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Top iPhone and iPod Touch Game Apps: Monkey Ball 2, Osmos, Peggle Return to Charts
Top iPhone and iPod Touch Game Apps: Monkey Ball 2, Osmos, Peggle Return to Charts
Sister site FingerGaming rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Osmos and Peggle to Duke Nukem 3D and more.
Oct. 4, 2010
AIAS President Olin Steps Down, Replaced by Martin Rae
AIAS President Olin Steps Down, Replaced by Martin Rae
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences announced today that Joseph Olin will be stepping down as president of the organization after 6 years, to be replaced by departing Sunleaf Studios CEO Martin Rae.
Oct. 4, 2010
Goldman Sachs Recommends Microsoft Split Off Xbox Business
Goldman Sachs Recommends Microsoft Split Off Xbox Business
Analysts at investment firm Goldman Sachs have suggested that Microsoft should "carve out" the company's Entertainment and Devices sub-divisions, including the Xbox 360 business, from the rest of the company.
Oct. 4, 2010
Warner Bros. Names Ballard Head Of Digital Games
Warner Bros. Names Ballard Head Of Digital Games
Warner Bros. today announced Greg Ballard would be the company's new Senior Vice President for Digital Games, overseeing the company's digital distribution, mobile, MMO and games on-demand titles.
Oct. 4, 2010
Iwata: 3DS Software Prices Not 'Too Far Off' From DS Levels
Iwata: 3DS Software Prices Not 'Too Far Off' From DS Levels
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata suggested that prices for software on the upcoming Nintendo 3DS should be comparable to those for existing Nintendo DS software.
Oct. 4, 2010
Opinion: Professor Layton And The... Unrelated Story?
Opinion: Professor Layton And The... Unrelated Story?
Gamasutra's Kyle Orland examines the tenuous relationship between story and gameplay in Level-5's Professor Layton games, suggesting that the thin connection hurts both portions of the game.
Oct. 4, 2010
SimCity Creator Will Wright Donates Papers to ICHEG
SimCity Creator Will Wright Donates Papers to ICHEG
Maxis co-founder Will Wright, creator of The Sims and SimCity, has donated a collection of his personal papers to the International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG) in Rochester, New York.
Oct. 4, 2010
IBM Launches CityOne Urban Crisis Simulation Tool
IBM Launches CityOne Urban Crisis Simulation Tool
Today, IBM announced the availability of CityOne, an interactive application giving business, government, and academic institutions the ability to simulate and discover solutions to real-world issues affecting cities and industries.
Oct. 4, 2010
Release This: Enslaved, Castlevania, NBA Jam Arrive Stateside
Release This: Enslaved, Castlevania, NBA Jam Arrive Stateside
The week's coming video game releases bring NBA Jam, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, and Enslaved: Odyssey to the West to North America, as Japan receives Red Dead Redemption and Kingdom Hearts Re:coded.
Oct. 4, 2010
Just Cause Film Rights Optioned
Just Cause Film Rights Optioned
The film rights for Avalanche Studios' video game series Just Cause have been optioned by Eric Eisner's L+E Pictures, with the script in development by Adrian Askarieh, producer of the Hitman movie adaptation.
Oct. 4, 2010
Katamari Damacy Creator Announces New Company, Uvula
Katamari Damacy Creator Announces New Company, Uvula
Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi and his wife, composer Asuka Sakai, have debuted a new independent company in Uvula, with the firm focused on collaboration in "music and video games".
Oct. 4, 2010
Internet users feel more at risk from banking fraud
Internet users feel more at risk from banking fraud
A survey of more than 9000 adults in the UK, US, Europe and Canada, has revealed that internet users in the UK feel more at risk from banking fraud than ever before.
Oct. 4, 2010