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Books-a-Million Selling Used Video Games At Some Locations
Books-a-Million Selling Used Video Games At Some Locations
Alabama-based retailer Books-a-Million has started selling used video games in some of its over 200 brick-and-mortar locations across the American South and Northeast.
Nov. 18, 2010
Valve: Two-Month Portal 2 Delay Is Company's 'Shortest Ever'
Valve: Two-Month Portal 2 Delay Is Company's 'Shortest Ever'
Valve today announced that Portal 2 was receiving "the shortest delay in Valve's proud tradition of delays," pushing back two months to the week of April 18, 2011. [UPDATE: Precise dates added.]
Nov. 18, 2010
Mobile Game Network ScoreLoop Adding 3M Users Per Month
Mobile Game Network ScoreLoop Adding 3M Users Per Month
Cross-platform mobile game network ScoreLoop announced today it was signing up 3 million new players per month and handling over 18 million leaderboard score submissions each.
Nov. 18, 2010
Sony Announces Move-Powered, Downloadable LittleBigPlanet Spin-Off
Sony Announces Move-Powered, Downloadable LittleBigPlanet Spin-Off
Sony today announced Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves, a new, multiplayer-only PS3 downloadable platforming title requiring the company's new camera-based PlayStation Move controller.
Nov. 18, 2010
Call Of Duty: Black Ops Hits Sales Of $650M In First Five Days
Call Of Duty: Black Ops Hits Sales Of $650M In First Five Days
Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops generated $650 million in sales in its first five days, publisher Activision said Thursday, ahead of predecessor Modern Warfare 2's $550 million opening.
Nov. 18, 2010
Mobile Hit Angry Birds Runs Into Android Issues
Mobile Hit Angry Birds Runs Into Android Issues
Rovio Mobile said that several Android phones have issues running the hit title Angry Birds, following comments from Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who criticized "fragmentation" of the Android market.
Nov. 18, 2010
Key Holiday Titles Drive GameStop Q3 Results, Retailer Raises Guidance
Key Holiday Titles Drive GameStop Q3 Results, Retailer Raises Guidance
Leading U.S. retailer GameStop reported a 3.5 percent rise in revenues to $1.9 billion and a 4.8 percent profit boost to $54.7 million for fiscal Q3, driven by Halo, Madden, Fallout and more.
Nov. 18, 2010
Ignition's WarDevil Project Still A Go, Despite Troubled Development
Ignition's WarDevil Project Still A Go, Despite Troubled Development
Ignition Entertainment said that it would "fast-track" development of its action game WarDevil, now renamed as Project Kane, in the wake of a studio closure that left the game's future in question.
Nov. 18, 2010
Interview: NaturalMotion Talks Games Initiative, 'Repeatable' App Store Success
Interview: NaturalMotion Talks Games Initiative, 'Repeatable' App Store Success
As tools firm NaturalMotion debuts its NaturalMotion Games division, Gamasutra spoke with CEO Torsten Reil on the company's expansion into development -- and goals to grab success in the App Store.
Nov. 18, 2010
MindJolt Releases Advertising, Monetization API For Third-Party Devs
MindJolt Releases Advertising, Monetization API For Third-Party Devs
Social gaming platform MindJolt has announced AdJolt, its new monetization product designed to help third-party studios optimize their advertising and virtual currency revenues on its network.
Nov. 18, 2010
Tesco, Game To Sell Facebook Credits Cards In The UK
Tesco, Game To Sell Facebook Credits Cards In The UK
UK retail chains Tesco and Game will sell prepaid cards for Facebook Credits, the social network's universal virtual currency system for microtransactions in social games and apps.
Nov. 18, 2010
PSP Tactics Ogre Remake Leads Japanese Sales Charts
PSP Tactics Ogre Remake Leads Japanese Sales Charts
Square Enix's remake of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together on PSP topped the Japanese sales charts this week, followed by Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 and Nintendo's 25th anniversary Mario Collection.
Nov. 18, 2010