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Work And Play: An Updated Peek Inside The Lives Of Gaming’s Greatest
2:00AM Brian Crecente | More than a year ago we hosted a slew of photos showing off the work desks and gaming set-ups of the world’s game developers. More »
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Rockstar Most Consistent Publisher, Ubisoft Least Consistent
6:00AM Brian Crecente | Self-described Metacritic-expert Tim Sweezey over at GameQuarry.Com has a fascinating report up about the developers that are most consistent in publishing a certain quality of game. More »
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Five Ways Game Sites Can Improve
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Been to a game’s official site lately? You probably have. Probably noticed while there that it was a bit crap, full of useless flash pages and 320×240 “screenshots”. Here’s five ways to fix that. More »
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Publishers Basing Royalties On Metacritic Scores
4:00AM Mike Fahey | Stephen Totilo of MTV Multiplayer continues his week-long look at video game review practices by exploring the practice of game publishers withholding certain bonuses and/or royalties if the game doesn’t achieve a certain Metacritic average. Basically a publisher agrees to finance the development of a game as long as the developer in these sort of situation agrees to Metacritic score limit stipulations that could theoretically see a low-scoring game that sells millions (any children’s licensed title really) hardly earning the devs a dime. More »