Opinion (Page 23)

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Hitman's episodic launch is a statement of confidence

Lowering the cost to entry should encourage more players to try it out - and if the game is good, it'll deliver handsome returns for Square Enix

Jan. 22, 2016 Rob Fahey

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A final nail in the coffin of cloud streaming

Streaming gameplay from data centres was never a good idea, and now it's a dead one - but the tech that drove it is helping to reshape our industry

Jan. 15, 2016 Rob Fahey

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Early Access angst? Why it's OK to sell unfinished games

Payload Studios' Russ Clarke on embracing the Minecraft model of development and dealing with DLC backlash

Jan. 13, 2016 Russ Clarke

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Xbox only hurting itself by refusing to share sales numbers

Fear of comparisons to PS4 is taking focus away from Xbox One's considerable successes

Jan. 11, 2016 Brendan Sinclair

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Roundtable: Rift's $600 aftermath

Does Oculus' premium price point hurt the headset's chances of success? Could it hold back VR as a whole? The GI.biz team weighs in

Jan. 7, 2016 GamesIndustry.biz Staff

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Oculus must open the warchest and show us the software

$600 makes Oculus Rift into a platform, not a gadget - and that makes it absolutely essential that Oculus prove its worth in software

Jan. 7, 2016 Rob Fahey

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Japan's console market: Lost in Transition?

The shift to mobile continued in 2015 - but there's plenty of life in the console market yet, especially if you happen to be Nintendo

Dec. 21, 2015 Rob Fahey

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The Year that Handhelds Died

Will there ever be another dedicated handheld system? The evidence in 2015 points to "no"

Dec. 18, 2015 James Brightman

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Landing Kojima was a necessity for Sony

As third-party pubs become increasingly wary of the rising costs and high risk of AAA development, Sony must step into the breach to keep PS4 customers happy

Dec. 18, 2015 Rob Fahey

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eSports still waiting for its big "Supercell moment"

Video games and eSports law firm Purewal & Partners provides a retrospective of eSports over the last year and a look forward into 2016

Dec. 17, 2015 Jas Purewal and Peter Lewin

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The crowdfunding bubble isn't bursting

But it's definitely in a decline phase, says ICO Partners' Thomas Bidaux in this crowdfunding year in review

Dec. 16, 2015 Thomas Bidaux

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Streaming's dark underbelly couldn't stall its meteoric rise in 2015

Gamers tuned in in unprecedented numbers to watch each other play games this year

Dec. 11, 2015 Rob Fahey

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Kickstarter failures highlight the "backer" vs "consumer" divide

Kickstarter must work to reduce the numbers, and improve the experience when things do go wrong

Dec. 11, 2015 Rob Fahey

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VR and AR: The year of promises

Excitement for the tech has never been greater but the industry must still contend with big unanswered questions

Dec. 10, 2015 Rachel Weber

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Welcome to the post-indiepocalypse

The indiepocalypse is neither specific to indies nor apocalyptic; discuss amongst yourselves

Dec. 9, 2015 Brendan Sinclair

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Why a 20m target for Nintendo NX is actually realistic

A much-maligned Digitimes report is actually far from crazy; Nintendo's historical data suggests that a 20 million target for NX is plausible

Dec. 4, 2015 Rob Fahey

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10 Years Ago This Month: December 2005

Xbox 360 gets a chilly reception in Japan, Sony decides when the HD era really starts, and the concept of free-to-play needs an explanation

Dec. 3, 2015 Brendan Sinclair

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Equity Crowdfunding: Gateway To Games Industry Diversity

The "cloistered cabal of back-door agreements between VCs and the gaming industry" must stop, says StartEngine co-founder Howard Marks

Dec. 2, 2015 Howard Marks

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Finding a Fresh Perspective

Graham McAllister ruminates on why truly new ideas are so hard to come by

Nov. 30, 2015 Graham McAllister

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Calling time on pre-Thanksgiving release madness

Forcing great games to fight over the same group of consumers only damages profits and increases risk

Nov. 27, 2015 Rob Fahey

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'Gamer' isn't a single identity; we need diverse critics too

Backlash to Fallout 4 is founded on a daft premise - that all gamers prefer the same things - but critics need to stop echoing one another too

Nov. 20, 2015 Rob Fahey

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The death and rebirth of FMV in games

Claire Wingate, Director of Production at Pulse Films, looks at why FMV in games is making a comeback

Nov. 19, 2015 Claire Wingate

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Activision branches out, but it's a long way from "the next Disney"

Activision's near future is still in traditional PC/console titles, but it's laid the foundations for growth

Nov. 13, 2015 Rob Fahey

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YouTube Red marks a turning point for games media

Google launching a subscription service focused on game content sends a clear signal; an era is ending in online advertising

Nov. 6, 2015 Rob Fahey

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10 Years Ago This Month: November 2005

The Xbox 360 ushers in a new generation of consoles, Mark Rein regrets making a 100% accurate prediction about the Wii, and publishers go loony for licensing

Nov. 5, 2015 Brendan Sinclair