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Read More »Blizzard explains fan WoW server shutdown: ‘There is not a clear legal path to protect our IP’
‘There are tremendous operational challenges to integrating classic servers,’ says exec producer J. Allen Brack following closure of ‘vanilla’ server
Read More »Reprimanding players in under 10 minutes almost halved abuse in League of Legends
Informing players of their mistakes dropped recurrence by 50 per cent, while providing detailed evidence of misdeeds saw a 70 per cent decline
Read More »Trine dev Frozenbyte links popularity to price for new game
Higher community score in demo for Shadwen means a lower release price for the full title
Read More »Publisher 3.0: Listen to the banned
Mastertronic's Andy Payne discusses why you should always listen to your community – especially when you think they're wrong
Read More »Publisher 3.0: There is such a thing as community
Mastertronic CEO Andy Payne reflects on how to build a community behind your business and your games
Read More »Dead or Alive community reacts angrily to suggested sexy costume ban
A Dead or Alive tournament organiser has imposed a new set of suggested restrictions on the character costumes it will permit to be used at its events. Free Step Dodge says the move is designed to stop the over-sexualised design of many of the series’ characters detract from the gameplay …
Read More »How to be a community manager
New Year New Job 2015: Capcom UK's social and community manager Neil Gorton tells us how producing videos on YouTube helped him get his job today
Read More »INSIGHT: How smaller businesses can thrive in the new games industry
Former Call of Duty marketing director Ian McClellan, who now operates his own agency Plug and Play,offers his advice on coping with the transition of the games industry In the entertainment industry, there are always current buzz-words. They help keep us focused in an industry that is an ocean of …
Read More »Five essential components for building and maintaining an online community
RuneScape's community head Jane Ryan on how to keep players coming back to your game
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