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Is there life in the Vita?
Sony seems unenthused about future handhelds - but Vita's success in Asia suggests that a strong regional market still exists for such devices
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"It works on principles I really admire in games and in life"
Why I Love: Ghost Town Games' Phil Duncan writes about Storage Inc., the Xbox Live Indie Game that influenced Overcooked
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Blizzard knuckles down on community as Valve fiddles
A few graphs won't fix review bombing and abuse; if Valve wants tips, it could look to the tough decisions and hard work Blizzard is doing on Overwatch
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Gaming YouTube must get its house in order
The risk posed by PewDiePie's outbursts isn't confined to his career; Google won't tolerate a sector that keeps dragging down YouTube's commercial prospects
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Why I deleted my Steam account
Valve's dominance in the PC gaming space is made more harmful by its tolerance for toxic users
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Rovio IPO: A stark lesson in timing
Once the biggest company in mobile gaming, the Angry Birds creator now plans an IPO far more modest than its past ambitions
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Mixed Reality is Microsoft's biggest 2017 launch
With strong partnerships and control of the Windows ecosystem, is Microsoft positioned to win the VR/AR race in the long run?
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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: Failure as Fun
Why I Love: Fullbright co-founder Steve Gaynor shares what he sees in Bluehole's smash hit survival shooter
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Talent Development: Time for a radical rethink
Paul Durrant, CEO at UK Games Talent and Finance CIC, on looking beyond university to address the UK industry's skills shortage
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Mass Effect takes a dirt nap
Mismanaged since poor decisions on Mass Effect 3, one of EA's big franchises has bowed out for now. How did such a well-loved series decline so fast?
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Gamescom: The industry's discoverability crisis in a convention
The show is rammed full of games you've never heard of
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Why I Love
GamesIndustry.biz is readying a series of columns to add much needed positivity to the gaming media landscape, and we could use some help
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Falling indie prices undercut the market
Hideki Kamiya says Platinum has been "rescued" by NieR: Automata; but games like Platinum's remain at risk from collapsing prices outside AAA
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Consumer scepticism drives Kickstarter decline
Videogames' complex nature makes them perhaps the worst possible medium for crowdfunding - and consumers seem to be catching on
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Was PS3 hard to develop for?
10 Years Ago This Month: Sony's sales pitch as the powerful system took a hit when EA had to explain why Madden 08 on PS3 was noticeably worse than the Xbox 360 version
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How death can breathe life into video games
The industry's evolving relationship with death is a sure sign of the medium's maturity
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Shut up and make some games
Raconteur Games founder Nicholas Laborde offers some pertinent advice for his peers: stop mouthing off on Twitter and let your games do the talking
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VR's paths diverge: A question of scale
As the world's largest VR arcade opens to showcase room- and arena-scale VR, the out-of-home possibilities continue to diverge from in-home implementations
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Take responsibility for your community
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds flap shows how game makers can set the tone for their player base with zero tolerance for toxic behavior
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Is high-end VR a dead end?
The Rift, Vive, and PSVR could fall short of success on their own while still securing a brighter future for VR
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Making Videogames a Better Place To Work
Much has changed for the better in the years since "EA Spouse" lamented the industry's awful working conditions; but there's plenty still to do
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Is the games industry nostalgia gold rush here to stay?
SNES Mini, Crash Bandicoot, Sega Forever, Wipeout, Xbox Originals… what next for the industry's 1990s obsession?
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Is PlayLink the PS4's missing link to casual consumers?
Missing in action at E3, PlayLink might be Sony's best effort yet at capturing the thus-far ignored casual market
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E3 2017: Conservatism and mid-generation lulls
With Sony and Microsoft seemingly on cruise control, Ubisoft and Nintendo could steal the show simply by rejecting conservatism
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Roundtable: The best and worst of E3
The GamesIndustry.biz team reflects on a "filler" E3 in which surprises were scarce, Xbox One X failed to dominate, and Ubisoft was the best in show