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Best of iOS news: From Go Robo! to Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Best of iOS news: From Go Robo! to Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Gamasutra rounds up the latest news in the world of App Store gaming, featuring standout releases like Go Robo!, Bounce Box, DreamWorks Dragons, and Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7.
May 8, 2012
Zynga suing French publisher over PyramidVille
Zynga suing French publisher over PyramidVille
FarmVille maker Zynga has filed suit against another company over alleged trademark infringement, this time going after French publisher Kobojo for its social game PyramidVille.
May 8, 2012
Portal 2 has sold over 4M copies
Portal 2 has sold over 4M copies
Valve Corporation has announced that Portal 2 has sold more than 4 million copies across consoles and PCs since the first-person puzzle-platformer released a year ago.
May 8, 2012
Al Lowe is 'fleshing out' the Leisure Suit Larry remake
Al Lowe is 'fleshing out' the Leisure Suit Larry remake
Gamasutra talks to original Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe about Replay Games' crowdfunded remake: How does one revisit a classic and please fans old and new? Is there a place for Larry in today's world?
May 8, 2012
Understand the price you could pay for not owning the work in your game
Understand the price you could pay for not owning the work in your game
In a new feature on publisher contracts, attorney Jovan Johnson discusses a client who lost significant income because he failed to properly secure the rights to the work of contributors to his project.
May 8, 2012
Syrian activists targeted with RATs
Syrian activists targeted with RATs
There have been several recent examples of Syrian activists being tricked into downloading and installing remote access tools (RATs) that secretly hand control of their computers to a third party.
May 8, 2012
Natural gas pipelines targeted by cyber attack
Natural gas pipelines targeted by cyber attack
A spear-phishing campaign aimed at US natural gas pipeline companies has been underway since December of last year, according to the US Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT).
May 8, 2012
Japanese social game networks take a hit over regulation concerns
Japanese social game networks take a hit over regulation concerns
Reports of impending Japanese regulations for social game networks and their virtual goods practices have cast doubt over the futures of Gree and DeNA -- and their stock prices have tumbled as a result.
May 7, 2012
Top Android game apps: NBA Jam overtakes Cut the Rope
Top Android game apps: NBA Jam overtakes Cut the Rope
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free gaming applications on Google Play as of today, with NBA Jam, Draw Something, and Mega Jump currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
May 7, 2012
Release This: Starhawk, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition premiere worldwide
Release This: Starhawk, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition premiere worldwide
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Sony's Starhawk to retailers worldwide, while digital highlights include Monster World IV and Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition.
May 7, 2012
Top iPhone game apps: Pandemic 2.5 takes on Angry Birds Space
Top iPhone game apps: Pandemic 2.5 takes on Angry Birds Space
Gamasutra rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Pandemic 2.5 and Angry Birds Space to 100 Floors and more.
May 7, 2012
Opinion: How long before the Kickstarter bubble bursts?
Opinion: How long before the Kickstarter bubble bursts?
Kickstarter's generated plenty of funding for game developers over the past several months, but will this new-found funding model last? Gamasutra outlines important risks developers and backers need to be aware of.
May 7, 2012