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Top-Grossing Android games: Mobage's Rage of Bahamut topples Zynga Poker
Top-Grossing Android games: Mobage's Rage of Bahamut topples Zynga Poker
The latest North American Google Play game charts by revenue see Rage of Bahamut and Live Holdem Poker Pro leading today's rankings, as Slot City and Drag Racing: Bike Edition also report top earnings.
April 25, 2012
Critical Reception: Radical Entertainment's Prototype 2
Critical Reception: Radical Entertainment's Prototype 2
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Radical Entertainment's open-world sequel Prototype 2, which reviews describe as "an enjoyable but predictable action title."
April 25, 2012
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Poker by Zynga reclaims top chart spot
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Poker by Zynga reclaims top chart spot
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see DragonVale and Poker by Zynga earning top iPhone sales, while Kingdoms of Camelot and Slotomania HD remain big sellers on the iPad.
April 25, 2012
NEA awards grants to video games that celebrate and promote the arts
NEA awards grants to video games that celebrate and promote the arts
The National Endowment for the Arts, a U.S. government agency that offers funding for art projects and exhibitions, has awarded several major grants to video game projects that teach players about the arts or important social issues.
April 25, 2012
Major social developer CrowdStar abandons Facebook development for mobile
Major social developer CrowdStar abandons Facebook development for mobile
Major social game developer CrowdStar revealed today that is has chosen to move away from making Facebook games altogether, and has instead refocused its all of it efforts on mobile development.
April 25, 2012
Wizard101 studio KingsIsle's new game counts on pirates for big-kid appeal
Wizard101 studio KingsIsle's new game counts on pirates for big-kid appeal
KingsIsle, the dev behind the popular family-friendly MMO Wizard101, announced the development of Pirate101, a new online game with a familiar framework, but brand new mechanics.
April 25, 2012
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. devs creating free-to-play MMOFPS at new studio
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. devs creating free-to-play MMOFPS at new studio
Veterans from GSC Game World, the Ukrainian developer behind cult series S.T.A.L.K.E.R., have formed a new studio and are working on a S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-like free-to-play MMOFPS.
April 25, 2012
X-Play TV show host Adam Sessler parts ways with G4
X-Play TV show host Adam Sessler parts ways with G4
Adam Sessler, who has co-hosted G4's video game-themed TV program X-Play for 14 years, has parted ways with the cable channel.
April 25, 2012
Why didn't Night Trap work?
Why didn't Night Trap work?
In a new feature -- an extract from the new book Generation Xbox that delves into the development of controversial 1990s game Night Trap -- the author delves into why it didn't work as a game.
April 25, 2012
GDC Europe 2012 reveals major additions to main conference, Summit advisory boards
GDC Europe 2012 reveals major additions to main conference, Summit advisory boards
GDC Europe organizers added 14 leading game devs to the event's advisory boards, where they will help program lectures, panels and sessions taking place at August's conference in Germany.
April 25, 2012
Infosecurity Europe 2012: defining risk management in the context of information security
Infosecurity Europe 2012: defining risk management in the context of information security
The three companies represented on the keynote panel (G4S Secure Solutions, Steria UK, and Skipton Building Society) are very different; and their CISOs have very different views on the functioning of risk management within infosec.
April 25, 2012
One in five Macs harbors malware, Sophos finds
One in five Macs harbors malware, Sophos finds
A disturbing one in five Mac computers are infected by some form of malware, according to research by IT security firm Sophos.
April 25, 2012