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Zumba Fitness On Top Again In UK, Fear 3 Debuts At Three
Zumba Fitness On Top Again In UK, Fear 3 Debuts At Three
Exercise game Zumba Fitness reached the top of the all-platform unit sales charts in the UK for the fifth time since its launch 31 weeks ago, as Fear 3 debuted in the third spot.
June 27, 2011
Supreme Court Decision: Alito Expresses Uncertainty About Violent Games' Effects
Supreme Court Decision: Alito Expresses Uncertainty About Violent Games' Effects
Justice Samuel Alito gave the Supreme Court's supporting opinion in the landmark ruling against the failed California video game law, but expressed reservations, stating, "The Court is sure of this; I am not."
June 27, 2011
Opinion: Six Challenges To Hobbyist Developers, And How to Overcome Them
Opinion: Six Challenges To Hobbyist Developers, And How to Overcome Them
Programmer Poya Manouchehri points out the the pitfalls that can trip up hobbyist developers' personal projects, and offers advice on avoiding them, in this #altdevblogaday-reprinted opinion piece.
June 27, 2011
Fastest-Growing Facebook Game Empire & Allies Overtakes FarmVille
Fastest-Growing Facebook Game Empire & Allies Overtakes FarmVille
Gamasutra's bi-weekly look at the fastest-growing Facebook titles examines Zynga's latest game Empire & Allies, which has already unseated FarmVille as the social network's second most popular app.
June 27, 2011
Top iPhone Game Apps: Disney's Cars 2 Heads Paid Charts
Top iPhone Game Apps: Disney's Cars 2 Heads Paid Charts
Gamasutra rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on Apple's App Store, with Cars 2 topping the charts ahead of Flick Golf, Turtle Fly, Death Rally and others.
June 27, 2011
Release This: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Arrives Stateside
Release This: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Arrives Stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D and Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 to North America, while Europe gets Solatorobo.
June 27, 2011
Fire Hose Games On Slam Bolt Scrappers' Failures, Successes
Fire Hose Games On Slam Bolt Scrappers' Failures, Successes
Speaking at local dev gathering Boston Post Mortem -- attended by Gamasutra -- Fire Hose Games shared the challenges it faced with releasing Slam Bolt Scrappers, and how the PSN outage "hit [Fire Hose] really hard."
June 27, 2011
Q&A: NCsoft's Aion Team On Increasing Engagement Through Guides
Q&A: NCsoft's Aion Team On Increasing Engagement Through Guides
NCsoft Game Guide lead Scott Hannus explains how the company's evolving policy of providing guides helps the team communicate details about the game and inform players.
June 27, 2011
Analysis: Despite Ruling, Threats Remain For The Games Industry
Analysis: Despite Ruling, Threats Remain For The Games Industry
Gamsutra editor-at-large Chris Morris says there's good reason for the games industry to celebrate the Supreme Court striking down the hotly-debated California violent game law, but "it's not the end of the fight -- not by a long shot."
June 27, 2011
NPD: Xbox 360 Leads In Game Card, Online-Capable Game Sales
NPD: Xbox 360 Leads In Game Card, Online-Capable Game Sales
New graphs released today by the NPD group show Microsoft's Xbox 360 leading Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii in retail sales of online-capable games and retail cards for digital currency.
June 27, 2011
Survey Seeks Developers' Best Producer Stories
Survey Seeks Developers' Best Producer Stories
A new survey is seeking to collect anonymous anecdotes from developers regarding their experiences with producers, both good and bad, to be collected an upcoming Gamasutra feature.
June 27, 2011
CCP Working To Calm Player Anger Over EVE Online Vanity Items, Leaks
CCP Working To Calm Player Anger Over EVE Online Vanity Items, Leaks
The makers of EVE Online are reaching out to players after leaked internal documents regarding new, microtransaction vanity items have led to widespread player dissatisfaction and demonstrations.
June 27, 2011