business
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This Week In The Business: VR’s Virtual Diversity
“Part of my job involves funding content and my heart sinks when someone brings me something that’s a shooter, because a shooter is almost the lowest common denominator at this point.” That Callum Underwood from Oculus, saying it’s time for VR devs to move on and consider new styles of gameplay.
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This Week In The Business: Why Even Make Games?
“Why am I even making games?” — The fundamental question asked by former 22Cans designer Jack Attridge as he decided to form new games studio Flavourworks. Image credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images.
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This Week In The Business: Hearthstone’s Death Wish?
“Hearthstone is killing itself.” – That’s research firm Superdata, noting the free-to-play game has seen declining conversion numbers on mobile and PC following unpopular recent gameplay decisions.
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This Week In The Business: Nintendo Gives Indies An Itch To Switch
“The way we’re looking at Switch is this is a complementary platform. If it’s on Steam, then there’s no reason why it shouldn’t be on Nintendo Switch as well.” – Nintendo head of publisher and developer relations Damon Baker explains the mindset behind the company’s indie outreach.