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Study: Free Games With In-App Purchases Make Up 40% Of App Store Game Downloads
Study: Free Games With In-App Purchases Make Up 40% Of App Store Game Downloads
Nearly 40 percent of game downloads from Apple's App Store are free titles with in-app purchases, with 63 percent of the top 150 free games in the App Store following this pay scheme.
April 29, 2011
Over 250 Universities Worldwide Signed Up For CryEngine 3 Educational License
Over 250 Universities Worldwide Signed Up For CryEngine 3 Educational License
Crysis developer Crytek has revealed that over 250 universities from around the world have signed up for the CryEngine 3 educational license in the last year.
April 29, 2011
Opinion: PlayStation Brand Faces Uncertain Future
Opinion: PlayStation Brand Faces Uncertain Future
When faced with trying times, some companies work their way through with smart PR and social outreach. Others aggravate the situation. Which one is Sony? Gamasutra business editor Colin Campbell investigates.
April 29, 2011
This Week In Video Game Criticism: Perspectives On Alternate Reality Games
This Week In Video Game Criticism: Perspectives On Alternate Reality Games
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Ian Miles Cheong on topics including the Portal 2 ARG and how perspective affects immersion.
April 29, 2011
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of April 29
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of April 29
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles across the world and in every major discipline, including opportunities at CCP, BioWare, and more.
April 29, 2011
Opinion: Losing your Objectivity - A Survival Guide
Opinion: Losing your Objectivity - A Survival Guide
Hogrocket co-founder and creative director Pete Collier discusses how to prevent both yourself and your team losing your objectivity, in this #altdevblogaday-reprinted opinion piece.
April 29, 2011
Atari's Kassar: Calling Programmers 'High-Strung Prima Donnas' Was A Mistake
Atari's Kassar: Calling Programmers 'High-Strung Prima Donnas' Was A Mistake
Boom-era Atari exec Ray Kassar, who famously referred to the company's programmers as "high-strung prima donnas, admits in a feature-length interview on Gamasutra
April 29, 2011
Gazillion Confirms Marvel Universe MMO As Free To Play, Reveals Writer
Gazillion Confirms Marvel Universe MMO As Free To Play, Reveals Writer
At a Gamasutra attended event in San Francisco yesterday, Marvel revealed details of its upcoming Marvel Universe MMO, including the fact that it will be free-to-play, and that writer Brian Michael Bendis is on board.
April 29, 2011
Interview: Bigpoint's Hubertz Talks $350M Deal, 'Aggressive' Growth Plans
Interview: Bigpoint's Hubertz Talks $350M Deal, 'Aggressive' Growth Plans
On the heels of Summit Partners and TA Associates' recent $350 million investment in online game developer-publisher Bigpoint, Gamasutra spoke to the company's CEO, Heiko Hubertz, for specifics of the deal.
April 29, 2011
Cybersecurity threat rhetoric not supported by evidence, researchers argue
Cybersecurity threat rhetoric not supported by evidence, researchers argue
There is a lack of evidence to support the rhetoric of “cyber doom” employed by proponents of increased federal intervention in private sector cybersecurity, warns a new report by George Mason University (GMU) researchers.
April 29, 2011
Interview: 5th Cell's Hybrid, Puppies And 'Marketable Innovation'
Interview: 5th Cell's Hybrid, Puppies And 'Marketable Innovation'
To 5th Cell, innovation isn't just about throwing a wacky idea against a wall and hoping it sticks, but finding a popular concept and asking, "How should we be different than that?"
April 28, 2011
Interview: Redbox Ramps Up Game Rental Business
Interview: Redbox Ramps Up Game Rental Business
Redbox execs tell Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris that the disc rental kiosk company is officially launching its game rental business, placing games alongside movies in 21,000 kiosks.
April 28, 2011