This Week in Business (Page 5)
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Scandals, snake oil, and optimism: GDC is back | This Week in Business
The industry's premiere convention for developers picks up right where it left off
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Are licensed games actually getting better? | This Week in Business
We put a bit of conventional wisdom to the test and find it doesn't quite reflect what's actually going on
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Blockchain gaming pitches' latest curve ball | This Week in Business
Some people don't like blockchain, so some start-ups are just leaving that part of their business out
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How does Bandcamp fit in with Epic? | This Week in Business
Speculation and conjecture about how the Fortnite maker's latest acquisition -- and some of its past pick-ups -- fit into the metaverse
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The ongoing erosion of exclusivity | This Week in Business
With the reportedly imminent demise of TT Games' Lego deal, we look back on the ebb and flow of exclusive deals in gaming
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3DS and Wii U eShop closures a sadly obvious move | This Week in Business
Nintendo's decision to pull the plug on its old game stores runs counter to the company's interest in its own history
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What should the IGDA be? | This Week in Business
Former members and leaders of the group share thoughts on what it's good for, and what it isn't
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No, the NFT backlash is not just like free-to-play backlash | This Week in Business
New trends often encounter resistance in gaming that fades over time, but the pushback on blockchain gaming is different
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Will Raven devs have their QA teammates' backs? | This Week in Business
Call of Duty studio's QA staff took a risk for their co-workers by striking; will the rest of the studio take a risk to help them?
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How do you learn from failures that succeed? | This Week in Business
Lego Star Wars is a complicated build, ex-BioWare developers dispel the notion of BioWare Magic, and we sift through the chatter around Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal
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Take-Two-Zynga is a very big deal, but is it a good one? | This Week in Business
The Grand Theft Auto publisher is paying a premium for a company with a track record of losses and a slumping share price, but there's some upside too
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Square Enix's New Year's Convolution | This Week in Business
President Yosuke Matsuda's vision of blockchain gaming aims to encourage altruistic behavior by... appealing to people's self-interest?
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2021: The Year of Living Ridiculously | This Year in Business
From GameStop's rally to Wolf Enhanced Pants NFTs, this year was the poorly considered gag gift that kept on giving
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Roblox shows how digital services can hide exploitation | This Week in Business
Why did we just now get a shocking exposé on something that's been happening in the game for a dozen years?
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Ubisoft's NFTs are a new shade of beige | This Week in Business
After four years of research, the publisher's first step into blockchain gaming is underwhelming, to say the least
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Does the gaming press of old hold up today? | This Week in Business
They don't make game journalism like they used to, and that's probably a good thing
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Pass the gravy, it's time to give thanks | This Week in Business
With everyone in the US enjoying a holiday weekend, we pause for a bit of positivity
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Has Bobby Kotick learned anything? | This Week in Business
This week's Wall Street Journal report, the publisher's reaction, and Betteridge's law of headlines suggest not
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Let's look at Facebook's Meta trademark | This Week in Business
If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you
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Has Call of Duty finally peaked? | This Week in Business
An attempt to talk myself into believing that this is the year Call of Duty finally begins a managed decline
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Breaking off the engagement | This Week in Business
Ubisoft gets clingy with lapsed Far Cry 6 players and Facebook never Meta terrible idea it didn't like
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"The epic intimacy of World War II" | This Week in Business
What people say and what they mean don't always match, especially when what they say doesn't mean anything
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Netflix takes a page from gaming's playbook | This Week in Business
In dealing with criticism of Chappelle stand-up special, streaming service CEO borrows a familiar dodge
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Gaming's short-sighted treatment of its own history | This Week in Business
Disinterest in making old games easily accessible misses out on a modest opportunity now and a much larger one in the future
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Activision Blizzard settles for less | This Week in Business
Publisher pledges to set up $18 million fund for people it never wronged as government regulator avoids the "distraction" of a lawsuit