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2011: The year in video game criticism
2011: The year in video game criticism
As we ease ourselves into the new year, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us a retrospective from Eric Swain on 2011's best articles on video game criticism, design, and cultu
Jan. 3, 2012
Consumer gaming blog Kotaku loses key staff
Consumer gaming blog Kotaku loses key staff
Popular gaming news blog Kotaku is parting ways with two of its top men, editorial director Joel Johnson and editor-in-chief Brian Crecente, leaving Stephen Totilo to take over the Gawker Media network site.
Jan. 3, 2012
Super Meat Boy sells 1 million copies
Super Meat Boy sells 1 million copies
Team Meat revealed that its 2D platformer Super Meat Boy has sold over 1 million copies across several platforms since releasing for Xbox Live Arcade in October 2010.
Jan. 3, 2012
Sega's Shenmue social mobile experiment closes
Sega's Shenmue social mobile experiment closes
Sunsoft and Ys Net have shuttered Shenmue Town, the Japanese free-to-play mobile social game based on Sega and Yu Suzuki's cult series, just a year after its launch.
Jan. 3, 2012
DragonVale, Temple Run head weekly iPhone charts
DragonVale, Temple Run head weekly iPhone charts
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Temple Run and DragonVale earning top iPhone sales, while The Sims: FreePlay and Battle Nations emerge as big sellers on the iPad.
Jan. 3, 2012
Ngmoco Sweden hires staffers from Battlefield studio DICE
Ngmoco Sweden hires staffers from Battlefield studio DICE
The Sweden-based branch of mobile games company Ngmoco continues to grow in staff numbers, as general manager Ben Cousins revealed this week three hires from EA's Battlefield studio DICE.
Jan. 3, 2012
Bastion surpasses 500K copies sold
Bastion surpasses 500K copies sold
Bastion developer Supergiant Games_ has revealed that its critically acclaimed download title has now surpassed half a million copies sold across its PC and Xbox 360 versions combined.
Jan. 3, 2012
From Hitman to Reto-Moto: Jesper Kyd follows his own sound
From Hitman to Reto-Moto: Jesper Kyd follows his own sound
Veteran composer Jesper Kyd has scored music for massive franchises like Hitman and Assassin's Creed, but in working with old friends at startup Reto-Meto, he tells Gamasutra he's getting back to his roots.
Jan. 3, 2012
Report: Crysis 2 named most-pirated game of 2011
Report: Crysis 2 named most-pirated game of 2011
Data from download tracker TorrentFreak.com shows the PC version of EA and Crytek's Crysis 2 was the most pirated video game of 2011, with more than 3.92 million confirmed BitTorrent downloads.
Jan. 3, 2012
ESA voices support for SOPA legislation
ESA voices support for SOPA legislation
The ESA today announced its support for the proposed "Stop Online Piracy Act," a highly contentious bill that would allow the U.S. government to block sites hosting copyright-infringing material.
Jan. 3, 2012
Atari cracks down on indie's Battlezone look-alike
Atari cracks down on indie's Battlezone look-alike
Atari Interactive has reportedly issued a complaint against indie developer Black Powder Media and has had its iOS titles Vector Tanks and Vector Tanks Extreme removed from the iTunes App Store.
Jan. 3, 2012
Gamasutra's holiday round-up: What you missed
Gamasutra's holiday round-up: What you missed
As the new year begins and everyone heads back to work, Gamasutra rounds up noteworthy game industry news, interviews, and feature articles that you might have missed during the holiday break.
Jan. 3, 2012