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Before Kickstarter: How Konami made dating-sim fans into investors

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 23, 2012
3 min

Kickstarter is seemingly everywhere lately, and with games and related projects like Ouya (an in development console using the free-to-play business model for all supported titles) taking...

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THQ hires former EA and Relic executive to oversee triple-A production

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 23, 2012
1 min

In its commitment to higher quality games, THQ has hired a former Electronic Arts exec to oversee triple-A production.

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Over 8 million passwords and email addresses leaked from Gamigo

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 23, 2012
1 min

Hackers have posted over eight million passwords and email addresses obtained from Gamigo, a free gaming site based out of Germany.

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Critical Path documents the brilliance of game creators with personal video interviews

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 23, 2012
2 min

New documentary The Critical Path includes interviews with the technical and creative talents behind today's most popular video games.

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How to fail up in the game business

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 23, 2012
3 min

At the Casual Connect conference in Seattle, five developers discussed what they've learned from their failures and how to structure a project for success.