beacon for the Caribbean game dev scene
The Jamaica Game Developer Society shares how the proliferation of digital events paved the way for last year's debut show - and what comes next
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Exploring the complexities of humanity through video games
Ensemble 2023: We speak to Larky Labs' Roman Alkan about her work creating narrative games, primarily for women
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New AAA studio Lighthouse Games formed by Playground co-founder Gavin Raeburn
Raeburn talks GamesIndustry.biz through the familiar challenge of building a new studio in uncertain times, and regaining his full independence
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GDC 2023's AI buzz has a familiar feel | This Week in Business
The pandemic's impact remains apparent, but this year's show is back to normal in a number of ways
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Xbox: We can't reach the billions of gamers without underrepresented creators
Microsoft on its program to bring different developers from different walks of life to Xbox
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Merge games as a fulfillment of the American Dream
GDC 2023: Big Fish's newly installed VP of creative Jason Mai explains how he approached EverMerge and a genre he didn't really know when he was hired six months ago
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The building blocks of a AAA partnership: Lego and 2K on their first game together, and beyond
As the two firms finally unveil Lego 2K Drive, we find out why an open-world driving game is a "no brainer" for Lego
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Tim Sweeney believes the metaverse is "happening for real"
GDC 2023: Epic Games boss says Apple "will either try to crush the metaverse, or extract all the profit from it"
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Pokémon Snap, systemic comedy and siding with the player: How Bugsnax came to life
GDC 2023: Young Horses' John Murphy on Bugsnax's pitching and prototyping stages and the unexpected inspirations behind the hit
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Resident Evil 4 Remake | Critical Consensus
Critics are almost unanimous in their praise for the new Resident Evil 4. Welcome back, stranger
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The evolution of Sky's seasonal events
GDC 2023: That Game Company's Tim Nixon details how the Children of the Light developer builds its free-to-play live service events around emotion
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Sponsored | Meet CliCli, the next big user-generated games content platform
Head of operations Kun Li details how this new service is making it easier than ever to become a game creator
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Sponsored | Want a trailer? What you actually need is a dating sim
Meet the production studio putting your community at the heart of your marketing campaigns
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Netflix taking "more strategic" approach as it ramps up dev partnerships
Streaming giant "really proud" of progress so far as it signs Super Evil Megacorp and Ustwo Games for future releases
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The industry's disingenuous defense of loot boxes | This Week in Business
Trade group testimony before Australian legislators more interested in protecting status quo than protecting players
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The full return of GDC
New leaders Stephanie Hawkins and Ashley Corrigan on plans for this year's event, the decision to drop livestreams, and opening up discussion around controversial topics
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Former Criterion leaders set-up new AAA games studio Fuse Games
The new Guildford-based team is led by EA veteran Matt Webster