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FFXIV Free Trial Period Extended Due To Game's 'Current State'
FFXIV Free Trial Period Extended Due To Game's 'Current State'
In response to Final Fantasy XIV's cool reception from both fans and critics, Square Enix has extended the MMORPG's free trial period by an extra month due to the game's current state.
Oct. 15, 2010
Saling The World: Medal of Honor, Just Dance 2 Lead Domestic Charts
Saling The World: Medal of Honor, Just Dance 2 Lead Domestic Charts
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled Amazon.com charts find Medal of Honor and Just Dance 2 heading U.S. sales, as Keito no Kirby challenges Pokemon Black and White in Japan.
Oct. 15, 2010
Top iPad Game Apps: Cut the Rope Heads Paid and Free Charts
Top iPad Game Apps: Cut the Rope Heads Paid and Free Charts
Sister site FingerGaming rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Cut the Rope HD, Angry Birds HD and GodFinger All Stars currently rank
Oct. 15, 2010
Best Of Indie Games: Translate This, Babel Fish
Best Of Indie Games: Translate This, Babel Fish
IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. rounds up some of the week's top indie games, including a low-resolution remake of Polytron Corporation's Fez and a card battle adventure game from Gregory We
Oct. 15, 2010
GCAP: Edery On How Free-To-Play Turns Platform Weakness Into Strength
GCAP: Edery On How Free-To-Play Turns Platform Weakness Into Strength
Former Xbox Live Arcade head and now Spry Fox games founder David Edery speaks at Game Connect Asia Pacific on the life cycle of game platforms -- examining today's social space in particular.
Oct. 15, 2010
PSP Leads Japanese Hardware In Stable Sales Week
PSP Leads Japanese Hardware In Stable Sales Week
In a stable week for Japanese platforms, the PSP continues to lead the Japanese hardware sales charts, and most major platforms saw a slight sales decline this week, reports tracking firm Media Create.
Oct. 15, 2010
NPD: Digital, Used, Rental Revenues Near $3B For First Half Of 2010
NPD: Digital, Used, Rental Revenues Near $3B For First Half Of 2010
The NPD Group estimates the game industry generated $2.6 to $2.9 billion in revenue from sources outside of the traditionally measured new physical retail sales in the first half of the year.
Oct. 15, 2010
Analysis: Video Game Stocks - At A Tipping Point?
Analysis: Video Game Stocks - At A Tipping Point?
Following September NPD results, Chris Morris, a financial journalism veteran, examines the plight of the major public-traded game firms for Gamasutra, in the wake of the disappointing U.S. retail numbers.
Oct. 15, 2010
This Week In Video Game Criticism: Fourteen Times, Infinite Ways
This Week In Video Game Criticism: Fourteen Times, Infinite Ways
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us a dip into Final Fantasy XIV's world, a piece on video game glitches, and Fatal Frame 2's perspectives analyzed.
Oct. 15, 2010
GDC 2011 Opens Registration, Extends Summit Submission Deadline
GDC 2011 Opens Registration, Extends Summit Submission Deadline
Registration has opened for next February's GDC 2011 in San Francisco -- with organizers reminding of GDC Summit lecture submissions. [UPDATE: Summit deadline extended to 18th.]
Oct. 15, 2010
Schafer: 'I Already Love' Splitting Into Four Teams
Schafer: 'I Already Love' Splitting Into Four Teams
Double Fine founder and studio creative director Tim Schafer tells Gamasutra that so far, his decision to split the studio into four small teams and concentrate on
Oct. 15, 2010
Report: Australia's Krome Studios In Trouble, Shedding Further Staff
Report: Australia's Krome Studios In Trouble, Shedding Further Staff
Long-standing economic troubles at Krome Studios have reportedly led the Ty The Tasmanian Tiger creator and Australia's largest independent developer to lay off the majority of its staff.
Oct. 15, 2010