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Top iPhone Game Apps: Zombie Gunship Challenges Angry Birds
Top iPhone Game Apps: Zombie Gunship Challenges Angry Birds
Gamasutra rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Zombie Gunship and Stickman BMX to Top Gear: Stunt School and more.
July 25, 2011
Release This: Catherine, From Dust Headline Domestic Lineup
Release This: Catherine, From Dust Headline Domestic Lineup
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Catherine and From Dust to North America, while Japan gets Devil Survivor 2 and Super Pokemon Scramble.
July 25, 2011
Opinion: PMP Certification In The Games Industry
Opinion: PMP Certification In The Games Industry
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday opinion piece, production consultant Keith Fuller discusses the value -- or lack of it -- in pursuing Project Management Professional (PMP) certification for the game industry.
July 25, 2011
Interview: Gazillion On Accessibility, Big IP In Free-To-Play Games
Interview: Gazillion On Accessibility, Big IP In Free-To-Play Games
Dan Fiden, Gazillion's VP of publishing, sits down with Gamasutra to discuss the company's plans for browser based development, its 10-year deal with Marvel, and its approach to free-to-play online games.
July 25, 2011
Sony Secures Exclusive Tekken Hybrid For PS3
Sony Secures Exclusive Tekken Hybrid For PS3
Sony has announced a package caontaining an HD remake of the PS2's Tekken Tag Tournament, a preview of its sequel and a CGI movie will be coming exclusively on the PS3. [UPDATE: Publisher clarification.]
July 25, 2011
Flight Simulator Developer Steve Lacey Killed In Road Rage Incident
Flight Simulator Developer Steve Lacey Killed In Road Rage Incident
Local media is reporting that Steve Lacey, a Google engineer who had worked on numerous games for Microsoft Game Studios, was killed in a road rage incident this weekend. He was 43.
July 25, 2011
Zumba Fitness Now Six Weeks At Top Of UK Charts
Zumba Fitness Now Six Weeks At Top Of UK Charts
Pipeworks and 505 Games' Zumba Fitness once again took the top spot in the UK retail software sales charts last week, marking its sixth consecutive week at the top spot and its ninth week overall.
July 25, 2011
Insomniac Launches Global Resistance Web Game
Insomniac Launches Global Resistance Web Game
Insomniac Games, developer behind the Resistance shooter franchise, has launched a new free-to-play browser game as a means of complementing the upcoming launch of Resistance 3.
July 25, 2011
Unity Technologies Opening South Korean Offices
Unity Technologies Opening South Korean Offices
Engine developer Unity Technologies is set to launch a new subsidiary in South Korea, which will serve as a localization and support center for future Unity expansion in the country.
July 25, 2011
Report: Average In-Game Mobile Transaction Worth $14
Report: Average In-Game Mobile Transaction Worth $14
A new report from mobile analytics firm Flurry finds the average in-app purchase through games on the iOS and Android platforms is worth $14, with a majority of revenue coming from purchases $20 and up.
July 25, 2011
Avatar Kinect Launched As Part Of Kinect Fun Labs
Avatar Kinect Launched As Part Of Kinect Fun Labs
Microsoft's Avatar Kinect, which lets users control an avatar using body movements and facial motions measured by the Kinect 3D camera, is now available as a free download through Kinect Fun Labs.
July 25, 2011
Analyst: EA To Break $1B Target For Digital Revenues
Analyst: EA To Break $1B Target For Digital Revenues
Following EA's $750 million acquisition of Popcap, analysts at IHS Screen Digest predict the company will top the $1 billion in dig
July 25, 2011