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Gordon Walton: Publishers see devs as "replaceable meat puppets"

Veteran exec laments the treatment of dev teams, talks about Riccitiello's struggle, and predicts Activision's business ending in "catastrophe"

April 15, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Life After Disney: Warren Spector's Exit Interview

Veteran dev says he "doesn't understand" Junction Point's closure, triple-A is "soul crushing" and expresses interest in mobile and episodic

April 5, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Digital game sales growing 33%

GDC 2013: Analysts from NPD, iResearch and Digi-Capital present data on the growing digital game market across the world

March 29, 2013 Steve Peterson

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GameStop: Wii U sales “disappointing” but PS4 purchase intent "strong"

GameStop saw revenue drop 7% last year, projects flat revenue for 2013 in best case

March 28, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Top mobile games have new competition

The App Annie Index for February shows a diverse collection of old and new games and some surprising shifts

March 26, 2013 Steve Peterson

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How ethical design can be a money-maker

GDC 2013: Shellrazer designer describes the key to monetization and in-app purchases; it's all about respect for the players

March 25, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Zynga.com makes Facebook optional

Zynga reduces its reliance on Facebook as it adds more games to its own platform

March 22, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Ex-EA execs weigh in on CEO transition

One EA veteran calls Riccitiello the main reason EA stopped kicking ass

March 19, 2013 Steve Peterson

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LucasArts: A Publisher In Limbo

Rumors are swirling about a possible shutdown; game production is said to continue for now, but the future direction under Disney is very unclear

March 19, 2013 Steve Peterson

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EA stock jumps after Riccitiello announcement

Investors apparently approve of the change

March 18, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Zynga now sees tablets "becoming the ultimate game platform"

Steve Chiang, Zynga's president of games, talks about the "land grab in mobile" and how Zynga is changing its gaming slate

March 18, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Facebook game makers: "Ignore the audience at your peril"

Rebel Entertainment CEO Mike Goslin talks about the changing nature of Facebook games and how to find and keep players

March 14, 2013 Steve Peterson

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City Interactive: PC gaming to benefit from next-gen console push

CEO Marek Tyminski talks about the success of Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 and how the PC market is on the rise, thanks in part to next-gen

March 13, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Jordan Weisman: Kickstarter like a "high wire act with no net"

Harebrained Schemes boss says dealing with a Kickstarter audience is “both really gratifying and enormously scary”

March 12, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Braindex aims to "connect the dots” between gaming and entertainment

The startup on creating interactive game shows for tablets

March 11, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Garriott's new RPG is "the antithesis of MMOs"

Lord British looks to Kickstarter for new PC/tablet project, Shroud of the Avatar; it's a "chance to go back to his roots" he tells us

March 8, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Games dominate January app revenue

Seven of the top ten iOS downloads are new to the top ten

March 7, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Making League of Legends "more like Monday Night Football"

How Riot Games is trying to bring eSports to a mass audience around the world

March 6, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Newell: Steam Box customer testing in 3-4 months

Valve head says controllers still being developed

March 6, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Acquiring mobile game players: “It's not getting any easier”

Facebook's new mobile ad platform can help drive down costs - Cie Games CEO Dennis Suggs explains

March 5, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Inside Bungie: From bowling alley to AAA studio

Photo Tour: The studio offers a look inside its working environment as it pursues Destiny development

Feb. 27, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Autodesk aims to make tools more affordable and accessible

We speak to the toolmaker about targeting mobile, and tackling the challenge of platform fragmentation

Feb. 26, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Sony stock rises on PS4 news

Activision, Microsoft also up

Feb. 21, 2013 Steve Peterson

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New IP and familiar names return in PS4 game portfolio

Video: Killzone Shadow Fall, The Witness and Knack; New IPs Deep Down and DriveClub join line-up

Feb. 21, 2013 Steve Peterson

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Bungie's Destiny: "Absolutely no plans to charge a subscription fee"

Bungie's future rests on Destiny; we get a glimpse of what Activision calls the first "shared world shooter"

Feb. 17, 2013 Steve Peterson