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How Early Access and fan feedback led to Amplitude Studios’ ‘Endless’ success

Posted byby Jason Wilson
May 31, 2015
9 min

New business models provide opportunity for studios to find audiences -- and funding and feedback pools -- they never had before. Here's how one maker of strategy games uses these.

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Nintendo’s Japanese Direct trailer roundup: Fire Emblem, Monster Hunter, and more

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 31, 2015
1 min

Nintendo showed off what it's working on for gamers in its home country.

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1 min

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Batman: Arkham Knight PC preorder deal hits big discount at up to 46% off

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 31, 2015
2 min

Preorder deals of Batman: Arkham Knight are cropping up as we're less than a month from release.

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2 min

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This Witcher cosplay would stop Geralt’s horse in its tracks (gallery)

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 31, 2015
3 min

As The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt finds sales success, Witcher fans impress with some damn fine cosplay.

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3 min

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How a ‘beer-together’ factored into Amplitude’s Endless strategy games

Posted byby Jason Wilson
May 30, 2015
8 min

In the first of a two-part interview with GamesBeat, we learn how an small French company has become a growing presence on the strategy-game scene.

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8 min

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How to get every weapon in Splatoon (in-progress guide)

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 29, 2015
2 min

Getting beat by people with better weapons than you? Here's how you can unlock everything.

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2 min

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Mobile puzzle game Two Dots reaches 30 million downloads — Playdots says it’s ‘making new games’ as well

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 29, 2015
1 min

The mobile puzzle game Two Dots has hit 30 million downloads, with people playing it over 5 billion times, developer Playdots Inc. revealed today. That makes the free-to-play game a big hit in a mobile industry that could reach $30 billion and exceed the console industry’s revenues this year, according to market researcher Newzoo.