Tomb Raider; a commercial failure at only 3.4 million sales

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Following yesterday’s revelation that Square Enix’s CEO is stepping down and the company is reporting very disappointing results comes the revelation that the critical darling, Tomb Raider, has crashed and burned as a commercial venture. The sales numbers look great, of course – Square Enix is expecting to sell 3.4…

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Interview: Steel Wool Games; expert filmmakers try their hand at game development

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Joshua Qualtieri Steel Wool Games is a startup developer that is worth a lot of attention. The team of five that are behind the company – Andrew Dayton, Jason Topolski, Jonathan Hoffman, Joshua Qualtieri and Sequoia Blankenship, come from a film background; specifically a very well-regarded animation house. Just the…

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Review: Ridiculous Fishing (iPhone)

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Writing about Ridiculous Fishing (let alone reviewing it) is awkward to say the least. On one hand, developer Vlambeer (of Super Crate Box fame) would not want me to bring up Ninja Fishing – but to be honest, I could live without mentioning it – Gamenauts’ all-too-successful clone of Vlambeer’s…

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