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Angry Birds Dev Announces 2M Android Downloads
Angry Birds Dev Announces 2M Android Downloads
Days after releasing the hit iOS game Angry Birds on Android devices, developer Rovio said 2 million Android users have downloaded the game, on top of millions of purchasers on Apple's App Store.
Oct. 18, 2010
Medal Of Honor Leads UK Sales, Just Dance 2 Debuts In Top 10
Medal Of Honor Leads UK Sales, Just Dance 2 Debuts In Top 10
EA's reboot of the long-standing Medal of Honor series leads the UK video game retail sales charts, and Just Dance 2, Ubisoft's sequel to its popular Wii dance game, debuts at number four.
Oct. 18, 2010
GCAP: Sydney IGDA's Graf - Build Games on Archetypal Relationships
GCAP: Sydney IGDA's Graf - Build Games on Archetypal Relationships
Dan Graf of Dr. D Studios and founder of Sydney's IGDA chapter talks at GC Asia Pacific about nuances of story and narrative, relating the game experience back to filmmaking and Jungian philosophy.
Oct. 18, 2010
GCAP: Double Fine's Martz On Taking The Strange Paths
GCAP: Double Fine's Martz On Taking The Strange Paths
What does the game industry have in common with the wildlife of Australia? Double Fine's Nathan Martz has an idea, urging Game Connect Asia Pacific attendees to be bold, diverse and different.
Oct. 18, 2010
Analysis: Xbox 360 Blazes Ahead In 2010
Analysis: Xbox 360 Blazes Ahead In 2010
Examining September's NPD results, Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews finds that the Xbox 360 is in lockstep with Wii for best-selling platform of 2010 -- and on t
Oct. 18, 2010
RockYou Focuses On Social Games, Reduces Staff, Hires Two Execs
RockYou Focuses On Social Games, Reduces Staff, Hires Two Execs
As it welcomes two industry veterans to focus on its Facebook game output, social games and app developer RockYou laid off a considerable amount of staff from its non-gaming divisions.
Oct. 18, 2010
Canadian Games Conference Announced For May 2011
Canadian Games Conference Announced For May 2011
Event organizer Reboot Communications is announcing the Canadian Games Conference, debuting in Vancouver in May 2011 alongside the Canadian Videogame Awards, and including a 'Best Of GDC' content track
Oct. 18, 2010
Top-Ranked Facebook Games In Privacy Breach Controversy
Top-Ranked Facebook Games In Privacy Breach Controversy
Several top-ranked games on Facebook were shut down over the weekend for breaching the site's privacy terms, including all of those developed by LOLapps. [UPDATE: LOLapps comments as games restored.]
Oct. 18, 2010
Capcom's Mobile Phone Monster Hunter Title Tops 1 Million Users
Capcom's Mobile Phone Monster Hunter Title Tops 1 Million Users
Capcom's first social mobile phone entry to the company's popular Monster Hunter series, Monhan Diary Mobile Felyne Village, has topped 1 million users in Japan just two months after its release.
Oct. 18, 2010
Take-Two's Zelnick: Digital Growth Won't Cannibalize Packaged Biz
Take-Two's Zelnick: Digital Growth Won't Cannibalize Packaged Biz
Digital distribution could become as much as 40 percent of Take-Two's business in three years, says chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick -- but he says new platforms won't "take a bite out of" existing ones.
Oct. 18, 2010
Blizzard Sues StarCraft II Hackers
Blizzard Sues StarCraft II Hackers
Blizzard continues to demonstrate it's serious about forbidding cheaters in its games, filing suit in the U.S. District Court of Los Angeles against three programmers it alleges made and sold hacks for StarCraft II.
Oct. 18, 2010
Apple's App Store Reaches 300,000 Total Applications
Apple's App Store Reaches 300,000 Total Applications
There are now over 300,000 apps on Apple's App Store in total -- the store added over 50,000 apps between now and August 25, evidence of the iOS platform's continuing strength and popularity among developers.
Oct. 18, 2010