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Home’s Last Hurrah

Posted September 30th, 2014 in News and Articles
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Where we go from here is up to us, but a Home-free future is not a horrible future. Our stories needn’t end here.

Gaming by Visual Standards

Posted July 16th, 2014 in News and Articles
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In today’s marketplace, do we write off games with colorful art styles as childish and cheap? Does a game have to be gritty, dark and photorealistic for the consumer to assume it was expensive to create?

When Things Go Right

Posted June 24th, 2014 in News and Articles
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When things go right, it isn’t that people don’t notice your handiwork – it’s that they don’t worry about your handiwork. This is especially true of PlayStation Home.

Broken Functionality: A Response

Posted April 24th, 2014 in News and Articles
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Who says developers don’t pay attention? In a public letter, VEEMEE’s studio manager responds to a user’s concerns raised in a recent HSM article.

VEEMEE Easters It Up

Posted April 9th, 2014 in Developer PR, News and Articles
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Easter, like most major holidays, brings another round of themed virtual goods into PlayStation Home. Let’s see what VEEMEE’s unleashing for 2014.

Home Developers Introduce New Mascots

Posted April 1st, 2014 in News and Articles
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Three prominent Home development studios — Lockwood, LOOT and nDreams — are set to unveil new corporate mascots for their marketing efforts.

(Editor’s note: this was part of HSM’s 2014 April Fools Day special.)

LKWD Life

Posted March 17th, 2014 in Developer PR, News and Articles
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LKWD Life is Home’s first true, full-blown attempt at a consumer loyalty program. Let’s look at it.

Home’s Future

Posted March 6th, 2014 in News and Articles
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To all things, no matter how beloved, there is a time. While there’s a growing sense that Home is likely on the tail-end of its lifecycle, what can be learned from it as we go into the new console generation?

LKWD Goes Anime and Arabian

Posted March 3rd, 2014 in Developer PR, News and Articles
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Just like the title says: Lockwood is once again offering up a wide array of products across wildly disparate themes.

Lockwood Drops Science and Horses

Posted February 12th, 2014 in Developer PR, News and Articles
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The really successful Home developers can be summed up in one sentence or phrase. In the case of Lockwood, they’re basically Home’s jack of all trades.

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