I feel like this article is a bit sensationalized, especially with the article’s chosen picture. I would think an article will get more publicity if it has more views, clicks, likes, tweets, shares, and +1's. So by having no +1's the publicity of the article could technically suffer. I feel like your 2011 article had…

I would guess the two weeks limitation is so that devs can safely spend/take their money shortly after selling the games.

Going to play some Runescape Chronicles, very interesting online card game. As well a Verdun, a WWI fps.