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Showtime for PlayStation Vita
INTERVIEW: Sony's Shuhei Yoshida on Vita's price, 3G vs. wifi, slow Japanese launch and the shadow of the PSP
A Breakout Year for the Irish Games Industry
ARTICLE: Jamie McCormick charts the rise and rise of the Irish games business
17th February 2012 @ 8:22am
Business
Live Free: Freemium Thinking For Console Games
EDITORIAL: Whether they know it or not, today's most successful console games are using freemium ideas to extend their shelf life
Activision's Billion Dollar Man
INTERVIEW: Eric Hirshberg steered Activision to more than a billion dollars in profits last year. How is he going to follow that in 2012?
13th February 2012 @ 7:00am
Business
Publishers
Exclusive
Hirai Ascendant
EDITORIAL: Has PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai just become the captain of a sinking ship?
Talking Loud, Saying Nothing
EDITORIAL: Three years of repeating a "focus on the core" mantra, but THQ still has nothing to show for it. Is time up for another publisher?
27th January 2012 @ 3:11pm
Business
Publishers
Fragile Finances
ARTICLE: Nintendo's financials are in trouble - but the company's losses don't mean it's Game Over
Above the Clouds
INTERVIEW: Gaikai's Dave Perry on Facebook, new consoles and making games the most valuable form of entertainment
23rd January 2012 @ 8:00am
Business
UKIE's Jo Twist - Part 2
INTERVIEW: On piracy, working with TIGA and how to combat boom-and-bust employment
20th January 2012 @ 7:50am
Business
Yesterday's Future
EDITORIAL: CES showed a vague, uninspired future vision, compared to the future games companies are already charting
UKIE's Jo Twist - Part 1
INTERVIEW: Part one: How UKIE's new CEO is hoping to evolve the trade body through links to government and education
Casting the Runes
INTERVIEW: Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard talks American investment and life beyond Runescape
12th January 2012 @ 7:40am
Business
Developers
Stock Ticker: 2011 In Review
ARTICLE: Format holders, publishers, retailers - who won and lost on the global stock markets last year?
9th January 2012 @ 8:30am
Business
Exclusive
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A SOPA Mess
EDITORIAL: The creative industries have the ear of the US government right now - but they're whispering the wrong things
2012: We Only Do Everything
ARTICLE: Devs discuss bust to boom, free Vs $1000, hardware for rent and a solution to the death of retail
5th January 2012 @ 8:50am
Business
Developers
Exclusive
Zynga Stalls
EDITORIAL: The much-anticipated IPO of Zynga stock has stalled on arrival - but with no clear strategy for future growth, what did the company expect?
21st December 2011 @ 5:31pm
Business
Exclusive
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Making Them Pay
INTERVIEW: Vindicia's Gene Hoffman on finding new business models, adapting to the digital world - and the games industry's curious traditionalism
15th December 2011 @ 8:00am
Business
Publishers
Epic Win
INTERVIEW: Mike Capps on an immature business, the right time to make a Vita game and why he's scared to reveal new IP
7th December 2011 @ 10:30am
Business
Developers
Safe Haven
EDITORIAL: Piracy is infuriating and upsetting - but never forget that your job isn't to wage war on pirates, it's to seduce your customers
Short Fuse
INTERVIEW: Jon Walsh of Fuse Powered on a journey from indie retailer to mobile publisher, via Facebook and gambling
30th November 2011 @ 7:55am
Mobile
Business
Building Bridges
EDITORIAL: This may be the best quarter ever for core games - but where are the titles that could build bridges to new audiences?
25th November 2011 @ 7:30am
Business
Game Maniacs
INTERVIEW: Taiwanese giant Gamania steps into Europe with a long-term growth plan
11th October 2011 @ 9:30am
Business
Online
Hiring Freeze
EDITORIAL: British developers are struggling to fill skilled positions - but the blame can't be laid entirely on external factors
Stock Ticker: GAME Group
ARTICLE: Is an orderly, managed decline the best that the UK's largest specialist retailer can hope for?
The Silent Canary
EDITORIAL: Zynga is the canary in the coalmine for the social games market - and its song no longer seems quite so sweet
The Doctors Will See You Now
INTERVIEW: Muzyka and Zeschuk on growth, Star Wars and all things BioWare
27th September 2011 @ 6:45am
Business
Publishers
The Free Future
EDITORIAL: John Smedley writes for GamesIndustry.biz on why Sony Online Entertainment is embracing free-to-play
Gaikai's David Perry
INTERVIEW: On 100m users, the Gaikai controller, Amazon and cloud gaming's 'dinosaur' moment
16th September 2011 @ 9:30am
Business
Quantic Dream
INTERVIEW: On the health of the industry, the developer/publisher relationship and why games are rated like porn movies
