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Star Wars aside, loot boxes are here to stay; "It's just us dinosaurs that remember buying a game once for a fixed price and getting a set experience"

Nov. 20, 2017 James Brightman

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Tencent crosses $500 billion market cap milestone

Gaming giant is the first Chinese tech company to cross that financial mark

Nov. 20, 2017 James Brightman

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Star Wars Battlefront II: Will EA's concession hurt sales?

Analysts debate the impact of EA's last-minute move to pull microtransactions from the title [UPDATE: EA says it won't impact guidance]

Nov. 17, 2017 James Brightman

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Mario can't prevent US game sales from falling 11% in October

Nintendo had a great month, but that was offset by an overall decline in software spending

Nov. 16, 2017 James Brightman

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Facebook launches tools to help creators

A new website and an app to make things easier for online influencers

Nov. 16, 2017 James Brightman

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"We want to be the masters of our own fate"

Gunfire Games on its new VR title From Other Suns, the upcoming Darksiders III and surviving in an industry which sees studio closures all too often

Nov. 16, 2017 James Brightman

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Animoca Brands sells casual portfolio for $3.8m

Over $2m is contingent upon the performance of the titles over the next couple years

Nov. 15, 2017 James Brightman

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GameStop suspends its unlimited used games program

The PowerPass program has been "temporarily paused" - customers who purchased a pass will get refunds

Nov. 14, 2017 James Brightman

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GameStop CEO steps down for medical reasons

Daniel DeMatteo will take over as interim CEO while J. Paul Raines seeks treatment for his "medical reoccurrence"

Nov. 14, 2017 James Brightman

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Ark dev: "Retail was not something we had planned to do"

Studio Wildcard's Jesse Rapczak on the benefits of retail in a digital era, Ark getting enhanced for Xbox One X, and possibly targeting Switch

Nov. 14, 2017 James Brightman

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Indies feel the pinch from Sony's new ESRB mandate

Special edition physical versions of online titles have to be rated, and it's not going over well with some small studios

Nov. 10, 2017 James Brightman

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EA buys Titanfall studio Respawn

Deal could be worth around $450m if the developer hits performance incentives

Nov. 9, 2017 James Brightman

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Where is VR's Nintendo Switch?

Cloudhead Games CEO Denny Unger says that developers need a device that offers both mobility and a high-powered VR experience

Nov. 9, 2017 James Brightman

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Harry Potter AR game in the works from Niantic

Pokemon Go creator looking to replicate its mobile success in partnership with Warner Bros

Nov. 8, 2017 James Brightman

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HTC Vive launches funding program for the arts

Vive to set aside multi-million dollar fund for creation and appreciation of the arts

Nov. 8, 2017 James Brightman

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Zynga turnaround continues, company buys Peak Games' card studio for $100m

Zynga has now posted two consecutive profitable quarters for the first time since going public

Nov. 7, 2017 James Brightman

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Telltale Games restructures, cuts 90 staff

The layoffs represent about 25% of the workforce and won't affect previously announced projects

Nov. 7, 2017 James Brightman

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Xbox One X sales estimate nearly doubled by IHSMarkit

Analysts becoming more bullish on the new console's prospects this holiday

Nov. 6, 2017 James Brightman

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Xbox One X: Critical Consensus

It's a beautifully engineered machine, but are enhanced titles enough to justify the $499 price tag?

Nov. 6, 2017 James Brightman

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Xbox to make bigger first-party push, could acquire studios

"We need to grow," Xbox boss Phil Spencer tells Bloomberg

Nov. 6, 2017 James Brightman

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