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Video: How game publishers must adapt in the new digital world
Video: How game publishers must adapt in the new digital world
For Gamasutra's Alternative Funding week, we're revisiting a GDC Europe panel where Konami, Microsoft and Capcom make cases for a publisher's added value in an age of self-publishing.
July 31, 2013
Get a job: Sega of America is looking for a mobile specialist
Get a job: Sega of America is looking for a mobile specialist
"The Mobile Technical Specialist will be a point person within Sega's Mobile Development team to handle the on-going maintenance of its current and back-catalog of mobile titles."
July 31, 2013
Sega reports profits up 400 percent, digital delivers
Sega reports profits up 400 percent, digital delivers
After a rough patch, Sega Corporation parent Sega-Samy reports solid performance from Company of Heroes and Phantasy Star Online 2, bringing Sega's games division into a new upward swing.
July 31, 2013
This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Castle Doctrine to Saints Row
This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Castle Doctrine to Saints Row
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Eric Swain on topics including The Castle Doctrine and the "self-sabotage" of Saints Row the Third.
July 31, 2013
Beyond Kickstarter: Three game devs who crowdfunded on their own
Beyond Kickstarter: Three game devs who crowdfunded on their own
There are possibilities for crowdfunding outside of Kickstarter. Numerous studios are having a crack at their own crowdfunding initiatives, ditching Kickstarter in favor of going it alone.
July 31, 2013
Nintendo 3DS sales are strong, but the Wii U is still flagging
Nintendo 3DS sales are strong, but the Wii U is still flagging
Nintendo made a good start to the 2013 fiscal year, recording a swing to profits for the first quarter thanks to strong Nintendo 3DS software sales worldwide.
July 31, 2013
Capcom having trouble finding mobile success
Capcom having trouble finding mobile success
A lack of major releases for mobile is to blame for Capcom's latest sluggish quarter, the company says, with revenues and profits both down for the first quarter of the new fiscal year.
July 31, 2013
Clash of Clans' big Japanese boost - in graphs
Clash of Clans' big Japanese boost - in graphs
A cross-promotional partnership between Finnish Clash of Clans developer Supercell and Japan-based Puzzle & Dragons developer GungHo has yielded interesting results.
July 31, 2013
UK's Porn Surfing Filter Continuing to Create Waves
UK's Porn Surfing Filter Continuing to Create Waves
It's a question of where to start: TalkTalk's filter provided by Huawei; more than porn will be blocked; UK's 'pornification' MP Claire Perry hacked and now sued; at least one ISP in open rebellion; and Anonymous launches op PornStorm.
July 30, 2013
My Top 5 Networking Pet Peeves
My Top 5 Networking Pet Peeves
I was sitting in a small tapas café in Barcelona with Robb and his wife enjoying a plate of Jamon Iberico. It’s amazing ham served with tomato bread and
July 30, 2013
Internet-Powered Jobs Transform Impoverished Youth into Lifelong Workers
Internet-Powered Jobs Transform Impoverished Youth into Lifelong Workers
This blog was originally published on the Huffington Post I recently spent two weeks in Uganda and Kenya, meeting with nonprofit organizations that are
July 30, 2013
EA requests motion to dismiss lawsuit with NCAA athletes
EA requests motion to dismiss lawsuit with NCAA athletes
EA attempts to disentangle itself as a defendant in a class-action suit concerning the uncompensated likenesses of NCAA players, filing a request for a motion to dismiss the suit's latest complaint.
July 30, 2013