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One UK consumer games site has revealed plans to change its review policy to offer more bite-sized information to readers. VideoGamer.com has revealed that starting from its July 22nd review of Pikmin 3 on Wii U the site will shorted its reviews to around 300 words instead of bombarding you …
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Pre-order sales cover $30 purchase of Game Maker
Read More »Dead Space 4 saga turns ugly as EA’s Peter Moore insults journalist
The story of Dead Space 4’s supposed cancellation has taken an unwelcome turn with EA COO Peter Moore launching a personal attack on the journalist who broke the story. For those who missed it, a report on Videogamer on Tuesday claimed that poor sales of Dead Space 3 had led …
Read More »UK GAMES INDUSTRY SALARY SURVEY: What are you worth?
This year, our salary survey shows a decline in the average UK games industry yearly wage. Last year we reported the number at 33,123 – this year it is just under 4,000 less, at 29,358. This is actually back in line with broader historical data, rather than a serious decline. …
Read More »JournoDevSwap: The round-up
Do game developers and journalists really understand one another? Develop finds out
Read More »JournoDevSwap: All the games and stories here
Developer-cum-journalists hand over control back to Develop
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Lew and Karn's Digital Entertainment Software's Top Secret latest game art revealed
Read More »Coders and journalists named for 48-hour game jam
Mike Bithell, Andrew Smith, Jim Griffiths and Peter Theophilus-Bevis to write for Develop this weekend
Read More »Three weeks till coders swap with journos in 48-hour event
London Games Festival's October hack event will turn reviewers into the reviewed
Read More »Assassin’s Creed dev: Journalists have Japanese bias
Alexander Hutchinson calls journalists' behaviour 'subtle racism'
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