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  • Why Disney was always going to kill LucasArts

    Last year, Disney bought Lucasfilm from George Lucas, bringing the Star Wars franchise under the Disney umbrella. Yesterday, they killed LucasArts, the inhouse development studio responsible for seminal games such as X-Wing, The Secret of Monkey Island...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • 1.7 billion downloads and you only make 152 million euros in revenue?

    Angry Birds maker Rovio today revealed some financial figures, as reported in the Guardian. EUR152.2 million in revenue EUR55.5m in net profit 45% of revenue from consumer products such as plush toys (EUR68.5m) 1.7 billion downloads of...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • I love this Amazon recommendation

    While I was at GDC, Amazon sent me this recommendation. Apart from the foolishness of trying to sell me my own book, I loved receiving this email. Can you see why?

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • Conferences. A lot of conferences.

    I’ve been listing out all the conferences I spoke at, moderated or chaired in 2012. This is my quick list: the Free To Play Summit masterclasses on "how to make money from Free To Play Games" in...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • Hay Day and Beer: a toxic interaction?

    I consider myself, emotionally, as a true fan, not a whale, even if my spending has not yet reached whale levels. There is one thing troubling me though. Each time I bought currency, I had had a...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • Five reasons why Apple’s loss of its IAP class action lawsuit is good for the industry

    Apple was recently sued in a class action suit over minors who were able to download in app purchases for their games without the permission of the account holder. Apple defended the suit at first but recently...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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  • GAMESbrief readers: come, make the UK videogame tax breaks work

    The British Film Institute has just advertised two vacancies for the glamorously named Certification Analyst (Video Games). What they mean is that they need to two people to assess applications for the soon-to-be-implemented tax breaks for the...

    • Posted 13 years ago
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