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EA: Medal Of Honor Generates $100M At Retail, Packaged Games See Growth
EA: Medal Of Honor Generates $100M At Retail, Packaged Games See Growth
Following EA's announcement that the new Medal of Honor sold 1.5 million units in its first five days, CEO John Riccitiello said the title generated $100 million at retail as the company sees gains in packaged goods.
Oct. 21, 2010
Valve's User-Generated Store Tech Now In Steamworks Suite
Valve's User-Generated Store Tech Now In Steamworks Suite
Valve Software today confirmed that the technology behind the user-generated virtual item store found in Team Fortress 2 is now part of the company's Steamworks tool suite for third-party devs.
Oct. 21, 2010
Report: One In Five Americans Use Game Consoles To Watch TV, Movies
Report: One In Five Americans Use Game Consoles To Watch TV, Movies
A new report estimates that 21 percent of Americans use a game console to watch movies or TV shows at least once a month, including six percent who use consoles for streaming or downloaded video content.
Oct. 21, 2010
Nielsen: 32% of iPad Owners Haven't Downloaded Any Apps
Nielsen: 32% of iPad Owners Haven't Downloaded Any Apps
A new report from Nielsen Media Research finds that 32 percent of iPad owners have not yet downloaded anything from the App Store, but a majority of those that do use the store download games.
Oct. 21, 2010
ESPNU College Town, Millionaire City Lead Fastest-Growing Facebook Games
ESPNU College Town, Millionaire City Lead Fastest-Growing Facebook Games
Gamasutra's bi-weekly look at the fastest-growing Facebook games examines the recent popularity of strategy sims like Disney/Playdom's ESPNU College Town and Digital Chocolate's Millionaire City.
Oct. 21, 2010
Nintendo's Red DSi XL, Wii Bundles Hit North America Next Month
Nintendo's Red DSi XL, Wii Bundles Hit North America Next Month
Among other new products, Nintendo of America will introduce limited edition hardware bundles for Wii and DSi XL next month, offering the consoles in red to celebrate Super Mario Bros.' 25th anniversary.
Oct. 21, 2010
Kleiner Perkins, Bing Gordon Launch $250M Fund For Social Apps
Kleiner Perkins, Bing Gordon Launch $250M Fund For Social Apps
Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins has launched sFund, a $250 million fund for social apps that will be managed by ex-EA veteran Bing Gordon and supported by Facebook, Amazon, Zynga, and other firms.
Oct. 21, 2010
Apple To Debut Mac-Specific App Store
Apple To Debut Mac-Specific App Store
Apple has announced plans for an App Store for Mac computers, offering downloadable games and applications to all Mac computer users running the Snow Leopard operating system "within 90 days".
Oct. 21, 2010
Developers Pay Tribute To An Icon On 25th Anniversary Of Super Mario Bros.
Developers Pay Tribute To An Icon On 25th Anniversary Of Super Mario Bros.
Game designers including Hironobu Sakaguchi, Todd Howard, Keiji Inafune, and Hideo Kojima pay tribute to Mario on the 25th anniversary of the release of seminal Famicom platform game, Super Mario Bros.
Oct. 21, 2010
2011 Independent Games Festival Announces Record Main Competition Entrants
2011 Independent Games Festival Announces Record Main Competition Entrants
Independent Games Festival organizers have revealed an all time-record of nearly 400 game entries for the IGF Main Competition -- with screenshots and video of all titles available for viewing.
Oct. 21, 2010
Biometrics 2010: Automated border controls explained
Biometrics 2010: Automated border controls explained
Biometrics-driven border controls in the UK are now well advanced, with a trial at London Stansted so successful, that the technology is now being rolled out at Heathrow Airport.
Oct. 21, 2010
Panda Security spots malware fraudsters targetting Russians
Panda Security spots malware fraudsters targetting Russians
It appears that online frauds are not generating the revenues they used to, as Panda Security says it has seen a fraud campaign whose pitch is aimed at Russian speakers.
Oct. 21, 2010