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Coding has become the fourth literacy
David Miller, Director of Learning at Kuato Studios, on the growing importance of educational games and coding in the classroom
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Sooner or later, paid-for mods are coming
The commercialisation of top mods is inevitable; Valve may have messed up their introduction to Skyrim, but the idea will be back
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"Don't be afraid to set a base price that turns some people away"
Poppermost CEO gives advice on how to avoid becoming crowdfunding's next disaster
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Indies must learn to love marketing
Praying for discoverability to magically get better is no excuse for sending your games out to die today; marketing is a key development skill too
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Playing The App Store Blues
Developers have many complaints about Apple's App Store, but success is possible despite these issues
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Between a Rock Band and a Guitar Place
It's 2009 all over again, but have the mistakes that put the music game genre in a coma last time actually been rectified?
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What does it take to become an expert?
Graham McAllister investigates the value of experience
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Can Zynga be saved?
Swapping Mattrick for Pincus is just executive musical chairs; Zynga is still in serious trouble if it can't find a bona fide mobile hit
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Fixing free-to-play's image problem
Free-to-play games, especially on mobile, are scorned by many gamers - but their image can be fixed
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Publishers must stop marketing adult games to kids
Police action is going too far - but the industry does nothing to help embattled parents
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Tax breaks and Talent: 5 years with the coalition
Jo Twist on what the election means for the UK's industry
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Is mobile success now impossible for small developers?
Enormous budgets at the top end don't have to mean the end of the dream for everyone else
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"It's Open Season for Premium Creators" - Badland dev
Frogmind's COO shares his learnings on how to leverage a competitive multiplatform landscape
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Xbox For Sale - the rumours just won't quit
Microsoft is said to still be seeking a buyer, but who's in the market?
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Why is the Grand Theft Auto CEO also chairman of the ESRB?
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick's role undermines the perceived independence crucial to the US ratings board's legitimacy
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Nintendo/DeNA: The Best of Both Worlds?
Nintendo IP on smartphones could hardly be more cautious; the endgame is still dedicated hardware
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Roundtable: Is Nintendo's mobile move a smart play?
The GamesIndustry team discusses the strategy and implications of the landmark deal with DeNA
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Valve's VR thrills, but Steam Machines are looking like a flop
Putting PC innards into smaller boxes is nothing new; if Steam Machines are to fulfil their purpose, they need to lower the bar to entry to PC gaming
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A Progressive Stance
Hiive's Brian Baglow on why the responsibility for industry gender balance is a shared one
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Doubling Down on Virtual Reality
Valve and HTC join the fray, Sony has a release window; VR is on the way, but is a damaging standards war looming?
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Free-to-play hate threatens health of the industry at large
Increasing negativity around F2P tars both good and bad games with the same brush
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King reigns as Zynga slumps - but why?
Each had very different quarterlies, but both face the problem of replacing a golden goose
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Could Godus' failure fuel a crowdfunding backlash?
22cans' bad handling casts a shadow over the Kickstarter dream
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EA must lead on digital games transparency
Superdata analyst Joost van Dreunen issues an open letter to EA CFO Blake Jorgensen