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Wii U Will Have AMD Radeon HD, IBM Power Microprocessors, And 25 GB Discs
Wii U Will Have AMD Radeon HD, IBM Power Microprocessors, And 25 GB Discs
Along with its 6.2" touchscreen controller, Nintendo's Wii U will feature a custom HD graphics processor from AMD, Power-based microprocessors from IBM, and 25 GB game discs.
June 8, 2011
Film Company Buys Movie Rights To Devil May Cry
Film Company Buys Movie Rights To Devil May Cry
Production company Screen Gems, a Sony Pictures subsidiary, has purchased the feature film rights to Capcom's flashy action series Devil May Cry, hoping to create a movie franchise based on the property.
June 8, 2011
Best of GameSetWatch: From Limbo To Transfarring
Best of GameSetWatch: From Limbo To Transfarring
Gamasutra's sister site, alt.video game blog GameSetWatch, rounds up this week's offbeat titles and news, including a possible PC port for Limbo and a hiarious opinion piece on "Transfarring".
June 8, 2011
Opinion: How To Break Out Of The Games Industry
Opinion: How To Break Out Of The Games Industry
Production consultant Keith Fuller analyzes the growing trend of companies hiring temporary and contract developers, and its effects on the industry, in this #altdevblogaday-reprinted opinion piece.
June 8, 2011
Critical Reception: Sucker Punch's inFamous 2
Critical Reception: Sucker Punch's inFamous 2
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Sucker Punch's open-world action game inFamous 2, which reviewers claim "marks a maturation from 'good game' to 'genre standout.'"
June 8, 2011
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Feed Me Oil, Tap Pet Hotel Claim Top Chart Spots
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Feed Me Oil, Tap Pet Hotel Claim Top Chart Spots
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Tap Pet Hotel and Feed Me Oil earning top iPhone sales, while Tap Zoo and Call of Atlantis HD emerge as big sellers on the iPad.
June 8, 2011
Mobile Publisher Chillingo Hits 140M iOS Downloads
Mobile Publisher Chillingo Hits 140M iOS Downloads
Cheshire, UK-based mobile games publisher Chillingo has surpassed 140 million iOS downloads since the App Store began in 2008, noting that the indie developer community helped it to reach "this staggering milestone".
June 8, 2011
RIM Acquires Mobile Game Network Scoreloop
RIM Acquires Mobile Game Network Scoreloop
Blackberry maker Research in Motion has acquired social gaming platform Scoreloop, who will be assisting the company in creating tools for mobile developers -- although details regarding the deal have not yet been disclosed.
June 8, 2011
Nintendo Shares Fall To Lowest In Five Years After Wii U Reveal
Nintendo Shares Fall To Lowest In Five Years After Wii U Reveal
Nintendo saw its share price fall to the lowest it has been in more than five years, as analysts said they were sceptical about the potential success of the new Wii U console, noting that expectations "fell far short".
June 8, 2011
Samsung hands its latest smartphone over to the hacker dark side
Samsung hands its latest smartphone over to the hacker dark side
If companies employ pen testers to check their security out - why not mobile phone vendors? Which is pretty much what Samsung have done with their new Galaxy S2 smartphone, by handing the unit over to a hardware hacking group for custom ROM development.
June 8, 2011
Oracle patches 17 Java security vulnerabilities in one go
Oracle patches 17 Java security vulnerabilities in one go
Oracle surprised many of its software developers and vendors with a major update of the Java programming language this week. Although scheduled as part of its monthly update, the patches tackled no less than 17 security problems.
June 8, 2011
Bank dodges legal bullet over Zeus trojan lawsuit
Bank dodges legal bullet over Zeus trojan lawsuit
Ocean Bank is not legally responsible for a cyber heist of $588,000 from a customer’s online account using the Zeus trojan, according to a ruling by a judge in Maine.
June 8, 2011