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Analysis: Are Long Development Times Worth The Money? Friday, September 10, 2010 @ 8:13AM[In this Gamasutra editorial, editor-at-large Chris Morris looks at Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption and its much-delayed development cycle, examining whether taking your time in completing development on your game makes creative and business sense.] Before Red Dead Redemption became the year's best-selling console title to date (and an earnings savior), Take-Two Interactive Software took a lot of ...
Zynga Staff Told To Copy Competition, Claims Senior Ex-Employee Friday, September 10, 2010 @ 4:28AMA former employee of Zynga, the social game developer behind the seven most popular titles on Facebook this month, has spoken out against the company's business approach and studio culture, calling it "one of the most evil places I've run into." Staff were explicitly told to steal competitor's ideas, said the anonymous senior staffer, speaking to alt.paper SF Weekly. "I don't f***ing want ...
The PSone: 15 Years Later Friday, September 10, 2010 @ 2:47AMIt's Sony's first console's birthday, and IGN is celebrating in style.
Walker quits Hockeyroos Friday, September 10, 2010 @ 1:19AMTasmanian defender Kim Walker will retire from international hockey after the Hockeyroos' World Cup campaign.
SCEA: 12- to 14-year-olds are the new target audience for PSP Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 7:54PMPSPgoes to younger gamers
Why Is the Co-creator of Xbox Joining Bebo? Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 6:16AMKevin Bachus, best known as one of the co-creators of Microsoft’s Xbox, has joined Bebo as its new Chief Product Officer. The move comes just three months after AOL sold Bebo to Criterion Capital Partners at a fraction of…
Online Football Game ‘Quick Hit’ Relaunches With Official NFL License Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:05PMTechCrunch-reading football fans may remember a nifty, free online game we wrote about last year called Quick Hit that puts you at the helm of a virtual football team. The game doesn't involve the twitchy gameplay of gaming goliath Madden , but is instead built around strategy and play calling (though it does feature rich, 3D graphics to keep things interesting). You may also notice that the ...
SplitFish FragFX controllers continue to evolve, now more fishy Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 10:07PMWhile "10.10.10" made for a dramatic release date , oddball peripheral manufacturer SplitFish has announced a revised November 1 street date for the next iterations of its FragFX controller (think: Wii Nunchuk, sans accelerometer, tethered to a mouse). Having already introduced a "Pro" edition last year , SplitFish went with the "deadly [aquatic] predator" motif for the 2010 series, which ...
Xbox 360 Slim Is Leaner, Meaner, Quieter Machine Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 2:18PMMicrosoft's upgrade/redo, the Xbox 360 S, is packed with a lot of the extras that used to be sold separately, but the most dramatic change takes place under the hood.
Review: 'R.U.S.E.' brings computer-style strategic war gaming to Xbox, PlayStation Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 9:33AMVideo-game wars, like those in "Halo" or "Call of Duty," are usually seen from the grunt's-eye view. If you want to play general, with thousands of troops following your every order, you have to turn on your computer, home to real-time strategy (RTS) epics like "StarCraft II" and "Age of Empires."
Microsoft Announces $400 Xbox 360 250GB Kinect Bundle Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:11AMMicrosoft on Wednesday announced a new Kinect bundle that includes the Xbox 360 250GB and a Kinect game for $399.99.
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Interview: Epic's Capps On Bringing Hardcore Flavor To iOS Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:00PMEpic Games is best known as the hardcore developer behind games like Unreal Tournament and Gears of War, but in formally moving its popular Unreal Engine 3 to Apple's iOS devices, the studio hopes to bring hardcore flavor to iPhones, iPads and iPods. The developer on Wednesday was front and center at Apple's latest media event, showing off a sharp-looking UE3 demo dubbed Epic Citadel (available ...
Video: Steve Jobs Talks Apple TV Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:22PMApple CEO Steve Jobs explains how Apple TV improves on the company's old model by being a quarter of the size and less expensive.
Video: Apple's New iPhone Software Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:38PMApple CEO Steve Jobs announces in a media event that new software will allow iPhone users to take sharper images. Jobs also previews the next iOS release, version 4.2.
First Gamer Doc® Video Games in Alabama Now Open Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:00AMGamer DocÂ®, the retail video game store franchise that delivers a new and interactive customer experience, today announced the opening of its first Alabama store. The Huntsville Gamer Doc offers a family friendly environment and a "Pro Player" room.
Kinect coming down under on 18 Nov Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:44AMThe final piece in the Australian Kinect puzzle has been put into place today, with Microsoft announcing a release date at its open-house event in Sydney's Luna Park.
PlayStation Move review: The hardware and experience Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:15AMFour years after the arrival of Wii, Sony's take on motion controlled gaming is finally here. Well, at least it's here at Joystiq, where we got our hands on the final hardware and initial lineup of games a couple of weeks in advance of the peripheral's September 19 North American debut. I spent several days with Move, from the initial unboxing to putting my thoughts on the hardware together for ...
Spawn Labs Reduces Price of Spawn HD-720 from $199.95 to $129.95; Software Upgrade Doubles Video Quality, Cuts Latency ... Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:01AMSpawn Labs, the developer of the world's first and only console cloud gaming product line, today announced that it has significantly reduced the price of its Spawn HD-720 remote gaming appliance from $199.95 to $129.95. The company has also released the version 1.2 update to its software product line, doubling video quality and reducing latency to just 45 milliseconds.
iPad gets TV-connectable multiplayer console upgrade Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:17PMGriffin PartyDock to transform iPad and iPhone 4 into console Posted by Luke Johnson
Miniclip Forms Mobile Division to Accelerate Development of Games for iPhone and Android Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:41AMNEUCHATEL, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Miniclip forms mobile division to develop games for iPhone and Android based on popular casual games from miniclip.com - driving mobile downloads from its 57MM+ users
Miniclip Forms Mobile Division to Accelerate Development of Games for iPhone and Android Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:34AMNEUCHATEL, Switzerland----Miniclip.com, the world’s largest website dedicated to online games, is accelerating its mobile gaming business with the establishment of a new dedicated smartphone division.
Xbox Live price hike set for November Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:59AMXbox Live members will face higher fees starting this fall – and predictably, not everyone is impressed.
Where Has All the Gaming M&A Gone? Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:13AMThe major players seem content to weather the slumping market on their own.
AMD To Phase Out ATI Brand Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:30PMI remember a time when you bought ATI instead of NVIDIA, much the same way you still buy AMD instead of Intel. As we all know, AMD bought ATI, further confirming the implicit relationship between the two that already existed anyway. Now, though, the relationship comes to an end, since AMD has confirmed the ATI brand will be phased out.
Gamasutra Hits 1 Million Monthly Readers, Adds Parkin, Morris, Orland To Editors Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:22PMAs Gamasutra reaches the milestone of one million unique monthly readers and nearly 450,000 registered users, the leading video game art and business site is announcing notable new contributors including Simon Parkin, Chris Morris and Kyle Orland. Cementing its position as the largest, most-trafficked website in the game development and business space, internal Omniture traffic numbers for July ...
Indamixx Portable Studio Debuts Indamixx Pro, a High Performance Line of Audio Computers and Music Laptops Built for ... Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:00AMIndamixx family of mobile DAW's grows up. New Laptops includes faster processors, storage, memory and a pre loaded custom audio OS Transmission. Feature rich appliance is an ideal Music Computer and Audio Laptop for recording, broadcasting and music making. Portable and affordable continue to be the marketing centerpieces of these next generation line of products. [PR.com]
Cleveland County native wants to reclaim arcade accolades in 101-hour video game marathon Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 9:58PMJoel West hadn’t jostled a joystick for15 years. But to recapture a world record, the pinball wizard and arcade ace is roaring out of retirement. Once ranked among the nation’s top video gamers, the Cleveland County native hopes to spend four...
Australia halts PS3 mod chip sales Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 8:09PMUPDATE: Judge unable to attend today's hearing date; temporary ban postponed to Friday, September 3.
Console up: Major League Gaming hits Raleigh Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:31AMRALEIGH, N.C. — The Raleigh Convention Center is hosting a major league tournament this weekend: Major League Gaming , the largest competitive video-game league in the world.
Video: Google Introduces Realtime Search Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:38PMTarget and Best Buy want your old and used games, Lenovo is coming out with a motion control console in China, and a new Google search gives you up to updated news on any subject.
2011 The Year of the Super Phone Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 11:36AMI first heard the term “Super Phone” used as it relates to a new category of devices at a conference I attended last month. I’ve thought for a while now that the industry needed to come up with a term other than smartphone to distinguish these new classes of devices. Even though I’m not completely in love with Super Phone as a term (and I’m pretty sure consumers don’t care about these terms ...
Microsoft To Pay More Than Half A Billion Dollars To Jump-Start Windows Phone 7 Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 6:50PMEditor's note: The following guest post is by Kim-Mai Cutler . Nearly four years after Apple launched the iPhone and two years after Google open-sourced the code for its Android operating system, Microsoft is finally set to re-enter the mobile market this holiday season in a serious way with Windows Phone 7 . It is trying to catch up to those more modern smartphones the only way it can -- with ...
3 Tech Stocks With Huge Returns on Capital (Screens) Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 5:29AMHough: These firms are reaping large profits with lean resources.
Big publishers with big budgets scramble while indie guys shoot for the stars Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:27PMPlatforms like Facebook and the iPhone have made video games more accessible than ever before, while the PS3 and Xbox 360 promise to keep offering the biggest and best ‘AAA’ games money can buy. But what happens when these two clashing sides of the industry continue to pull at the same tug-of-war?
Microsoft says Xbox-360-to-Windows-Phone-7 Gaming coming “in near future” Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 3:21PMAs we reported last week, Microsoft has bold plans to integrate Xbox Live and Windows Phone 7, even going so far are confirm that their smartphones will be able to play Xbox Live arcade games. But don’t expect the integrated gaming goodness to end there: according to Microsoft Canada Mobility Solutions Manager Greg Milligan, we [...]
Survey: iPad owners prefer Apple’s revolutionary iPad over books, TV, game consoles Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 8:55AMApple’s revolutionary iPad is the preferred method of reading books, newspapers and magazines...
iPhone FPS Rage game demo boasts incredible graphics Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 6:47AMQuake makers id demo stunning upcoming app Posted by Adam Bunker
Movie Review: and #8216;Scott Pilgrim'***** true to spirit of Nintendo Generation Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 12:11AMBy KIRK BAIRD BLADE STAFF WRITER Leave it to a comic book to finally get a video game movie right. More specifically, leave it to director Edgar Wright, who twisted zombie movies with Shaun of the Dead and toyed with standard-issue cop film conventions in Hot Fuzz . Now Wright takes on video games with another inspired comedy, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World . Based on a graphic novel series by ...
Nintendo Wii U.S. Sales Touch 30 Million, Becomes Best-selling Games Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 11:19PMJapanese console maker Nintendo Co. Ltd. said Tuesday that the company has sold 30 million of its Nintendo Wii gaming consoles in the U.S. alone 45 months after it was launched in November 2006. The milestone makes it the fastest-selling console in history as Sony Corp.'s (SNE) PlayStation 2, the next best-selling console, took 60 months to reach the 30 million mark.
Nintendo Wii Hits Huge Milestone, Over 30 Million Units Sold In U.S. Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 10:31PMRemember when Nintendo announced the Wii? Other gaming companies said it was nothing but a bunch of smoke and mirrors, those companies are looking pretty stupid these days after they were proven completely wrong. How wrong were those other gaming companies? Nintendo today announced U.S. sales alone of more than 30 million gaming consoles. The [...]
Madden 2011: Not Just a Game, a Phenomenon Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 8:36PMWhen Gamestop opens up its doors today, August 10, enthusiasts of the Madden series will be impersonating their favorite NFL linebacker in an attempt to nab the first copy of the new iteration of the Madden franchise. Madden NFL 2011 is poised to make gamers on every console known to man (and even the iPad) lock in to their console of choice (or Pad of choice) and delve in to the world of ...
Star Wars: The Clone Wars New Season Debuts September 17 Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 3:39PMBuilding on the huge ratings win from last spring’s second season finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Cartoon Network announced today it will premiere 22 all-new episodes for season three of the critically acclaimed CG-animated series from creator George Lucas and Lucasfilm Animation.
Review: Roomy Scout Backpack Is Traveling Geek's Best Friend Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 3:04PMAstro Gaming's well-designed bag works wonders during a weekend gaming getaway. With its many pockets capable of holding nearly anything a gamer would take on the road, the versatile backpack proves indispensable.
Nintendo Wii Hits 30 Million Sold Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 2:44PMIn the months before the onset of some serious competition, the Nintendo Wii continues to sell well. A little over a year after reaching 20 million units sold, Nintendo has reached the 30 million sold. And that’s just in the U.S. Perhaps even more impressive, the console made this dent in just 45 months on [...]
30 million Wiis sold in US, Wii Play top game Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 2:05PMController pack-in reigns supreme on console as Nintendo releases separate top 10 US sales lists for first, third party games; Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit take silver and bronze.
WiiWare and Nintendo DSiWare Weekly Updates Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 1:34PMMy Aquarium 2, Enjoy your massage!, TURN: The Lost Artifact, Rhythm Core Alpha, Absolute Chess and Did It Myself ABC123 arrive this week.
4 Downsides to Motion Control Gaming That Need To Be Addressed Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 8:14AMMotion control gaming is the future! Or so we’re being told by Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony. The truth is, motion control, for as fancy and Minority Report-y as it is, is still in its infancy. There are a lot of bugs to work out and kinks that need to be smoothed. While [...]
Library to review policy on mature-rated video games Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 5:32AMSalina Public Library Director Joe McKenzie wants to make it clear to the public that the library isn't censoring the content of materials in its collection, and that includes video games with a mature rating.
It's game on 24 hours a day at Gen Con Indy Saturday, August 7, 2010 @ 9:22PMINDIANAPOLIS — For the last five years, Krystle Rodgers, a 23-year-old Anderson resident, has been attending Gen Con Indy.