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Inside the Arkham City marketing strategy that killed Batman's superhero stigma
Inside the Arkham City marketing strategy that killed Batman's superhero stigma
At the Gamasutra-attended Game Marketing Summit, key marketing leads behind Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham City detailed the numerous advertising strategies that gave the superhero hit such mass-market appeal.
April 17, 2012
This week in Video Game Criticism: From Cooking Mama to inhabiting Skyrim
This week in Video Game Criticism: From Cooking Mama to inhabiting Skyrim
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics including Cooking Mama as performance art, how Skyrim is a place we inhabit, and more.
April 17, 2012
How do you find players to test your game?
How do you find players to test your game?
In a new Gamasutra feature, Betable's Tyler York examines the concept of the minimum viable game -- which requires a small but statistically significant base of testers to try. How do you find them?
April 17, 2012
MDK2 console dev done with Nintendo after WiiWare loss, 9-month certification
MDK2 console dev done with Nintendo after WiiWare loss, 9-month certification
Beamdog, which ported MDK2 to WiiWare last year, says it will not work with Nintendo again and explains to Gamasutra how it took nine months for the platform holder to approve its game.
April 17, 2012
The social destiny of Infinity Blade II
The social destiny of Infinity Blade II
"As human beings, we are two things: we are inherently social, and we inherently want to progress," says Chair's Donald Mustard. Here, he tells Gamasutra how that idea applies to Infinity Blade II.
April 17, 2012
Iranian software manager hacks and dumps card details of 3m Iranians
Iranian software manager hacks and dumps card details of 3m Iranians
Khosrow Zarefarid found and reported a flaw in the Iranian POS system. He reported it, but was ignored – so he used it and hacked 3 million Iranian debit card details.
April 17, 2012
McAfee sheds light on the Darkmegi kernel rootkit
McAfee sheds light on the Darkmegi kernel rootkit
Darkmegi, malware that uses a kernel rootkit component to infect computers, has begun exploiting a flaw in Java to conduct drive-by attacks, according to McAfee Labs.
April 17, 2012
Scammers target Verizon Wireless customers after AT&T attacks
Scammers target Verizon Wireless customers after AT&T attacks
Spammers have their sites on Verizon Wireless customers after targeting those of AT&T Wireless earlier this month.
April 17, 2012
Skylanders drops off iPhone top ten in second week
Skylanders drops off iPhone top ten in second week
Gamasutra rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Flick Home Run and Draw Something to Slide to Unlock and more.
April 16, 2012
Cut the Rope takes on Angry Birds Space in this week's Android charts
Cut the Rope takes on Angry Birds Space in this week's Android charts
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free gaming applications on Google Play as of today, with Cut the Rope, Angry Birds Space, and Drag Racing: Bike Edition currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
April 16, 2012
Release This: Trials Evolution, The Witcher 2: Enhanced debut stateside
Release This: Trials Evolution, The Witcher 2: Enhanced debut stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition and Trials Evolution to North America and Europe, while Japan gets Fire Emblem: Kakusei.
April 16, 2012
Project X Zone and more in this week's Japanese news roundup
Project X Zone and more in this week's Japanese news roundup
Gamasutra rounds up recent reports on the Japanese games industry from local news site Andriasang.com, including a Kinect bundle for Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, a collaboration between three big publishers, and more.
April 16, 2012