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Jason Rubin: Metro: Last Light is the "triumph of an underdog"
Former THQ exec details terrible working conditions for developer 4A Games and "irrational requirements" of THQ
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Defining Success: Why Metacritic Should Be Irrelevant
Warren Spector tackles the thorny issue of Metacritic's impact on the industry in his second exclusive column for GamesIndustry International
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Sony, Nintendo aim to appeal to mobile developers
Far from putting their IP on mobile phones, Japan's platform holders want mobile developers to come to them
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Publishers Betting On "Fewer, Bigger, Bloodier"
The traditional game industry's growing reliance on violence is marginalizing the medium in short-sighted and self-destructive ways
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Could tech innovation drive an arcade revival?
Out-of-home gaming has been in decline for decades - but new
technologies may be more suited to arcades than to living rooms.
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Roundtable: Is Nintendo making the right call on E3?
By skipping the usual media briefing, is the Mario maker adapting to the times or just admitting defeat?
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Where is Zynga's supposed turnaround?
For all the talk of a changed company, Pincus' firm still seems to be making all the same mistakes in all the same ways
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For Nintendo, slow and steady makes sense
Software delays on Wii U may frustrate - but Nintendo knows that its long-term success is built on game quality, not "winning" sales wars
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Microsoft keeps quiet, but the numbers say change is needed
There was barely a hint of a new console in Microsoft's earnings call, but Xbox unit sales continue to decline
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The Future of Games: F2P Is Not Evil Nor The Only Solution
A them-and-us mentality over free-to-play is making fools of us all, argues Will Luton
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Perils of Whale Hunting: When F2P Players Leave The Sea
How big a problem is it when social games pull the plug on the hardcore players who pay so the free-to-play model can work at all?
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What The Next Xbox Needs To Do
More of the same isn't enough - and always-on could be the prelude to
an utter disaster
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Xbox always-online: Maybe it's not so terrible
Chris Morris explains that having a big company like Microsoft step up could make always-online more palatable for next-gen
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Hothead Rants Pt. 3: Anna Anthropy
The Auntie Pixellante founder with a deeply personal poem
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GDC 2013: Hothead Rants Pt.2 - Anna Marsh
Lady Shotgun founder gives both barrels on crunch and being 'hardcore'
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Troubled Square Enix needs a fresh start
Yoichi Wada's departure must signal a turnaround if the iconic Japanese publisher is to survive the next generation
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Review Embargoes: The Subtle Straitjacket
How reviewer's guides and embargoes are stunting the growth of games criticism
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Why EA Will Stay On Riccitiello's Course
The shock is that EA's CEO lasted this long - but don't underestimate Riccitiello's successes
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Entitled Gamers, Corrupt Press, and Greedy Publishers
Something's broken in the way we deal with each other, but there are understandable reasons why
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Does the gaming industry work hard enough on its reputation?
Media Special: Analyst Adam Keal on why games still aren't media mainstream
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We're not always online; games shouldn't be either
Companies promoting always-online need to understand the real world, says Rob Fahey
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Steam Box is exciting - but don't expect it to be "Open"
Valve's entry into the console market is a thrilling prospect, but this isn't about a war between Open and Closed ecosystems
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Post-Mortem: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Has Platinum Games finally found the commercial success to match all of that creative talent?
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What the evolution of Dead Space says about EA's strategy
Why EA has to continue experimenting with the business models behind blockbuster games