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In an unusual move, developer Irrational Games has released a significant portion of the original 2002 pitch document for its 2007 hit BioShock, highlighting significant development changes but an underlying core consistent with the game's final form. Published on the Take-Two-owned studio's official site, the nine-page excerpt describes BioShock's setting and premise, gameplay systems, and extensive feature set. The document explicitly names BioShock "the spiritual successor to System Shock 2," also developed by Irrational. That ...
The free-to-play business model seems to find the most success with social, casual game players. But plenty of core titles are gaining ground in successful implementations. One of these is Riot Games' League of Legends, a multiplayer PC title that's something of a spiritual successor to WarCraft III mod Defense of the Ancients. As of February 2010 -- three months after launch -- Riot Games' League of Legends, has seen 1 million downloads, and company ...
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