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iOS Dev Riptide Games Merges With Projkt Nine
iOS Dev Riptide Games Merges With Projkt Nine
Denver-based iOS developer Riptide Games announced it will be merging with Ontario's Projkt Nine, cementing a collaboration that has produced titles such as My Pet Zombie.
July 11, 2011
Eidos' Pete Hickman Joins Mediatonic As Head Of Production
Eidos' Pete Hickman Joins Mediatonic As Head Of Production
London-based Mediatonic announced today that it has hired game industry veteran Pete Hickman as its new head of production, where he will oversee all of the company's projects.
July 11, 2011
Louisiana Enhances Tax Credits For Game Developers
Louisiana Enhances Tax Credits For Game Developers
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has signed a bill enhancing the state's existing tax credit for game developers, potentially resulting in significant savings for game companies in the state.
July 11, 2011
Board Game Maker Speaks Out On Euro Trenched Trademark Dispute
Board Game Maker Speaks Out On Euro Trenched Trademark Dispute
The Portuguese designer of a board game called Trench has spoken out on a trademark dispute that has prevented Double Fine's Trenched from being released in European territories.
July 11, 2011
Analyst: New Call of Duty Sales Could Pass 20M
Analyst: New Call of Duty Sales Could Pass 20M
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter says he thinks Activision's next Call of Duty game could surpass Black Ops' 20 million in sales, despite a competitive threat from EA's Battlefield 3.
July 11, 2011
Bigpoint Announces Partnership With Spil Casual Platform
Bigpoint Announces Partnership With Spil Casual Platform
German online games publisher and developer Bigpoint has announced a partnership with online webgames company Spil Games that will see the studio release a number of its titles via Spil's casual gaming platform.
July 11, 2011
Ex-2K Designers Form Uppercut Games, Announce Epoch
Ex-2K Designers Form Uppercut Games, Announce Epoch
Two former 2K Games designers have founded a new independent development studio called Uppercut Games, with the aim to create "AAA quality" mobile and downloadable games.
July 11, 2011
Zumba Fitness Tops UK Retail Sales Charts For Fourth Consecutive Week
Zumba Fitness Tops UK Retail Sales Charts For Fourth Consecutive Week
Pipeworks and 505 Games' Zumba Fitness once again took the top spot in the UK retail software sales charts last week, marking its seventh week at number one, and its fourth week in a row at the top.
July 11, 2011
Strategy War Titles Lead Fastest-Growing Facebook Games
Strategy War Titles Lead Fastest-Growing Facebook Games
Gamasutra's bi-weekly look at the fastest-growing Facebook titles examines the recent popularity of turn-based strategy war games, such as Zynga's Empires & Allies and Kabam's similar release Global Warfare.
July 11, 2011
Sony Europe To Publish Bollywood Tie-In Game
Sony Europe To Publish Bollywood Tie-In Game
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe will publish a tie-in game for the highly anticipated upcoming Hindi science fiction superhero movie Ra.One for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, the company said Monday.
July 11, 2011
CityEngine Maker Procedural Acquired
CityEngine Maker Procedural Acquired
Geographic information company Esri has acquired Procedural, the company behind 3D city modeling tool CityEngine, the company said Monday. CityEngine is used by Rockstar, THQ, Blizzard and others.
July 11, 2011
Electroplankton Team Developing Final Fantasy Rhythm Game
Electroplankton Team Developing Final Fantasy Rhythm Game
Indies Zero, the studio responsible for Electroplankton and Retro Game Challenge, is developing Square Enix's upcoming Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, the company revealed Monday.
July 11, 2011