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DeNA Partners With Vietnamese VNG For Mobage Exclusivity
DeNA Partners With Vietnamese VNG For Mobage Exclusivity
Mobile social gaming company DeNA today announced a partnership with publisher VNG Corporation, that will see VNG's future social titles delivered through the mobile social gaming network Mobage worldwide.
Nov. 22, 2011
Social Game Developer Rocket Ninja Secures $7.5M In Funding
Social Game Developer Rocket Ninja Secures $7.5M In Funding
Browser game developer Rocket Ninja has secured $7.5 million in a round of Series B funding, as a means of hiring new employees and expanding the company's reach.
Nov. 22, 2011
Opinion: The Many-Worlds Interpretation Of Game Development
Opinion: The Many-Worlds Interpretation Of Game Development
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Binary Refinery's director Richard Fine examines how and why developers create different representations in different worlds for game objects.
Nov. 22, 2011
Nintendo, Third Party Devs Face Exercise Game Patent Lawsuit
Nintendo, Third Party Devs Face Exercise Game Patent Lawsuit
Ohio-based Impulse Technology has brought a lawsuit against Nintendo and a number of third-party Wii game developers, accusing them of violating a 1996 patent on motion control technology.
Nov. 22, 2011
Learning How To Design For Free-to-Play
Learning How To Design For Free-to-Play
In the first installment of a multi-part series on Gamasutra, freelance game designer Pascal Luban outlines design philosophies designers may have to adopt when m
Nov. 22, 2011
Zeboyd Games Sees 100K Sales For Steam Indie RPG Bundle
Zeboyd Games Sees 100K Sales For Steam Indie RPG Bundle
Zeboyd Games' Robert Boyd has announced the $3 bundle containing Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII has sold 100,000 copies on Steam since its introduction in July.
Nov. 22, 2011
Final Fantasy XIV's Last Days, Rebirth, And Move Toward Profitability
Final Fantasy XIV's Last Days, Rebirth, And Move Toward Profitability
Square Enix producer Naoki Yoshida tells Gamasutra about the planned 2013 v2.0 launch of troubled MMO Final Fantasy XIV, and explains how "we lost our customers' trust in a big way."
Nov. 22, 2011
Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Coming December 6
Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Coming December 6
A free dashboard update coming to all Xbox 360s on December 6 will add features such as cloud storage for game saves, improved Kinect integration, and improved social sharing features.
Nov. 22, 2011
Report: 1.2M Non-iPad Tablets Sold So Far In 2011
Report: 1.2M Non-iPad Tablets Sold So Far In 2011
While sales of non-iPad tablet computers in the U.S. have been steadily increasing throughout 2011, the market is still dwarfed by Apple's market-creating device.
Nov. 22, 2011
Call Of Duty Elite Hits 1M Paid Subscribers In Six Days
Call Of Duty Elite Hits 1M Paid Subscribers In Six Days
Activision revealed today that it has already sold over 1 million premium memberships for its Call of Duty Elite service, despite the issues that have plagued the service since its launch.
Nov. 22, 2011
GDC 2012 Debuts Diablo III, Jetpack Joyride, Resident Evil Sessions
GDC 2012 Debuts Diablo III, Jetpack Joyride, Resident Evil Sessions
GDC 2012 has revealed its first batch of sessions, featuring a look at the art of Diablo III, a Jetpack Joyride postmortem, and a breakdown of the animation in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.
Nov. 22, 2011
Indie Royale Bundle Expands, Debuts Optional Blind Pre-Orders
Indie Royale Bundle Expands, Debuts Optional Blind Pre-Orders
Sister site IndieGames.com co-created game bundle site Indie Royale is instituting a pre-order system, starting with its third offering, the "Really Big Bundle", also revealing more than 350,000 games sold so far.
Nov. 22, 2011