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Some easy questions for Insomniac's Ted Price, and some hard ones
As he ends a 30-year run, the head of the studio behind Ratchet, Spyro and Spider-Man talked to me about lessons from the game business, the time he…
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Scoop: Netflix’s first gaming boss exits, following 2024 leadership shift
Plus: Some key changes for this year's Game Developers Conference
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Three thumbs up for Split Fiction
Hazelight’s new co-op game is a winner in my household, even if it’s weirdly age-inappropriate at times.
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Indiana Jones and the illusion of creating an even bigger game
The creative director behind Indiana Jones and the Great Circle fields some new and old questions about guns, hats, the magic of unmarked missions and…
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Blizzard feels the pressure to keep Diablo players happy
An interview with Diablo's Rod Fergusson about IV, III, II, "antiquated" battle passes, and not discussing their most famous player. PLUS: Helldivers…
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Monster Hunter Wilds is not great for newcomers, though it seems pretty cool
Most of the media takes regarding one this year's biggest new games have been written by Monster Hunter experts. Not this one.
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February 2025

You interviewed the world’s best video game designers (Well, at least some of you did!)
Brief Q&As with the makers of Astro Bot, Batman: Arkham Shadows, Helldivers 2 and more. The questions almost all came from Game File readers.
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Warner Bros. axes three studios ahead of update to investors
Plus: The changing tastes of VR gamers, according to Skydance's Shawn Kittelsen
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Let’s close some tabs, including one about Dino Crisis
Odds and ends about Nintendo's Mario sales, a Bungie lawsuit twist, Star Wars race horses and more (probably too much more, to be honest).
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In an industry earthquake, NetEase plans to cut more all-star game studios
More than a dozen teams around the world could be impacted, a source tells Game File.
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Microsoft’s divisive new gaming AI uses years of players’ gameplay data
You may have helped train the Muse generative AI, which is pitched as a way to help developers iterate faster and maybe even recreate retro games.
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Sony pushes back hard against Bungie veteran's wrongful termination lawsuit
The PlayStation-maker's first substantive response to the headline-making claim includes text messages from fired designer Christopher Barrett. His camp…
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