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Sony Interview: Jack Tretton Defends Vita, Dedicated Consoles
The SCEA boss remains optimistic about consoles, says social and free-to-play are just "an additive diversion"
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The Blast Furnace: Rebooting Activision's IP for the tablet generation
Hall and Canessa on the publishers new commitment to building freemium mobile games in the UK
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EA: Madden "did not have the level of innovation as our other franchises"
EA Sports head Andrew Wilson talks to us about the huge launch for Madden NFL 13 this month
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Square-Enix records ¥2bn loss for quarter ending June 30, 2012
Quiet spell sees publisher consolidating for release period
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Wooga: "We love platforms that are hundreds of millions of users"
CEO of the fourth largest social game company, Jens Begemann, on the company's focus on mobile platforms
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PC Developers On Microsoft's "Wrongheaded Strategy" for Windows 8
Game developers are at best cautiously optimistic, and at worst are slamming Microsoft completely
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ChangYou profits and revenues up for Q2, 2012
Profit of $69.1m (£44.2m) from sales of $147.3m (£94.36m)
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Call of Duty: "Significant concerns" that it's peaked, "genre tired" says analyst
A number of analysts weigh in on the future of Activision's Call of Duty franchise
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Roundtable: The Old Republic's Free-To-Play Future
With BioWare's hugely expensive MMO going free-to-play this year, we examine what the model means for The Old Republic and the industry at large
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2K's Christoph Hartmann: Why Consoles Will Always Matter
We interview the head of 2K Games about next-gen and finding the 'next Bungie' to compete with the likes of EA and Activision
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Words on Play: Episode 5 - Social Collapse?
Zynga's woes and what they mean for social and mobile gaming
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Tech Focus: The Evolution of Steam and the "Windows 8 Catastrophe"
Digital Foundry on why Valve is embracing Linux as a hedge bet against the new Microsoft OS.
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The Media, Tragedy and Gaming
Why does the media attempt to link games to real-world tragedies, and how should the games industry react?
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Games Invest 2012: Ian Livingstone's 10 games investment tips
What do investors look for in a games company when they want to splash their cash? Ian Livingstone OBE offers developers some essential advice
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Kickstarter And The Wisdom Of Crowds
The future of indie game development or a bubble waiting to burst? Camouflaj, Stainless Games and Gambitious on the future of crowd-funding
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Insomniac Brings "Strong Console Sensibilities" to Facebook
We talk with Price about the studio's first Facebook game, Outernauts
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Gary Gygax: The Father of Games Design
On the 74th anniversary of Gary Gygax' birthday, Tomas Rawlings looks at the legacy left by the designer of Dungeons and Dragons
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New Wave: Jim Ying on 6Waves' new publishing focus
On shifting back to publishing and being able to take more risks in social and mobile gaming
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Roundtable: 99, The Magic Number
The GamesIndustry International team on why and what to expect from a round of $99 consoles
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Show Me Your Warface: Trion and Crytek Take on the West
Cevat Yerli and Lars Buttler on bringing the "next generation of great online games" to the PC
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Enric Alvarez: Mercury Rising
The Spanish designer on Castlevania, Konami and bringing back Dracula
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Arkane's Harvey Smith on Dishonored and Empowering Players
The Deus Ex lead designer talks about interactive narrative and differences in game design approaches
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Activision has "serious intention" to get into mobile in "significant way"
Activision VP of Mobile, Greg Canessa, discusses new partnership with behavioral analytics firm Swrve
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Tech Focus: Can Sony Make a £99 PlayStation 3?
Digital Foundry breaks down the challenges facing Sony with its upcoming console revision
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Return to the Wasteland: Obsidian's Chris Avellone
The writer and designer on Kickstarter, Wasteland, South Park and why he's tempted to reboot Planescape