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Is Bandai Namco on the verge of cracking the West?
"When you have the right game, like Elden Ring, people would buy it on Christmas Eve."
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Sponsored | How Midwinter Entertainment iterates at speed with the help of Improbable Multiplayer Services
Why games studios should adopt the continuous integration/continuous delivery approach
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The show must go on: Running Melbourne International Games Week during a sixth lockdown
Creative Victoria's Fran Kerlin on continuing seven years of work in the face of the pandemic
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Peter Moore on the future of sports and the history of games
Unity exec on engine-maker's new broadcast tech and whether gaming can lean on its past like sports teams do
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Why bother bringing back Alan Wake?
Remedy discusses its new partnership with Epic Games to resurrect its 2010 cult classic
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Activision Blizzard settles for less | This Week in Business
Publisher pledges to set up $18 million fund for people it never wronged as government regulator avoids the "distraction" of a lawsuit
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Can Marvel's Avengers find long-tail success on Game Pass? | Opinion
Square Enix' game met a lukewarm reception despite its world-class IP -- now its arrival on Game Pass highlights the opportunity for games to outlive disappointing launches
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Making Unity industry-agnostic
Engine provider tells us how it's making sure its game development tools stay accessible to non-games developers
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | Why I Love
Coatsink narrative designer Jon Davies examines who the hero is at the heart of the N64 epic
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Sponsored | How I Am Fish has become Bossa's most ambitious and polished physics game
Developer Bossa explains how Unity's tools empower small teams to make next-gen quality games
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Where is the line between fan creativity and IP infringement?
Harbottle & Lewis' Kostya Lobov discusses the balance rights holders must strike when protecting their property and allowing fans to express themselves
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How Atari's new CEO is looking to Recharge the brand
Wade Rosen explains the company's shift away from mobile and free-to-play, as well as why Atari casinos dilute the brand but Atari hotels do not
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Haven Studios co-founder Jade Raymond joins GI Live line-up
The games industry veteran will discuss launching an ambitious independent studio during a pandemic
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Fast Travel Games aims to fill "great need for VR publishers"
CEO Oskar Burman discusses opportunities in a maturing virtual reality market as new publishing arm launches
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Inside The Oliver Twins' user-generated, voice-controlled, make-your-own-game platform
Philip Oliver talks us through Panivox's plans to turn anyone who can write into a game developer
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The Activision Blizzard lawsuit: All the headlines
Update: Settlement with EEOC leads to creation of $18m fund to compensate current and former staff
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Activision Blizzard settles with EEOC, creating $18m fund to compensate staff
Publisher will donate any remaining funds to charities approved by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Sponsored | Seven Things you need to know about Game Server Hosting Orchestration for a great player experience
Improbable Multiplayer Services provides a vital guide to ensuring your game works for players worldwide
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Nintendo's approach to subscriptions is worth watching | Opinion
As Nintendo introduces Sky-like packages to its Online Service, could this help make games subs services more appealing?
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Improbable promises of the metaverse | This Week in Business
It can be tough telling the metaverse true believers from the snake oil salesmen
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SOC Investment Group: Activision Blizzard execs need to be held accountable for toxic working culture
Research director Rich Clayton tells us what more the firm wants from these games giants
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The story of Zool: Redimensioned - A game made by Sumo's student developers
Sumo's Jacob Habgood on diversifying talent by going outside of games courses
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The future was free-to-play | 10 Years Ago This Month
A guest editorial from Sony Online Entertainment's John Smedley holds up surprisingly well, while other predictions of the era... don't.
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Sponsored | Inside the ambitious indies raising the bar on what small teams can do
Increasingly indie teams are motivated to push what is possible within the conventional indie framework. And they're turning to Unity Pro to do it
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God of War | Why I Love
Xuan Yuan Sword 7 producer Golgi Yang admires Sony Santa Monica's 2018 reboot as a reference point developers can aim for and learn from