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Dropsy the Clown walks an emotional tightrope

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 7, 2015
4 min

A publisher, a designer-director, and a clown walk into the GamesBeat office...

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Marty O'Donnell created the music and audio for the Halo and Destiny games. Pictured in 2015.

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O’Donnell case is a window into Activision-Bungie creative-freedom dispute

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 7, 2015
7 min

Tension between creative freedom and business is often the norm with publishers and developers. In the alliance between publishing giant Activision and famed development studio Bungie over...

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Star Wars has a new ‘Old Man of the Empire’ in Kabam’s Uprising

Posted byby Jason Wilson
September 7, 2015
3 min

Governor Adelhard understands the dangers of democracy, the chaos and corruption that came during The Old Republic. He believes in the Galactic Empire, in...

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Star Wars’ next Grand Admiral Thrawn comes from Kabam: Deathstick

Posted byby Jason Wilson
September 7, 2015
4 min

Daniel Erickson’s eyes gleam from across the table. The director is deep into a discussion of his company’s biggest, most ambitious project yet —...

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Star Wars: Uprising’s new canon is a sign of Lucasfilm’s trust in Kabam

Posted byby Jason Wilson
September 7, 2015
3 min

Updated 11:38 p.m. Pacific on Sunday: GamesBeat incorrectly said that EA introduced Star Wars: Uprising. We have corrected the error. When Lucasfilm introduced Star...