2008

Interesting stuff from Habbo Hotel

  In previous articles I have written about how important Habbo Hotel (now with 86 million users) and free gaming are. Now let’s look at a couple of really great things […]

First Tuesday’s next event in London, on Tuesday 5 February, is a seminar on “The Opportunities in 2008 for the UK Games Industry”. The cost of attending is just £20. […]

Know your customer

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Once upon a time business was simple and you looked your customer in the eye, so you knew exactly who he was. Nowadays a single video game can sell millions […]

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Nintendo reassures third-party publishers. There has been a lot of talk in the development community that only Nintendo can make money out of the Wii. Nintendo don’t want to lose third […]

Is the AAA games business doomed?

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  The gold standard in the games industry is currently the AAA blockbuster console title. An investment of perhaps $10-20 million or even more from a big publisher on a big team over […]

The GTA IV hype machine

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For Microsoft this is their biggest play in this generation’s war against Sony. They paid a lot of money ($50 million?) to get several episodes of exclusive content for the Xbox 360 version […]

Wii-itis

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It is inevitable really. The Wii gesture controller can involve far more athleticism in gameplay than the joypads of non gesture interface gaming platforms. Add to that the addictive quality […]