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Dashboard Light
Microsoft's latest Xbox Dash update reaffirms the console's OS as the best in the business - but it's not good enough
Rob Fahey (Page 28)
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Safe Haven
Piracy is infuriating and upsetting - but never forget that your job isn't to wage war on pirates, it's to seduce your customers
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Building Bridges
This may be the best quarter ever for core games - but where are the titles that could build bridges to new audiences?
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Internal Warfare
The mainstream press doesn't care for any "controversy" in this year's Call of Duty; so why are gamers themselves so riled about it?
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Stock Ticker: Sony
Japan's markets have lost patience with Sony's restructuring. Is a tighter focus on PlayStation the only way forward?
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Ascended Souls
From Software's unforgiving epic shifts 1.5 million units - and points to a bright future for niche genre titles
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Corner Turned?
Nintendo's fortunes of late have been mixed - but we shouldn't take the figures at face value
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Stock Ticker: Activision Blizzard
Bobby Kotick's pronouncements may infuriate gamers - but do they really delight investors, as is so often claimed?
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Open and Shut
Open platforms aren't the Holy Grail their proponents claim - it's time to let go of this pointless ideology
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Hiring Freeze
British developers are struggling to fill skilled positions - but the blame can't be laid entirely on external factors
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Stock Ticker: GAME Group
Is an orderly, managed decline the best that the UK's largest specialist retailer can hope for?
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The Silent Canary
Zynga is the canary in the coalmine for the social games market - and its song no longer seems quite so sweet
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Stock Ticker: Nintendo
Six months of decline - but what do the markets actually want from Japan's one-time giant?
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All Guns Blazing
Nintendo's drive to make a success of the 3DS builds momentum - and finds important allies
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Pre-Order Penance
Consumers should be rewarded for pre-ordering - so why are we making them jump through hoops instead?
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Steve Jobs' Retirement
Steve Jobs' departure from Apple could actually boost the company's stature in the games business
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Rearguard Action
Price drops and redesigns are business as usual - but can this week's Gamescom announcements jumpstart the retail market?
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Gaming Unboxed
The transition away from boxed goods has taken a great leap forward - but are consumers totally on board?
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Turning the Tanker
It's not just the 3DS that Satoru Iwata needs to turn around - it's Nintendo's whole business strategy
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The End of Handheld?
The failure of 3DS isn't just down to Nintendo's failures - it's symptomatic of a much wider shift in the market
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Champion Rising
Riccitiello's EA is taking huge risks - but so far, they're paying off. Can the winning streak continue?