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EA brushes off 'Worst Company in America' label
EA brushes off 'Worst Company in America' label
Developer and publisher Electronic Arts has dismissed the "Worst Company in America" label it received from consumer affairs site The Consumerist, denying that it's disconnected with its users.
April 4, 2012
Study: Teens losing interest in traditional games, prefer social/mobile experiences
Study: Teens losing interest in traditional games, prefer social/mobile experiences
Teens are losing interest in playing traditional video games on consoles, and prefer to play social or online games instead, according to a new survey of high school students by analyst firm Piper Jaffray.
April 4, 2012
iOS's daily app revenues nearly eight times that of Android's, says analyst
iOS's daily app revenues nearly eight times that of Android's, says analyst
Apple's iPhones and iPads generated $3.34 million and $2.07 million respectively in daily sales from App Store games and applications during January 2012, according to analyst group Distimo.
April 4, 2012
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Galaxy Empire takes on Draw Something
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Galaxy Empire takes on Draw Something
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Draw Something and Galaxy Empire earning top iPhone sales, while DragonVale and Angry Birds Space remain big sellers on the iPad.
April 4, 2012
Top-Grossing Android games: Zynga Poker topples Draw Something
Top-Grossing Android games: Zynga Poker topples Draw Something
The latest North American Google Play game charts by revenue see Zynga Poker and Draw Something leading today's rankings, as Defender II and Temple Run also report top earnings.
April 4, 2012
German mobile dev Flaregames raises $2.6M in funding
German mobile dev Flaregames raises $2.6M in funding
German free-to-play mobile games company Flaregames has secured 2 million euros ($2.6 million) in funding, bringing its total funding this year to over $10 million.
April 4, 2012
Xaitment adding iOS, Android support to its latest AI products
Xaitment adding iOS, Android support to its latest AI products
A number of tool packages from AI software provider Xaitment will soon receive iOS, Android and Unity Web Player support, enabling developers to model advanced AI for smartphone games.
April 4, 2012
Lollipop Chainsaw dev Grasshopper reveals Killer is Dead
Lollipop Chainsaw dev Grasshopper reveals Killer is Dead
Lollipop Chainsaw developer Grasshopper Manufacture has announced its next game as part of its partnership with Japanese publisher Kadokawa Games.
April 4, 2012
Digital Chocolate, Spil Games announce social games partnership
Digital Chocolate, Spil Games announce social games partnership
Social game developer Digital Chocolate today revealed a partnership with web gaming company Spil Games, that will see the former's games exposed to Spil's notable global audience.
April 4, 2012
Loot Drop developing Ghost Recon social and mobile games
Loot Drop developing Ghost Recon social and mobile games
Ubisoft is working with id Software co-founder John Romero's social game studio Loot Drop, which is developing Facebook and mobile games based on the popular Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon.
April 4, 2012
Can you win the fight against player assumptions?
Can you win the fight against player assumptions?
In a feature reprinted from Game Developer magazine, designer Ara Shirinian examines how the way a game presents information creates assumptions in the player about how it plays.
April 4, 2012
GDC Vault debuts 'Classic Postmortem' videos, GDC 2012 lectures
GDC Vault debuts 'Classic Postmortem' videos, GDC 2012 lectures
The GDC Vault service has debuted both free and members-only video, audio, and slides from last month's GDC in San Francisco, including free postmortem videos for games like Fallout and Harvest Moon.
April 4, 2012