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Developer of The Room decries the mobile market's F2P addiction
"How a paid game happened to sell 5.5m in this day and age is not the important question — the real question is the following: In a market as huge as mobile how the fuck are Fireproof among the only makers of premium games that saw this kind of success?"
May 9, 2014
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Sega Sammy focuses on free-to-play as packaged game sales slump
The Japanese company reported a mild drop in profits and poor sales of packaged games in the 2014 fiscal year, spurring it to pour more resources into mobile and free-to-play games in the coming year.
May 9, 2014
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Unity CEO reflects on the company's move to embrace mobile
Company frontman David Helgason speaks at length about Unity's expansion into mobile game development, its acquisition of Playnomics, and the rapidly-changing engine.
May 9, 2014
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Video: Zork Classic Game Postmortem from GDC 2014
Infocom co-founder Dave Lebling explains how he created Zork and blazed a trail for interactive fiction game development in a postmortem talk at GDC 2014
May 9, 2014
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Get a job: Imangi Studios is seeking an Environmental Artist
Temple Run creator Imangi Studios is looking to hire an environmental artist to work on the company's next game alongside the team in its Raleigh, North Carolina office.
May 9, 2014
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Nintendo will launch new hardware in emerging markets next year
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has told Bloomberg that his company plans to launch new video game devices in emerging markets, starting from next year.
May 8, 2014
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Dark Souls II helps Namco Bandai's game business stay healthy
Although Namco Bandai's profits took a tumble during the last fiscal year, the company's video game business was, in fact, the only sector that saw a rise in earnings.
May 8, 2014
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Nintendo's next step: Its own take on Skylanders
Following poor fiscal results from Nintendo earlier this week, the company is looking to show the world something special -- and that involves its own Skylanders, and the ability to watch Mario Kart on your mobile.
May 8, 2014
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The latest Metal Gear Solid too late to save Konami's falling profits
Konami saw its earnings more than halved during the last fiscal year, due in part to a heavy drop in profits from its video game business.
May 8, 2014
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CCP blacklists four players after EVE monument is vandalized
CCP Games has blacklisted four people who were allegedly involved in vandalizing a physical monument to EVE Online that the company recently erected in Reykjavik, Iceland.
May 8, 2014
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Nexon cuts deal to publish Robotoki's Human Element
The deal will see Robotoki's upcoming free-to-play multiplayer first-person survival game released worldwide in late 2015 under the Nexon imprimatur.
May 8, 2014
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New Unreal Tournament has Epic exploring new ways to make games
Starting today, Epic Games will begin developing the next Unreal Tournament as a free game for PC, Mac and Linux using Unreal Engine 4 and input from the community.
May 8, 2014