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PrimeSense Attracts $50 Million Private Investment For Kinect-Like Tech
PrimeSense Attracts $50 Million Private Investment For Kinect-Like Tech
The company behind the 3D motion-sensing camera hardware in Microsoft's Kinect has secured a reported $50 million investment capital from Silver Lake Sumeru to support expansion efforts.
Jan. 12, 2011
Analyst: Virtual Goods, Ads To Drive U.S. Social Game Revenues To $1.1B In 2011
Analyst: Virtual Goods, Ads To Drive U.S. Social Game Revenues To $1.1B In 2011
The U.S. social gaming market will generate nearly $1.1 billion in 2011, mostly due to growth in virtual goods and advertising revenues, according to research firm eMarketer.
Jan. 12, 2011
Pokemon Black & White Becomes Fastest DS Title To Break Five Million Units
Pokemon Black & White Becomes Fastest DS Title To Break Five Million Units
Pokémon Black & White, Japan's best-selling video game of 2010, has become the fastest title on Nintendo DS to sell in excess of five million units in the country, according to retail stats.
Jan. 12, 2011
Chen: Designers Of Online Games 'Often Do Lazy Work'
Chen: Designers Of Online Games 'Often Do Lazy Work'
Jenova Chen, creative director at thatgamecompany and co-designer of the upcoming Journey has criticized designers of online games for "lazy work", issuing a challenge to make their games "relevant" to people's lives.
Jan. 12, 2011
Interview: Come To The Circus - Making CarneyVale Showtime
Interview: Come To The Circus - Making CarneyVale Showtime
Gamasutra speaks to the designers of CarneyVale Showtime, recipient of the Grand Prize in the 2008 Dream-Build-Play competition, which was commercially released for Windows Phone 7 last month.
Jan. 12, 2011
Twisted Pixel Won't Pursue Legal Action Against Capcom's Imitative MaXplosion
Twisted Pixel Won't Pursue Legal Action Against Capcom's Imitative MaXplosion
Twisted Pixel says it won't seek legal action against Capcom for a new mobile game that appears to have "cloned" its 'Splosion Man, but tells Gamasutra it finds Capcom's MaXplosion "pretty sad".
Jan. 12, 2011
_Limbo, Red Dead, Mass Effect 2 _ Lead 11th Annual Choice Awards Nominees
_Limbo, Red Dead, Mass Effect 2 _ Lead 11th Annual Choice Awards Nominees
Playdead's Limbo, Rockstar San Diego's Red Dead Redemption and BioWare's Mass Effect 2 lead nominees for the 11th Game Developers Choice Awards to be presented at GDC -- full finalist list within.
Jan. 12, 2011
In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say - January 2011, Pt.1
In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say - January 2011, Pt.1
Magazine veteran Kevin Gifford takes a look at the latest video game mags, this time looking at a host of January issues that in turn look at the most anticipated games of 2011.
Jan. 12, 2011
Adobe: New Molehill 3D Flash Tech Will Rival Unity's Ease-Of-Use
Adobe: New Molehill 3D Flash Tech Will Rival Unity's Ease-Of-Use
Adobe believes its imminent Molehill 3D Flash technology will present a real rival to Unity in the web game development space -- as part of an in-depth interview
Jan. 12, 2011
Microsoft Disputes Apple's 'App Store' Trademark
Microsoft Disputes Apple's 'App Store' Trademark
Apple says it's the only company that can call its mobile marketplace an "app store" -- but Microsoft's stepped up to challenge that effort, claiming anyone can use the "generic" term.
Jan. 12, 2011
THQ Unveils New Logo, Touts 'Change, Innovation And Creative Growth'
THQ Unveils New Logo, Touts 'Change, Innovation And Creative Growth'
THQ's celebrating its strides into the AAA original IP arena and its recent bank of talent acquisitions with the unveiling of a new logo, which it calls the face of "the new THQ".
Jan. 12, 2011
NSF money helps expand pipeline for federal cybersecurity workforce
NSF money helps expand pipeline for federal cybersecurity workforce
To help fill the cybersecurity workforce gap in the US government, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is contributing $1.25 million over four years to fund students studying cybersecurity at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).
Jan. 12, 2011