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Bandai Namco: Publishers face "new risks" when planning releases
European CEO Arnaud Muller discusses the balance between safe bets and taking risks in today's market
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How Paradox weathered delays, developer splits, and Life By You's cancellation
Deputy CEO Mattias Lilja tells us how the Swedish firm is playing to its strengths after a year of troubles
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Paradox on Bloodlines 2: "We had a game we could do, but maybe not with the team we had"
Mattias Lilja on the "high risk manoeuvre" of changing dev
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Don't Nod's journey from Life Is Strange to Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
We talk to Don't Nod Montréal about the lessons learned from its most popular series, and how its new IP continues the studio's narrative-driven focus
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Devolver launches Big Fan Games, a publishing label dedicated to movie, TV and comic book adaptations
"There is an art to adaptation"
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"We don't want to just replicate successful games": Behind Krafton's acquisition of Tango Gameworks
Head of corporate development Maria Park explains the reasoning behind the company's move to acquire the former Microsoft studio, and looks at the future of Hi-Fi Rush
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EA turns to the fans to keep The Sims relevant
The Sims GM Kate Gorman on supporting creators, the role of fans in developing future games, and the upcoming Sims movie
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Arvore's road to becoming an Emmy-winning VR developer
Studio co-founder Rodrigo Terra shares why he believes in the power of virtual reality
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How São Paulo state is helping Brazil's games scene become self-sustainable
Secretary for Culture, Creative Economy and Industries shares how the government are creating a support network for developers
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Meet the ex-footballer who built one of Brazil's largest games studios
Matheus Vivian on what led Hermit Crab to make games for Roblox and Fortnite as well as mobile, and how it's trying to showcase Brazilian culture through sports games
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Behold Studios' second life
The Knights of Pen and Paper developer on working across Brazil and Canada, and the power of working on passion projects
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Why supporting indies is the key to growing the Brazilian games industry
We talk to Indie Hero CEO Juliana Brito about how the accelerator programme champions small developers, with the end goal to boost the entire industry
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How Brazil's new legal framework for games will change the industry
Trade bodies and developers talk us through the new opportunities for growth and investment unlocked by this "game-changing" legislation
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X ban in Brazil: "Allowing Musk to disregard court orders sets a dangerous precedent"
As the situation shows signs of resolution, we talk to Brazilian indie devs about the impact of X's ban on their operations
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Brazil, a nation of small studios with a big future
Trade bodies Abragames and Apex Brasil share how the nation's games industry grew in the face of tech limitations and cost barriers
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Final Fantasy's sales crisis is also an identity crisis | Opinion
Final Fantasy doesn't seem to know what it is or who it's for anymore – a much deeper problem for the franchise than platform exclusivity deals
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How Mike Morhaime's Dreamhaven helps indies with "the good, bad and ugly" of launching games
We speak to Morhaime, Paul Della Bitta, and FuzzyBot CEO Tatyana Dyshlova, about the publisher's first release
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Making The Plucky Squire (before someone else did)
We talk to All Possible Futures' co-founder Jonathan Biddle about facing the pressure of anticipation and being plucky as a studio
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The Minecraft studio and Minecraft YouTuber looking to transform sandbox gaming
4J Studios Chris van der Kuyl and Joseph Garrett on building Reforj, a game that is definitely not Minecraft 2
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Cheap money and bad bets: How the games industry turned pandemic success into disaster
We look the many challenges the games business faces, and where the industry goes from here
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Annapurna Interactive team quits after spin-off talks fail
The publisher's parent company wants to integrate games into its core business
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How well will the PS5 Pro sell?
Analysts weigh up the opportunities and barriers facing Sony's new console
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A second chance for Shinji Mikami and Suda51's lesser-known collaboration
We speak to the development legends about Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered, plus Zombie Rider – their third joint project that never got off the ground
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Headup's future as an independent company
CEO and founder Dieter Schoeller discusses the takeaways from the firm's partnership with Thunderful and how the industry can better support indie studios
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Why there will never be another Destiny
On the game's tenth anniversary, analysts, developers and journalists reflect on the impact Bungie's sci-fi shared world shooter has had on the games industry