Archive - Ben Strauss
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Ben Strauss is a recent graduate of Xavier University. You can see him ramble on about gaming, gamification, military-related gaming and manly things on his Twitter @Sinner101GR.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic goes free-to-play up to level 50
9 months ago UPDATE: EA confirms subscriptions now under 1m, performance "disappointing"
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App marketing costs could price indies out of mobile market says new report
9 months ago Report from W3i says indie developers are facing an 'innovate or die' moment
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New Super Mario Bros 2 sells 430k in two days in Japan
9 months ago Nintendo strikes it big with new Mario and new 3DS XL model
EA Sports and Nexon partner to bring FIFA Online 3 to Korea
9 months ago Nexon to publish EA title in budding South Korean market
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Zynga hit with first lawsuit over stock sell-off
9 months ago Zynga accused of insider trading after stock dump by Zynga executives and investors
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Sony purchase of Gaikai validates cloud gaming says OnLive
9 months ago OnLive, however, doesn't see the value in being acquired itself as it may limit the number of devices it could reach
Sony: "You absolutely need to tell a more compelling story"
9 months ago Sony VP of publisher relations Adam Boyes discusses the challenges of today's publishing
Call of Duty lawsuit could be worth multi-millions in settlement says analyst
9 months ago Cowen and Company sees tens of millions in settlement figure for Zampella and West
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Free-to-Play argument is over says Gree
9 months ago Japanese mobile gaming company espouses benefits of F2P
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Microsoft Surface tablet to launch October 26
9 months ago Surface launch to coincide with launch of Windows 8
IGDA executive director steps down
9 months ago Gordon Bellamy leaves for Tencent, new interim director to take over
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Irrational Games looks to hire devs with game Metacritic ratings over 85
9 months ago Metacritic rears its ugly head, this time in the middle of a new job listing from Irrational
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Tony Hawk HD sells 120,000 units in first week
9 months ago XBLA launch of new Tony Hawk game does well following positive reviews
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GameStop considers re-sale of digital property
9 months ago The leading games retailer in the US is investigating its digital re-sale options
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Warner Bros Seattle studio hit with layoffs - report
9 months ago Unknown number of layoffs hit several studios in Seattle area
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Apple patents new gaming controller
9 months ago New controller from Apple similar to DualShock, will work with Apple TV
Star Wars: The Old Republic grabs six nominations in GDC Online Awards
9 months ago GDC Online Awards include nods to World of Warcraft, Diablo III, Sims Social and others
Stardock considers completely abandoning retail
9 months ago Sins of a Solar Empire developer cautious of retail future, contemplates digital only
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Jade Raymond calls for developers to embrace non-traditional control schemes
9 months ago Former Assassin's Creed producer believes in viability of control-pad free gaming
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Just Cause 2 developer criticizes DLC and forced multiplayer in games
9 months ago Avalanche studio head believes DLC and monetization strategies are ruining game creation
Crysis 3 still a possibility for Wii U
9 months ago Crytek producer Mike Read says Crysis 3 not 'ruled out' for a Wii U launch in the future
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Windows 8 is "kind of a catastrophe for everybody in the PC space" says Gabe Newell
9 months ago Valve 'boss' talks about the changing PC landscape, admits mobile possibility and looks to future
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Puzzle Quest developer independent once again
9 months ago Infinite Interactive breaks ties from EA and will independently develop games again
Big Fish launches new cloud gaming service
9 months ago Partnership with Roku forms Big Fish Unlimited for cloud gaming
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