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Analyst: Take-Two 'Can Do It Without GTA'
Analyst: Take-Two 'Can Do It Without GTA'
Take-Two can turn an annual profit without major Grand Theft Auto launches thanks to franchises such as Red Dead Redemption and NBA 2K, according to financial analyst David Ristau from The Oxen Group.
Feb. 7, 2011
Road To The IGF: Ratloop's Lucas Pope Plays With Helsing's Fire
Road To The IGF: Ratloop's Lucas Pope Plays With Helsing's Fire
As part of a series of "Road to the IGF" interviews with 2011 IGF finalists, Gamasutra speaks with Lucas Pope of Ratloop about the Best Mobile Game nomination for light-based iOS puzzler Helsing's Fire.
Feb. 7, 2011
Top iPhone Games: Madden, Angry Birds Lead Post-Super Bowl Charts
Top iPhone Games: Madden, Angry Birds Lead Post-Super Bowl Charts
Sister site FingerGaming rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Madden NFL 11 and Sky Burger to Bop It! and more.
Feb. 7, 2011
Release This: Mario Sports Mix, You Don't Know Jack Launch Stateside
Release This: Mario Sports Mix, You Don't Know Jack Launch Stateside
Gamasutra's latest worldwide release list finds Mario Sports Mix, You Don't Know Jack, and Test Drive Unlimited 2 coming to the U.S., while Japan gets Sengoku Musou 3 Z and more.
Feb. 7, 2011
Report: MobyGames Acquired By GameFly Media
Report: MobyGames Acquired By GameFly Media
Veteran video game information and documentation resource MobyGames has been acquired by game-rental service GameFly, according to information in the site's footer.
Feb. 7, 2011
Game Informer Circulation Up One-Third in 2010, Now 5th Largest Mag in U.S.
Game Informer Circulation Up One-Third in 2010, Now 5th Largest Mag in U.S.
Newly released data from the Audit Bureau of Circulations shows that Game Informer Magazine increased its monthly circulation over 33 percent in 2010 to just over 5 million copies.
Feb. 7, 2011
Sony Seeks Expedited Information On Hotz' Fellow PS3 Hackers
Sony Seeks Expedited Information On Hotz' Fellow PS3 Hackers
New court documents issued by Sony show the company attempting to extend its case regarding the recent high-level hack of the PS3 firmware past well-known defendant George "GeoHot" Hotz.
Feb. 7, 2011
Behind The Scenes: Microsoft's Attempt To Woo Conan O'Brien For Xbox Live
Behind The Scenes: Microsoft's Attempt To Woo Conan O'Brien For Xbox Live
In comments made to Gamasutra, we learn how Microsoft tried to woo Conan O'Brien to take his show onto Xbox Live - and why it was ultimately too much of "a leap of faith" for the comedian's team.
Feb. 7, 2011
Dead Space 2 Holds Lead On UK Charts
Dead Space 2 Holds Lead On UK Charts
Electronic Arts and Visceral Games' Dead Space 2 held the top of the UK sales charts for a second week, followed by the publisher's ever-popular FIFA 11, reports tracking firm Chart-Track.
Feb. 7, 2011
In-Depth: PSN Sales Analysis, November-December 2010 & The Year
In-Depth: PSN Sales Analysis, November-December 2010 & The Year
Sister site GamerBytes editor Ryan Langley examines PlayStation Network's debuts and successes during November-December 2010 and last year as a whole, using leaderboard and chart data to analyze how they're doing.
Feb. 7, 2011
Exclusive: NPD Reveals 2010 U.S. New Game Charts Per Platform
Exclusive: NPD Reveals 2010 U.S. New Game Charts Per Platform
Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews has obtained NPD's U.S. video game retail charts for titles that were newly released in 2010, divided up per platform -- and analyzes the surprising results in-depth here.
Feb. 7, 2011
Best Of GamerBytes: Game Over, Yeeeaaaaah!
Best Of GamerBytes: Game Over, Yeeeaaaaah!
We round up the week's top news and new digital releases from console digital download site GamerBytes -- this time featuring Sega Rally for XBLA and PSN and news for other digital platforms.
Feb. 7, 2011