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Blizzard’s approach to Diablo IV’s game credits: The more names, the better
Ex-Diablo GM Rod Fergusson told Game File that the studio has tried to balance giving people credit while not giving angry gamers targets to harass
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Stephen Totilo
How to explain a bad game launch
Or, at least, how Remedy’s CEO just explained FBC: Firebreak’s rough start
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Microsoft game workers call out company over Israeli military ties
“We think it’s our responsibility, as tech workers, to raise the alarm, and to ensure that our technologies are used to make the voices of the oppressed…
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Palworld's special approach to game credits
A brief chat with Pocketpair's chief game director about crediting developers via a webpage.
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Hunting for the staff credits in 2025’s top video games
From Clair Obscur to Xenoblade, everyone's got a different approach to how they show who made their game. PLUS: There's always the Fortnite approach.
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Nintendo warns it may brick Switch systems whose users “bypass, modify, decrypt, defeat, tamper with” their games and services
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Exclusive: Fortnite’s longtime lead creator Donald Mustard speaks about his epic run and what's next
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EA CEO’s pay is up, as EA worker median income drops [Update]
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Scoop: Netflix shuts down 'AAA' Team Blue gaming studio, amid gaming shake-up
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The story behind Wildlife, EA's unreleased multiplayer animal combat game
"This is one of the most fun things that we've made."
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Breaking: Microsoft stops development on Contraband
Long-awaited, little-seen game "on hold" amid Xbox publishing cutback
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SALE TIME! 20% off annual Game File subscriptions!
Wait, isn't everyone else raising prices right now?
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A clever game about flies and brief lives encounters the limits of statistics
Switzerland is “easy mode” in Time Flies, as is Japan. But, in the game, Palestine presents a problem.
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A buffalo at the Met, and a video game about stealing African art held by western museums
The upcoming heist game Relooted is an Africanfuturist fantasy, and it has already garnered some surprising support.
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