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So no one has any idea how much most digital games sell
The drumbeat of doom for Big Games has grown louder and faster this fall, as a mediocre crop of AAA titles fails to distract from dwindling sales. No one really knows how severe the decline of the industry is, though, because there is no way for publishers and the media to tabulate and compare digit
Intermittent releases are the secret to GTA’s success
When the Grand Theft Auto V trailer was about to drop, there were Tweets from news outlets counting down until the moment they were free to air it. Game Informer had the first texclusive piece about the game, and outlets milked it for every morsel they could find. The series just surpassed 125 milli
"In the end, our competitors need to react to what we’re doing…it’s likely that faster processors and pretty pictures won’t be enough."
Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime yesterday on next-gen consoles from Sony and Microsoft. Dem’s fightin’ words!
Why do games have morality systems at all?
A short think piece on Binary Revolver today calls for the end to morality systems in games: The morality system in Dishonored diminishes the game. It breaks the core mechanics into two separate pieces, choosing to boost replay value over creating one fluid experience. This made the game’s entire co
Kill Screen announces new video series, takes a closer look at the visuals of Crysis 3
We have some exciting news to share! For the past two months, I’ve been traveling around the country (plus one trip to Germany) visiting video game studios for a new project. Today we can announce it — in partnership with the Creators Project, Vice, and Intel, we’ve launched a five-video series that
A ridiculous person has played Black Ops 2 for 136 hours straight
Hero to some, unbelievable weirdo to more, a man named Okan Kaya, from Sydney, Australia, set the world record for the longest video game sesh by pumping out 136 consecutive hours on Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. After failing to attract the sponsorship of retailers – who were fearful of being associat
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