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Release This: WoW Cataclysm, Bejeweled 3 Debut Worldwide
Release This: WoW Cataclysm, Bejeweled 3 Debut Worldwide
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings the worldwide premieres of PopCap's Bejeweled 3 and Blizzard's World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm.
Dec. 6, 2010
Best of FingerGaming: From Angry Birds Seasons to Rock Band Reloaded
Best of FingerGaming: From Angry Birds Seasons to Rock Band Reloaded
Every week, Gamasutra sums up sister iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad site FingerGaming's top news and reviews for Apple's nascent portable game platforms -- this time covering Angry Birds Seasons and _Rock Ba
Dec. 6, 2010
GDC China: Steve Swink On Experimental Game Ethos
GDC China: Steve Swink On Experimental Game Ethos
At GDC China, Shadow Physics developer Swink explained the experimental game ethos to a Chinese audience, outlining a roadmap for thoughtful innovation and a logical set of required constraints.
Dec. 6, 2010
GDC China: Square Enix's Tanaka Details Potential Fixes For Beleaguered MMO
GDC China: Square Enix's Tanaka Details Potential Fixes For Beleaguered MMO
In his keynote presentation at GDC China, Square Enix SVP Hiromichi Tanaka described steps the company is taking to make improvements to recently-launched MMO Final Fantasy XIV.
Dec. 6, 2010
Australian Home Affairs Minister Comes Out For Adult Game Rating
Australian Home Affairs Minister Comes Out For Adult Game Rating
Australian Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor offered his full support for a new, adults-only R18+ video game rating in the country, placing the weight of the federal government behind the move.
Dec. 6, 2010
IGN, GameStop Partner For Online Ad Sales, Content
IGN, GameStop Partner For Online Ad Sales, Content
Major video game retailer GameStop and online content portal IGN have announced a partnership that will see the two companies integrating their online commerce and content.
Dec. 6, 2010
Capcom: New Monster Hunter Game Ships 2M For First Week In Japan
Capcom: New Monster Hunter Game Ships 2M For First Week In Japan
Capcom announced today that it has shipped two million units of Monster Hunter Freedom 3 for the title's first week of sales in Japan as the title reaches 15 million units sold through to Japanese consumers.
Dec. 6, 2010
ComScore: Android User Base Approaching That Of iPhone In U.S.
ComScore: Android User Base Approaching That Of iPhone In U.S.
ComScore's October 2010 survey of the U.S. smartphone market shows market share for Google's Android platform quickly gaining on Apple's iPhone, with more smartphone owners than ever playing games on the devices.
Dec. 6, 2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops Surpasses Gran Turismo 5 On UK Charts
Call of Duty: Black Ops Surpasses Gran Turismo 5 On UK Charts
Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops returns to the top of the UK sales charts as Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5 slips to number four while remaining the biggest selling title in terms of individual platforms.
Dec. 6, 2010
Analysis: Upgrading Legends - How Classic Games Flower In The Remaking
Analysis: Upgrading Legends - How Classic Games Flower In The Remaking
Connor Cleary looks at the increasingly fashionable trend of re-making or re-imagining titles from previous video game hardware generations, and whether new features are necessary to sell old games back to us.
Dec. 6, 2010
Pachter: Ubiquitous iPod Touch Cutting Into Handheld Market While PSP2 'DOA'
Pachter: Ubiquitous iPod Touch Cutting Into Handheld Market While PSP2 'DOA'
Analyst Michael Pachter believes the handheld market has reached saturation point, with Sony's PSP2 set to be "dead on arrival", while Nintendo's 3DS will only delay an inevitable loss of ground to Apple's iPod Touch.
Dec. 6, 2010
WikiLeaks: let the DDoS battles begin
WikiLeaks: let the DDoS battles begin
December is rapidly turning into a festival of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on WikiLeaks and a number of sites looking to distance themselves from the high-profile government reporting portal.
Dec. 6, 2010