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• Valve Software’s philosophy on becoming a publicly traded company | GamePolitics September 7, 2010
  Gabe Newell: The key reason Valve never went public is because it changes your customers. But the logical reason is that the creative process tends to get hijacked - or at the very least, heavily influenced - by the people that hold the most financial interest in a company. […]
• FarmVille more of a WOW Killer than any upcoming MMO, says Popcap September 7, 2010
  PopCap's Jason Kapalka: Games like FarmVille are more of a threat to World of Warcraft than other MMO's coming out in the future, and that the subscription model for those kinds of games is on its last legs. […]
• Rock Band 3 Tracklist is Official Now August 25, 2010
  83 songs from Jimi Hendrix, Avenged Sevenfold, Paramore, The White Stripes, Jane's Addiction, Phish, Anthrax, The Cure, Bob Marley, Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne, Dire Straits, The Smiths, Foreigner, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Doors, etc. […]
• Pre-owned 'cheats developers' - THQ August 25, 2010
  "I don't think we really care whether used game buyers are upset because new game buyers get everything," says THQ's Cory Ledesma. "So if used game buyers are upset they don't get the online feature set I don't really have much sympathy for them." […]
• Penny Arcade Strip Sticks in Craw of Rape Survivors August 18, 2010
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