Free-to-play on mobile: dos and don’ts

The developers of CSR Racing, New Star Soccer and Stick Sports on how mobile F2P works best.
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The developers of CSR Racing, New Star Soccer and Stick Sports on how mobile F2P works best.

Studio insists detained pair were on holiday, not researching ArmA 3.

Craig Owens on how fine a fit Team Fortress 2's mercenaries have proven in Robot Entertainment's iOS strategy game.

Nuanced and subtle game design is meaningless if the player can't respond in kind, says Clint Hocking.
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Developer Wargaming on taking its free-to-play fight to the skies.

A thorough investigation of the industry's fastest-growing business model kicks off today.

Hello Games' sequel layers on the polish without losing the original's scrappy small-team charm.
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"The last metroid is in captivity. The galaxy is at peace." Thankfully, that's just about the only thing Super Metroid ever got wrong.
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The first ever videogame ran on a $120,000 piece of hardware - we go back to the summer of 1962.
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Bold and strange, Crispy's underdog adventure daringly attempts to upset the natural order of things.
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122 Gamestation outlets to be unified with parent company, rebranded stores to combine "best of both brands".
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Three packs available at launch starting from £249.99.
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Chris Donlan finds that Vita’s latest downloadable treat is well worth exploring.

Conflating the likes of Dear Esther and Call Of Duty under one banner is unhelpful, says Tadhg Kelly.

A subtle, sedate puzzle of a mobile game from Yellow Monkey.
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James O'Connor on why Grasshopper Manufacture's punishing XBLA shooter is his gateway game to an entire genre.
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Capcom's Ryozo Tsujimoto confirms simultaneous western release next March; transferrable saves but no cross-platform multiplayer.

All our coverage of Nintendo's plans for the launch of its new console in one place.

Reggie Fils-Aime confirms that Wii U will debut first in the US at New York press event.

New Super Mario Bros. U, ZombiU and Mass Effect 3: Special Edition among day one games.
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