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5 tips for boosting your virtual economy
5 tips for boosting your virtual economy
There are no simple answers when it comes to the best practices for monetizing your virtual goods, but these five tips from mobile producer Ben Sipe are a good place to start.
Dec. 4, 2012
Kabam fuels Chinese mobile expansion with new acquisition
Kabam fuels Chinese mobile expansion with new acquisition
As part of social game developer Kabam's move into the Chinese mobile games market, the company has acquired Bomb Buddies studio Balanced Worlds.
Dec. 4, 2012
$6M invested in start-up turning your smartphone into a home console
$6M invested in start-up turning your smartphone into a home console
Investors are betting big on Santa Monica's Green Throttle, which hopes to turn Android smartphones and tablets into home consoles by selling wireless controllers, TV adapters, and a dashboard-like app.
Dec. 4, 2012
Epic Games president retires to be a dad
Epic Games president retires to be a dad
Epic Games president Mike Capps made the surprise announcement today that he would be retiring from his position, taking on an advisory role at the successful Unreal Engine developer.
Dec. 4, 2012
Marketers, start caring about video games, please
Marketers, start caring about video games, please
The jaw-dropping debacle around Hitman: Absolution's Hire Hitman app illuminates some wider problems as regards marketing's role in our evolving industry. Here's why you should be angry.
Dec. 4, 2012
Indie Royale debuts six-game 'Winter Bundle'
Indie Royale debuts six-game 'Winter Bundle'
Indie Royale's latest bundle run by sister site IndieGames.com includes Greed Corp, Hamlet, or The Last Game Without MMORPG Features, shaders and Product Placement, and _ BIT.TRIP RUNNER_.
Dec. 4, 2012
IGF 2013 debuts initial Nuovo, Narrative Award jurors
IGF 2013 debuts initial Nuovo, Narrative Award jurors
2013 Independent Games Festival organizers have announced jurors for its first-ever Narrative Awards, as well as the abstract Nuovo Award, including Emily Short, Dan Pinchbeck, Jim Munroe, and a host of other notables.
Dec. 4, 2012
The sad fate of the free-to-play game
The sad fate of the free-to-play game
"There are now literally thousands of examples of games that have been eliminated from the current generation of games because they are merely revenue vehicles." - Mobile developer Jeremy Alessi on the removal of closed games.
Dec. 4, 2012
Demystifying the Catalyst: Video Application Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Demystifying the Catalyst: Video Application Monitoring and Troubleshooting
In my previous blog, we looked at how Catalyst switches can be used to assess video application readiness in the network before rolling out a video based
Dec. 4, 2012
Release This: Far Cry 3 launches stateside
Release This: Far Cry 3 launches stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Far Cry 3 and Brain Age: Concentration Training to North America, while Japan gets Ryu ga Gotoku 5 and Monster Hunter 3 G HD Ver.
Dec. 3, 2012
90% of UK Wii U consumers picked up the Premium model
90% of UK Wii U consumers picked up the Premium model
90 percent of all Nintendo Wii U consoles sold in the UK during the console's launch week were the Premium model, meaning that only 10 percent of consumers picked up the 8GB Basic pack.
Dec. 3, 2012
Mark of the Ninja's five stealth design rules
Mark of the Ninja's five stealth design rules
For Klei Entertainment's Nels Anderson, making a great stealth action video game meant throwing out a lot of a lot of the genre's existing tropes. Here, he shares five rules for great stealth-based game design.
Dec. 3, 2012