News

Analyst: EA's PopCap Acquisition 'A Long-Term Positive'
Analyst: EA's PopCap Acquisition 'A Long-Term Positive'
Following news that Electronic Arts has acquired Plants vs. Zombies maker PopCap for $750 million, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter described the move as "a long-term positive."
July 13, 2011
Sony Reveals $20M Investment Plan For PSN-Exclusive Titles
Sony Reveals $20M Investment Plan For PSN-Exclusive Titles
Sony has announced a new $20 million, three-year investment plan that will see more PlayStation Network exclusive games released from both first-party studios and independent developers.
July 13, 2011
Feature: Programming Sins - Obfuscated Code And Cut-And-Paste
Feature: Programming Sins - Obfuscated Code And Cut-And-Paste
In a new feature, originally published in Game Developer Magazine and brought to you now in association with Intel, various game developers discuss their pet peeve
July 13, 2011
Photon Network Engine Integrated With Marmalade
Photon Network Engine Integrated With Marmalade
Exit Games' network engine and socket-server Photon has been integrated with cross-platform SDK Marmalade, the companies jointly announced this week, bringing Photon to iOS, Android, Symbian and more.
July 13, 2011
Breaking: Apple Balances International App Store Prices
Breaking: Apple Balances International App Store Prices
Apple has tweaked the prices of all App Store games as part of an update Wednesday, according to online reports, with slight price hikes in the UK complementing price decreases in Australia.
July 13, 2011
New PlayStation 3 Model Limits HD Video Output
New PlayStation 3 Model Limits HD Video Output
An update to Sony's PlayStation 3 hardware is quietly phasing out a feature that will leave some users unable to watch high-definition Blu-ray video, the company recently confirmed.
July 13, 2011
Tap Zoo Maker Pocket Gems Passes 40 Million Downloads Cross-Catalog
Tap Zoo Maker Pocket Gems Passes 40 Million Downloads Cross-Catalog
Games from free-to-play mobile games company Pocket Gems (Tap Zoo, Tap Store, Tap Pet Hotel) have been downloaded over 40 million times, the San Francisco company said Wednesday.
July 13, 2011
L.A. Noire Debuts On Top In Japan
L.A. Noire Debuts On Top In Japan
Rockstar's 1940s adventure game L.A. Noire was the best-selling game in Japan last week, pushing over 71,000 copies across its two versions ahead of Sony's Infamous 2.
July 13, 2011
Fruit Ninja's Halfbrick Partially Acquires Animation Studio
Fruit Ninja's Halfbrick Partially Acquires Animation Studio
Award-winning animation studio The People's Republic of Animation has been partially acquired by Fruit Ninja developer Halfbrick. The first collaboration will be on the upcoming Machine Gun Jetpack.
July 13, 2011
EA: PopCap Deal 'Makes Us A Force To Be Reckoned With'
EA: PopCap Deal 'Makes Us A Force To Be Reckoned With'
Gamasutra speaks to EA and PopCap about the huge acquisition deal, detailing how the companies will work together, with PopCap founder
July 13, 2011
Vishing attacks now five years old says Symantec
Vishing attacks now five years old says Symantec
Last Sunday was the fifth anniversary of the first vishing attack - an attack methodology involving the use of voice telephony - and says a Symantec senior analyst, the security problem shows no sign of going away.
July 13, 2011
News of the World phone hacking spills into the world of malware
News of the World phone hacking spills into the world of malware
A number of authors are reporting that the Sunday Times - amongst other papers - may have attempted to infect their computers with malware in an attempt to learn printable secrets.
July 13, 2011