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Summer Game Fest is a flood of video game news. How does a small studio stand out?

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Developers, artists, press and influencers descended upon Los Angeles last week for Summer Game Fest (SGF), the latest in a tradition of annual events announcing the next year’s slate of video games. But amid the firehose of trailers and interviews hyping up the latest in blockbuster franchises like Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed, it … Read more

What’s behind the video-game layoffs? Players sticking with old favourites

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With video-game players increasingly sticking with the titles they’ve been hooked on for years, leaders in the US$184bil (RM879.52bil) industry are cutting thousands of staffers and cancelling riskier projects. Over 6,400 video-game workers have lost their jobs over the past two months at companies such as Microsoft Corp, Embracer Group AB and Tencent Holdings Ltd’s … Read more