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This Week In Games: Nintendo Things!
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Big Layoffs Hit The Studio Behind Defiance And Rift
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Talking To The PS4, Hints Of Rockstar's Agent And Other Secrets
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EA Snags Exclusive Deal To Make Star Wars Games
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The Next-Gen Xbox Is Getting A Hell Of An Exclusive, Sources Say
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Activision's Boss Got An 800% Raise, And A Watchdog Doesn't Like It
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The Study Dispelling The Myths Of Video Game Piracy
Most studies regarding video game piracy are funded by companies attempting to prove how widespread piracy is and how much money everyone is losing. There is actually very little objective information on precisely how widespread piracy is and what kind of behaviours lead consumers to pirate one title over the other. This new study by Anders Drachen set out to provide a more accurate snapshot and ended up dispelling some of the widespread myths of video game piracy.
EA’s Star Wars Games Might Resurrect Old Series
Despite big layoffs in other areas, publisher Electronic Arts is opening a brand new office in Los Angeles for Battlefield developers DICE, the Wall Street Journal reports.
You Have This Guy To Thank For A Game About Jetpacks And Lancing
Of all the games that I played at New York University’s No Quarter exhibition, the one I most wanted to take home and play with a friend was There Shall Be Lancing. Granted, Killer Queen and Bennet Foddy’s Speed Chess are a little too unwieldy to play in my small New York City apartment, But, the combat game by Sophie Houlden operates on a mechanically specific tension that keeps pulling you back. You can grab a version here if you ask nice.
