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New indie game incubator Execution Labs launches in Montreal
New indie game incubator Execution Labs launches in Montreal
A group of industry veterans has launched a new indie game incubator, with the aim to help smaller teams of developers fund, create and launch their game titles.
Nov. 8, 2012
Live broadcasting coming to Origin, thanks to Twitch partnership
Live broadcasting coming to Origin, thanks to Twitch partnership
Electronic Arts will soon update its Origin online game service, adding the ability for users to live-stream whatever they're playing with minimal fuss, and allowing for non-Origin games to be added to your library.
Nov. 8, 2012
Make Something Unreal Live 2013 shortlist revealed
Make Something Unreal Live 2013 shortlist revealed
Epic Games' annual student game development competition, Make Something Unreal Live, today announced the shortlist of projects that will go on to the next stage of the contest.
Nov. 8, 2012
Tactics Ogre creator Matsuno is leaving Level-5
Tactics Ogre creator Matsuno is leaving Level-5
Tactics Ogre creator Yasumi Matsuno joined Professor Layton developer Level-5 last year. Now just 16 months later, he's leaving the studio to take a break from game development.
Nov. 8, 2012
Star Wars: The Old Republic goes free-to-play on November 15
Star Wars: The Old Republic goes free-to-play on November 15
Star Wars: The Old Republic will go free-to-play next week, less than a year after the game originally launched as a paid subscription title for PC.
Nov. 8, 2012
Sony's online platforms boss retiring
Sony's online platforms boss retiring
The president of Sony Network Entertainment International, which oversees PlayStation Network and other Sony media services, is retiring -- Sony Computer Entertainment head Andrew House will take over the role.
Nov. 8, 2012
Natural Selection 2 rakes in $1M in a week
Natural Selection 2 rakes in $1M in a week
Independent developer Unknown Worlds Entertainment has already grossed over $1 million just a week after shipping first-person shooter/real-time strategy hybrid Natural Selection 2.
Nov. 8, 2012
Nexon publishing Valve's Dota 2 in Korea, Japan
Nexon publishing Valve's Dota 2 in Korea, Japan
Online game company Nexon has partnered with Valve to publish the company's free-to-play PC game Dota 2 in both Korea and Japan, where Nexon has a much bigger presence than the developer.
Nov. 8, 2012
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Dishonored's successes to easy achievements
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Dishonored's successes to easy achievements
In highlights from Gamasutra's Expert Blogs, industry notables write about diverse topics, including what Dishonored got right and why, and an argument for implementing easy achievements in your game.
Nov. 8, 2012
NBA 2K13 tops another down month at U.S. retail
NBA 2K13 tops another down month at U.S. retail
Retail video game sales continued to decline in October, in what is becoming familiar news to industry watchers. Highlights include NBA 2K13 and another home run with Activision's next Skylanders.
Nov. 8, 2012
Finally, Johann Sebastian Joust is an official PlayStation game
Finally, Johann Sebastian Joust is an official PlayStation game
Indie darling Johann Sebastian Joust, the "digitally enabled playground game" that many consider the game for PlayStation's motion-sensing Move controller, may finally be a PlayStation game.
Nov. 8, 2012
Indie Royale debuts seven-game 'Harvest Bundle' with Mutant Mudds
Indie Royale debuts seven-game 'Harvest Bundle' with Mutant Mudds
Indie Royale's newest, seven-game bundle includes 3DS turned PC hit Mutant Mudds, Pineapple Smash Crew and Avernum: The Great Trials Trilogy, among others.
Nov. 8, 2012