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Rage 2 impressions — fun wins

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 13, 2019
3 min

I’m only a few hours into Rage 2, but I know I like it enough that I’m going to beat it. And that’s despite...

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3 min

"Chasing the Fun" with Vince Zampella, CEO of Respawn Entertainment, moderated by Ted Price, CEO of Insomniac Games - Details - Boss Stage

Posted inin Technology

The DeanBeat: Building visionary triple-A game studios that last

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 10, 2019
5 min

One of my favorite business books is Built to Last: Successful habits of visionary companies, by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras. Starting the 1990s,...

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5 min

George Fan created Plants vs. Zombies a decade ago.

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How George Fan created the wacky Plants vs. Zombies a decade ago

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 10, 2019
27 min

George Fan is a master of zany game design. He created Plants vs. Zombies, the crazy surprise hit that PopCap Games launched a decade...

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27 min

Mobile games generated the most revenue for public game companies.

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Newzoo: Top 25 public game companies generated over $100 billion in 2018 revenue

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 17, 2019
4 min

Market researcher Newzoo reported that the top 25 public game companies account for nearly 80 percent of the global market, and they generated $107.3...

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4 min

Broken Age was one of the first big gaming success stories on Kickstarter.

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Kickstarter game projects top $1 billion, with tabletop making up 69% of pledges

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
April 16, 2019
1 min

Games represent one of the biggest categories on Kickstarter, and it looks like it’ll stay that way. Today, the crowdfunding site announced that gaming...

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1 min

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Xbox Game Ultimate Pass bundles Games Pass and Live Gold for $15 a month

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 16, 2019
1 min

Microsoft announced the Xbox Game Ultimate Pass today during its Inside Xbox presentation. The new subscription service bundles Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Games...

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1 min

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Ex-IGDA chief Jen MacLean joins Amazon Game Tech to run business development

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 16, 2019
2 min

Jen MacLean, former head of the International Game Developers Association, has joined Amazon Game Tech as head of worldwide business development. MacLean will join...