Archive - James Brightman

US Editor

James Brightman has been covering the games industry since 2003 and has been an avid gamer since the days of Atari and Intellivision. He was previously EIC and co-founder of IndustryGamers and spent several years leading GameDaily Biz prior to that.

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5 That Brain: Big team sizes are a hindrance to development

A month ago Veterans from Media Molecule and Grin have launched a new studio - we speak to them about their plans and the state of independent development

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Nexon America hires former THQ VP

A month ago Ron Moravek will head live game operations for the online publisher

13 Bethesda unveils Shinji Mikami's new survival horror game

A month ago The creator of Resident Evil is looking to unleash his new title sometime next year

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9 Ouya hits 10,000 developers milestone

A month ago Kellee Santiago: "Partnerships with larger developers and publishers will be coming up in the next few months"

16 BioShock, Tomb Raider can't save March US sales from 10% decline

A month ago Update: BioShock Infinite sold 878,000 units on console during the month

Xbox 360 tops consoles in US in March with 261,000 sold

A month ago Microsoft's system continues its impressive run of consecutive months of dominance over other consoles

Xbox Live at 46m users as Xbox division sees sales jump 56%

A month ago The Entertainment and Devices division saw profits of $342 million in Q3

16 Mobile, tablet players spend just 92 cents a month on average

A month ago Research firm Interpret says that compares to $10.40 spent each month by home console gamers

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13 Number of devs switching solely to mobile "frightening," says Divnich

A month ago EEDAR analyst expects 11 million consumers to transition to next-gen consoles by 2014, says devs need to take advantage

9 Nintendo announces brand-new 3DS Zelda

A month ago The game will be set in the A Link to the Past universe but with a new story and new dungeons

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1 Sony helping to unify console biz, says Ready at Dawn boss

A month ago Ru Weerasuriya tells us all consoles now will have to be more open; he also stresses team, not the game, as "the ultimate goal"

19 Pachter: Price drop won't help Wii U

A month ago Analyst forecasts yet another bad month of sales in the US for Nintendo's console and says even a price cut wouldn't be enough to help

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5 Ted Price aiming to offer "something fresh" among a "sea of sequels"

A month ago Insomniac boss not worried about launching new IP at end of console cycle, says gamers have been playing the same games for last 6 years

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3 BioWare co-founder wishes Jade Empire had been a 360 launch title

A month ago It's one of the few things Greg Zeschuk would like to have done differently with BioWare

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10 The Doctor is Out: Zeschuk on BioWare, EA and consoles' uncertain future

A month ago Zeschuk wouldn't change a thing about his time at BioWare or EA, which he says "gives you enough rope to hang yourself"

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9 GameStop: Next Xbox will be "a very hot, compelling device"

A month ago CEO J. Paul Raines is excited for next-gen but sees software pricing becoming a "hot debate"

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Zynga says goodbye to Dan Porter

A month ago OMGPOP founder to be replaced with Zynga's vice president of mobile, Sean Kelly

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15 Warren Spector to write for GamesIndustry International

A month ago We're proud to announce that the veteran designer will be kicking off a monthly column

1 Pachter: PS4 has helped boost investor confidence

A month ago Wedbush analyst sees interest in game publishers increasing, expects "most interesting E3 in the past seven years"

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4 EA's survival has been a "rare" feat, says Gibeau

A month ago EA Labels boss very proud of company's position and offering the "best of the best" with Battlefield 4

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12 Ouya: Room in the market alongside PS4, next Xbox

A month ago GDC 2013: console will officially launch on June 4 with "hundreds" of games ready to download and free-to-try; we speak with Julie Uhrman

Cart Life wins Grand Prize at Independent Game Festival

A month ago GDC 2013: Richard Hofmeier's game about food cart workers sweeps IGF, while FTL won multiple awards as well

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36 EA: "DRM is a failed dead-end strategy"

A month ago EA Labels president Frank Gibeau responds to "conspiracy theories" about SimCity and puts his foot down when it comes to DRM

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Sony sees developer meetings "like a focus test"

A month ago GDC 2013: Adam Boyes tells us how critical developer feedback is becoming for PS4 and all PlayStation platforms

PlayStation Pub Fund devs: "We're living and dying by our own sword"

A month ago GDC 2013: Zombie Studios is bringing Blacklight: Retribution to the PS4, and Lukewarm Media is making Primal Carnage: Genesis for PS4