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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:32:31 -0800
HD collections are becoming a popular way for game publishers to re-release older titles with a fresh coat of paint. Gamers get a shiny new HD version of the games they like, while publishers and developers get more revenue from existing titles. Konami has jumped on board and is releasing Metal Gear Solid, Zone of [...]
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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:08:18 -0800
The next generation of Microsoft's Xbox - also known as the Xbox Next or Xbox Loop - may not play used games, and looks set to use Blu-ray rather than DVDs. read more
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Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:34:57 -0800
Entertainment trade body UKIE to launch a new chart for digitally downloaded games next month.
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Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:21:47 -0800
[Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from game industry figures such as Irrational Games' Ken Levine, Ngmoco Sweden's Ben Cousins, Falcom's Toshihiro Kondo, and many others.] In our original and exclusive interviews, analysis, and feature pieces over the past week, a wide variety of developers, publishers, and indies shared their thoughts with Gamasutra about the challenges of HTML5 games, the ...
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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:28:22 -0800
This week was not kind to video game publishers. THQ announced plans for 240 lay-offs amidst the board of directors and CEO giving themselves a 50% paycut. Meanwhile, Disney bought a controlling stake in India-based UTV Ignition -- a publisher which went through its own set of lay-offs and restructuring last year -- for an undisclosed sum after the Indian government approved the deal which had ...
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Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:45:02 -0800
Now that we’ve left the money on the nightstand and shown 2011 the door, it’s time to prepare for 2012. January has always just been the month that you prepare for the rest of the year, a toe that you gently slide into the pool to prepare yourself for the shock of cold water. January is the appetizer of 2012, and the perfect launchpad to look ahead at what is to come.
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Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:54:46 -0800
Few places in Canada can lay claim to being the incubator for as many toy and game companies as Montreal
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Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:38:30 -0800
More than ever before games are taking great strides towards adding post-release content to their repertoires, not just perfunctory extras like new songs, added skins, or avatar awards, but also in content passes and new release models...
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Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:03:27 -0800
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate cousin the Protect IP Act (PIPA) are like thermonuclear devices deployed to kill an insect. They would give copyright holders and the US government unprecedented abilities to summarily block and cut off funding for websites accused of violating copyright. Major sites ranging from reddit to Wikipedia are voluntarily going dark today in protest of ...
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Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:21:05 -0800
A few weeks back, you asked gaming-world academic and game designer Ian Bogost questions from the business, philosophical, and aesthetic sides of gaming; below, find his responses. Thanks, Ian! Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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