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Top-Grossing Android games: Updated Dream Zoo reports sales surge
Top-Grossing Android games: Updated Dream Zoo reports sales surge
Google's latest North American Android Market game charts by revenue see Tap Fish and Live Holdem Poker Pro leading today's rankings, as Cartoon Wars and Dream Zoo also report top earnings.
Feb. 29, 2012
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Draw Something emerges as top seller
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Draw Something emerges as top seller
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Draw Something and DragonVale earning top iPhone sales, while Smurfs' Village and Modern War emerge as big sellers on the iPad.
Feb. 29, 2012
Critical Reception: EA Canada's SSX
Critical Reception: EA Canada's SSX
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to EA Canada's snowboarding franchise reboot SSX, which reviewers describe as "one of the most empowering experiences in gaming."
Feb. 29, 2012
Gamasutra member blogs: From redefining genre to moral boundaries
Gamasutra member blogs: From redefining genre to moral boundaries
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, such as problems with how we define genres, questioning how video games have our moral boundaries, and more.
Feb. 29, 2012
Road to the IGF: Awesome Shark Volcano's Nous
Road to the IGF: Awesome Shark Volcano's Nous
As part of Gamasutra's Road to the IGF series, Awesome Shark Volcano's Pohung Chen and Brett Cutler talk about IGF Student Showcase finalist Nous, which aims to bridge the gap between art-games and traditional titles.
Feb. 29, 2012
Blizzard cuts 600 employees in organizational shift
Blizzard cuts 600 employees in organizational shift
Blizzard Entertainment will lay off around 600 employees -- around 90 percent of which will come from its non-development departments -- after completing a review of its "current organizational needs."
Feb. 29, 2012
Growing acceptance for virtual goods boosts annual sales to $2.3B, says study
Growing acceptance for virtual goods boosts annual sales to $2.3B, says study
Consumers purchased more than $2.3 billion in virtual goods from online games, digital media, and social networks in the U.S. last year -- up from $1.8 billion in 2009 -- according to a study from research firm Frank N. Magid Associates
Feb. 29, 2012
Nexon publishing Crytek's Warface in Korea, Taiwan
Nexon publishing Crytek's Warface in Korea, Taiwan
Seoul-based Nexon Korea Corporation (MapleStory) has signed a deal with Crytek to publish the developer's free-to-play online first-person shooter Warface in Taiwan and South Korea.
Feb. 29, 2012
Gamevil's mobile titles reach 100M downloads
Gamevil's mobile titles reach 100M downloads
South Korean mobile game developer and publisher Gamevil has reached 100 million downloads worldwide for its smartphone games, a milestone it hit just half a year after it crossed the 50 million mark.
Feb. 29, 2012
Retailers see 'unprecedented demand' for cheap Raspberry Pi computer
Retailers see 'unprecedented demand' for cheap Raspberry Pi computer
Retailers today began selling the Raspberry Pi, the cheap and tiny computer designed to teach programming to students in the UK, and have experienced "unprecedented demand" for the device.
Feb. 29, 2012
In-depth: Running native code on Android - Part 2
In-depth: Running native code on Android - Part 2
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, Gameloft 3D programmer Gustavo Samour shows you how to create an app without writing a single line of Java code.
Feb. 29, 2012
Namco Bandai distributing Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 in Europe
Namco Bandai distributing Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 in Europe
Namco Bandai today announced that it will publish the sequel to City Interactive's million-selling 2010 title Sniper: Ghost Warrior in Europe later this year.
Feb. 29, 2012