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Taking Back Control: How Kickstarter is Revolutionizing Development
Chris Taylor, designer of Dungeon Siege and Total Annihilation, tackles a new game and a new development model
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Critical Consensus: DmC: Devil May Cry
Ninja Theory takes on Capcom's storied franchise - and wins
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How Nintendo is making Wii U indie-friendly
What did it learn from the mistakes of WiiWare, and how can the new eShop win back small studios?
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Roundtable: Here Comes a New Challenger
One platform after another keeps popping up. Piston, Project Shield, and on and on. Do they even have a fighting chance?
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Sessler: Games journalism needs a more "humanistic, holistic approach"
The long-time TV personality talks to us about the evolving games media landscape and how TV journalism still matters
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EA Mobile doubles down on free-to-play
EA All Play's Nick Earl on the success of The Simpsons: Tapped Out and the future of the freemium model
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CiiNOW: Cloud gaming's tipping point will come this year
We talk to the execs behind the cloud startup and discuss how and why cloud gaming will finally take off
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What's inside the Piston Steam Box prototype?
Digital Foundry on what to expect from the Valve-funded mini games machine
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Facebook: "A fantastic core option for gamers"
U4iA Games CEO Dusty Welch talks about the future of Facebook gaming and leveraging the core with its new title Offensive Combat
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Roundtable: A Question of Quality
Metacritic says 2012 was a bad year for game quality, but is that accurate? Our staff weighs in...
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The State Of Games Journalism
IGN's Peer Schneider and Red Robot Lab's John Davison discuss paid content, video growth, tracking new audiences and the end of a generation
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2013: The State of the Games Industry
Jason Avent, Georg Backer, Dan Marshall, Ella Romanos and Andrew Oliver on Wii U problems, new hardware, the plight of the publisher and the strength of the indie scene
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Epic Fail: The Losers of 2012
These five stinkers were so massive that their impact was felt across the industry
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Crystal Gazing: What to Expect in 2013
Leading industry analysts join with our staff to prognosticate about what the future holds for the games business
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Crowning The Winners of 2012
We dish out awards to the sectors of the business that propelled the industry forward this year
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Word of Mouth: The Top Quotes of 2012
The industry had no shortage of interesting comments this year; here's a look at the good, the bad, and the bizarre
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Seasons Greetings from GamesIndustry International
Site will update on Dec 27-28, and we'll be back in full force on Jan 2
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Working With Borrowed Brands
Devil May Cry, The Hunger Games, and the universal challenges with creativity based on someone else's property
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Games That Captivated Us In 2012
The staff offers some personal picks for games of the year, as well as surprises and disappointments
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News of the Year - Part Two
A couple of booms, a couple of busts, and a whole lot of outrage round out our top 10 stories of 2012
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From PlayStation to Playrise
CEO Nick Burcombe on the leap from Wipeout to mobile independent development
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News of the Year - Part One
Have you spent the entirety of 2012 in a coma? Our handy top 10 list will bring you up to speed!
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Oculus Rift and the Virtual Reality Revolution
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey on the next big platform for gaming