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Bigpoint Signs Agreement With Russian Provider Mail.Ru
Bigpoint Signs Agreement With Russian Provider Mail.Ru
German online games publisher and developer Bigpoint has made an agreement with Russian service provider Mail.Ru Group, allowing both companies to share their games via both of their portals.
June 14, 2011
Disney Announces Video Game Movie Wreck-It Ralph
Disney Announces Video Game Movie Wreck-It Ralph
Disney has announced Wreck-It Ralph, an upcoming CG comedy adventure movie that is set in a gaming arcade and follows a video game enemy who dreams of proving he can be a 'Good Guy'.
June 14, 2011
Revolution's Charles Cecil Awarded MBE In Queen's Honors
Revolution's Charles Cecil Awarded MBE In Queen's Honors
Charles Cecil, co-founder and CEO of York, UK-based Revolution Software, has received an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, and noted that he is "thrilled, flattered and humbled" by the news.
June 14, 2011
THQ: Homefront Franchise Will Continue
THQ: Homefront Franchise Will Continue
Despite closing down Homefront developer Kaos Studios this week, THQ has confirmed that the shooter will see a follow-up with some "really in
June 14, 2011
Interview: Take-Two's Zelnick Talks Social Games, Acquisition Rumors
Interview: Take-Two's Zelnick Talks Social Games, Acquisition Rumors
Speaking with Gamasutra about the road ahead for his company, CEO Strauss Zelnick explains why he's in no hurry to sell Take Two, and why the publisher isn't taking part in the social game land grab.
June 14, 2011
This Week In Video Game Criticism: Blackwater To Visible Puppeteers
This Week In Video Game Criticism: Blackwater To Visible Puppeteers
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Ben Abraham on topics including the controversial Blackwater game, breaking immersion, and more.
June 14, 2011
Analysis: Can The Wii U Work As The Ultimate Platform?
Analysis: Can The Wii U Work As The Ultimate Platform?
In this opinion piece, UK game designer Tadhg Kelly looks at how Nintendo's Wii U could unify the games industry's balkanized market, and how the system could be "the gaming equivalent of DVD."
June 14, 2011
Interview: VCs Boost Building Game Roblox With $4M Injection
Interview: VCs Boost Building Game Roblox With $4M Injection
The VC frenzy surrounding online social games is rolling onwards. Today Roblox, a 3D block-building online game aimed at children, announced a $4 million injection from Altos Ventures and First Round Capitol.
June 14, 2011
Interview: Glu's Mori And The Importance Of The Happy 'Freeloader'
Interview: Glu's Mori And The Importance Of The Happy 'Freeloader'
Metrics sit at the core of free-to-play. But are the numbers sustainable? Business editor Colin Campbell talks to Glu's creative chief Giancarlo Mori about non-paying customers and the future of the model.
June 14, 2011
Game Developer's June/July Issue Showcases Top 30 Devs, Rift Postmortem
Game Developer's June/July Issue Showcases Top 30 Devs, Rift Postmortem
The June/July 2011 issue of Game Developer magazine, featuring an in-depth postmortem of Trion Worlds' Rift and the editors' top 30 developers, from Mojang to Halfbrick and beyond, is now available.
June 14, 2011
Feature: How Not To Make Your Tutorial
Feature: How Not To Make Your Tutorial
In the latest in his long-running Designer's Notebook feature column, veteran Ernest Adams looks at eight don'ts of tutorial design, ripped from actual games -- and e
June 14, 2011
EA Sets Up Shop With Dedicated EA Sports Retail Stores
EA Sets Up Shop With Dedicated EA Sports Retail Stores
Electronic Arts plans on operating a chain of retail stores dedicated to its EA Sports line of sports games, the company revealed, with the first shop already under construction at the Charlotte, North Carolina airport.
June 14, 2011