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Best of Indie Games: From Dino D-Day to Rokko Chan
Best of Indie Games: From Dino D-Day to Rokko Chan
Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including some hardcore _Mega Man-_style gaming, and one of the loveliest things to have ever lande
Jan. 6, 2012
Square Enix mines independent comic book IP for platform game
Square Enix mines independent comic book IP for platform game
Square Enix will publish a platformer based on Nathan Jurevicius's independent graphic novel Scarygirl for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and Windows.
Jan. 6, 2012
Steam sales grow, despite influx of competition
Steam sales grow, despite influx of competition
Despite increased competition last year, Valve's digital distribution platform Steam managed to increase year-over-year unit sales by over 100 percent for the seventh straight year in 2011.
Jan. 6, 2012
Your game industry in your words: Week of January 6
Your game industry in your words: Week of January 6
Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from game industry figures such as Unity Technologies' Erik Hemming, Pocket Gem's Ben Liu, and many others in this weekly roundup.
Jan. 6, 2012
Reflection in C++: The simple implementation of Splinter Cell
Reflection in C++: The simple implementation of Splinter Cell
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, Lionhead and Ubisoft veteran Don Williamson shares the simple reflection API developed to replace Unreal's object model in Splinter Cell: Conviction.
Jan. 6, 2012
Round-Up: Gamasutra network jobs, week of January 6
Round-Up: Gamasutra network jobs, week of January 6
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Respawn Entertainment, Amazon, 6waves Lolapps, and others.
Jan. 6, 2012
Top iPad game apps: Price-dropped Machinarium reports sales spike
Top iPad game apps: Price-dropped Machinarium reports sales spike
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Machinarium, Monopoly, and Where's My Water? currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
Jan. 6, 2012
The four lenses of game making
The four lenses of game making
UK-based game designer and Gamasutra contributor Tadhg Kelly breaks down the four lenses of game making, a "common set of assumptions and predispositions" he often sees in developers.
Jan. 6, 2012
Opinion: Why 3DS' digital games will never be as cheap as iPhone's
Opinion: Why 3DS' digital games will never be as cheap as iPhone's
Renegade Kid's Jools Watsham explains why eShop's $2-$8 games can't match the App Store's cheap prices, and examines consumers' evolving expectations for downloadable titles.
Jan. 6, 2012
Report: PlayStation exec Kaz Hirai is Sony's next president
Report: PlayStation exec Kaz Hirai is Sony's next president
Sony Corporation's Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai, the former PlayStation head currently overseeing all of Sony's consumer products, is next in line for its presidency.
Jan. 6, 2012
BAE Systems Detica becomes a strategic partner with CEOP
BAE Systems Detica becomes a strategic partner with CEOP
BAE Systems Detica has become a strategic partner of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre. This is a special relationship reserved for organizations that have provided a real contribution toward CEOP’s role in protecting children online. Other strategic partners are Microsoft, the NSPCC and Visa Europe.
Jan. 6, 2012
New variant of Ramnit financial malware targeting Facebook users
New variant of Ramnit financial malware targeting Facebook users
Ramnit is not a new worm, as it was first reported back in April 2010. Last summer it evolved into financial malware. Now its developers are specifically targeting Facebook users.
Jan. 6, 2012