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U.S. Department of Defense Launches Casual Games Portal
U.S. Department of Defense Launches Casual Games Portal
The U.S. Department of Defense has opened a casual games website aiming to reinforce workforce education principles for students attending the Defense Acquisition University.
Dec. 9, 2010
Top-Grossing iTunes Apps: Free-to-Play Tap Zoo Challenges Angry Birds
Top-Grossing iTunes Apps: Free-to-Play Tap Zoo Challenges Angry Birds
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts-by-revenue show Tap Zoo and Angry Birds Seasons leading iPhone sales, while Rock Band Reloaded emerges as a top seller on the iPad.
Dec. 9, 2010
Australia's Academy Of Interactive Entertainment Expanding To Seattle In 2011
Australia's Academy Of Interactive Entertainment Expanding To Seattle In 2011
The Academy of Interactive Entertainment, an Australian educator focused on the game development and the digital art industries, will open its first U.S. classroom in Seattle next year.
Dec. 9, 2010
NPD Results, November 2010: Industry Up 8 Percent; Black Ops Leads Software
NPD Results, November 2010: Industry Up 8 Percent; Black Ops Leads Software
NPD's U.S. retail video game sales in November 2010 saw revenues up 9 percent to $2.99 billion, with Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops selling a spectacular 8.4 million copies for the month. [UPDATE: PS3 figures added.]
Dec. 9, 2010
GDC China: Online Opportunities In The Face Of Stagnating Consoles
GDC China: Online Opportunities In The Face Of Stagnating Consoles
Tim Merel, managing director of investment advisory firm Digi-Capital told GDC China attendees that CEOs of major publishers "don't know how" to adapt to lower-budget online and mobile models.
Dec. 9, 2010
Warren Spector 'Kind Of Jazzed' About Epic Mickey's Polarized Reviews
Warren Spector 'Kind Of Jazzed' About Epic Mickey's Polarized Reviews
Industry icon and Junction Point Studios founder Warren Spector said "it's kind of cool" that his latest game, Disney Epic Mickey, has received polarized reviews from critics.
Dec. 9, 2010
Naughty Dog Unveils Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Naughty Dog Unveils Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Sony Computer Entertainment's Naughty Dog studio has confirmed Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, the next installment of the PlayStation 3-exclusive action adventure franchise.
Dec. 9, 2010
British Youth Arrested For Call Of Duty Server Attack
British Youth Arrested For Call Of Duty Server Attack
A 17-year-old Manchester, England area resident has been arrested in connection with an attack against online gameplay servers for one of Activision's Call of Duty titles.
Dec. 9, 2010
Sony To Release PlayStation Move Gun Peripheral Alongside Killzone 3
Sony To Release PlayStation Move Gun Peripheral Alongside Killzone 3
Sony is targeting core gamers by releasing a new machine gun-shaped controller attachment for the PlayStation Move alongside the February, 2011 release of Killzone 3.
Dec. 9, 2010
Rocket Pack Launches HTML5 Facebook Game
Rocket Pack Launches HTML5 Facebook Game
Helsinki-based developer Rocket Pack has launched Warimals: Cats vs. Dogs, which it describes as the first social game built on HTML5 to be released on Facebook.
Dec. 9, 2010
Japanese PSP Sales Quadruple With Release Of Latest Monster Hunter Title
Japanese PSP Sales Quadruple With Release Of Latest Monster Hunter Title
PSP sales saw a notable sales boost in Japan this week after the release of Monster Hunter Freedom 3, with the standard hardware model selling four times more units than last week.
Dec. 9, 2010
Monster Hunter Dominates Japanese Charts With 2M Sold In First Week
Monster Hunter Dominates Japanese Charts With 2M Sold In First Week
Capcom's Monster Hunter Freedom 3 topped the Japanese charts with two million units sold in its first week, more than two times all other titles in the top 20 combined.
Dec. 9, 2010