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Gamasutra's half-year U.S. video game retail sales analysis
Gamasutra's half-year U.S. video game retail sales analysis
Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews goes in-depth to examine how U.S. video game retail has performed so far in 2012, and where sales may go during the latter-half of the year.
July 16, 2012
Top Android game apps: Plumber challenges Temple Run in Google's free charts
Top Android game apps: Plumber challenges Temple Run in Google's free charts
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free gaming applications on Google Play as of today, with Where's My Perry?, Amazing Alex, and Plumber currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
July 16, 2012
Release This: Dyad, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD head up digital debuts
Release This: Dyad, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD head up digital debuts
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD and Dyad to digital download platforms in North America, while Japan gets Kirby's Dream Collection and Rune Factory 4.
July 16, 2012
GDC Europe debuts '10 years of Battlefield' talk, Unreal Engine 4 demo, more
GDC Europe debuts '10 years of Battlefield' talk, Unreal Engine 4 demo, more
With just two days until GDC Europe's early reg deadline, show organizers have debuted a major retrospective on _Battlefield_and its developer DICE, as well as presentations on Unreal Engine 4 and CryEngine 3.
July 16, 2012
50% Job leavers steal confidential company data
50% Job leavers steal confidential company data
New details from Iron Mountain show the extent to which employees leaving employment will take confidential company data with them when they go.
July 16, 2012
German state buys CD of Swiss bank customers for €3.5m
German state buys CD of Swiss bank customers for €3.5m
Authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous of Germany’s 16 federal states, have purchased a CD containing the private Swiss bank details of about 1000 wealthy German citizens.
July 16, 2012
FBI teams with DARPA, George Mason to fuzz test Android apps
FBI teams with DARPA, George Mason to fuzz test Android apps
The FBI is teaming with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and George Mason University to perform fuzz testing on Android mobile applications.
July 16, 2012
Opinion: Don't train students on game design - educate them
Opinion: Don't train students on game design - educate them
Designing games is about critical thinking and why you are doing things, rather than learning the rules for a particular outcome and repeating them automatically without thinking, argues lecturer Dr. Lewis Pulsipher.
July 13, 2012
Top iPad game apps: Amazing Alex, Tiny Wings dominate paid charts
Top iPad game apps: Amazing Alex, Tiny Wings dominate paid charts
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Amazing Alex HD, Tiny Wings HD, and Guess the Character currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
July 13, 2012
What do console players want most? Essentially, more of the same
What do console players want most? Essentially, more of the same
A new survey from media research group Nielsen has revealed that the year's most anticipated titles are also it's biggest sequels, with games like Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops II leading consumers' wish lists.
July 13, 2012
Verizon adopts game subscription service for its Android devices
Verizon adopts game subscription service for its Android devices
Major cellular network Verizon Wireless announced today that it's bringing Exent's GameTanium service to its Android smartphones and tablets, allowing consumers to pay a monthly fee for unlimited access to a number of popular mobile games.
July 13, 2012
Cactus goes commercial: How one indie moved beyond his freeware roots
Cactus goes commercial: How one indie moved beyond his freeware roots
Until now, Jonatan "Cactus" Soderstrom has made dozens of games, yet hasn't sold a single copy. But recently he announced that he's breaking that trend with his newest title, and Gamasutra set out to uncover the full story.
July 13, 2012