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Opinion: Virtually Occupied
Opinion: Virtually Occupied
Game Developer magazine editor-in-chief Brandon Sheffield reflects on the ongoing Occupy protests, and picks out several examples of online games that saw similar group-led movements.
Nov. 30, 2011
Opinion: ESRB Mobile App Initiative Underscores Industry Power Shift
Opinion: ESRB Mobile App Initiative Underscores Industry Power Shift
Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris picks apart the ESRB's recent push into the mobile app space, and wonders how these ratings will fare without Apple and Android's support.
Nov. 30, 2011
Opinion: With Great Powers...
Opinion: With Great Powers...
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Entertainment Computing Group researcher Robert Walter discusses the fragile base class problem of object-oriented programming languages.
Nov. 30, 2011
Critical Reception: Nintendo's Mario Kart 7
Critical Reception: Nintendo's Mario Kart 7
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Nintendo's 3DS kart racer Mario Kart 7, which reviewers describe as "an exquisitely polished game with few flaws."
Nov. 30, 2011
Top-Grossing Android Games: Paradise Island Sees Rapid Rise In Popularity
Top-Grossing Android Games: Paradise Island Sees Rapid Rise In Popularity
Google's latest North American Android Market game charts by revenue see Defender and Tap Fish leading today's rankings, as Paradise Island and Bakery Story also report top earnings.
Nov. 30, 2011
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Zynga's Dream Zoo Off To A Strong Start
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Zynga's Dream Zoo Off To A Strong Start
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Dream Zoo and Amazing Breaker earning top iPhone sales, while Battle Nations and DragonVale remain big sellers on the iPad.
Nov. 30, 2011
Unity Will Support HTML5 When It's 'Right For Games'
Unity Will Support HTML5 When It's 'Right For Games'
Unity Technologies has said that its Unity engine, which currently supports a variety of platforms, will eventually support HTML5, but that it is waiting for "the moment HTML5 is right for games."
Nov. 30, 2011
Silicon Studio's Orochi Game Engine Updated With PS Vita Support
Silicon Studio's Orochi Game Engine Updated With PS Vita Support
3D Dot Game Heroes developer and middleware provider Silicon Studio today announced that its Orochi game engine has been updated with PlayStation Vita support.
Nov. 30, 2011
Battlefield 3 Sells 8 Million Units Worldwide
Battlefield 3 Sells 8 Million Units Worldwide
EA's Battlefield 3 has now sold over 8 million units in total, up from the 5 million units that it saw in its opening week, while also shipping 12 million copies, up from 10 million shipped during week one.
Nov. 30, 2011
Indie Strategy Title Frozen Synapse Sells 300K Units
Indie Strategy Title Frozen Synapse Sells 300K Units
Indie game developer Mode 7 has revealed that its turn-based strategy title Frozen Synapse, released in May earlier this year, has sold over 300,000 copies in total.
Nov. 30, 2011
Study: Violent Video Games Have 'Long-Term Effect On Brain Functioning'
Study: Violent Video Games Have 'Long-Term Effect On Brain Functioning'
A new study by the Radiological Society of North America has found that violent video games cause the frontal brain regions of a user's brain to show "less activation" after play.
Nov. 30, 2011
AIAS Appoints Blizzard Co-Founder Frank Pearce To Board Of Directors
AIAS Appoints Blizzard Co-Founder Frank Pearce To Board Of Directors
Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce has been appointed to the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences board of directors to support its ongoing goal to advance the gaming medium, the organisation announced today.
Nov. 30, 2011