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Zynga with Friends platform unveiled alongside third-party API
Zynga with Friends platform unveiled alongside third-party API
Zynga has announced several major initiatives for its social games going forward, including its Zynga with Friends community platform for its titles, Zynga API for third-party developers, and a number of new games.
June 26, 2012
Fastest-growing Facebook games: From Song Pop to Dragon City
Fastest-growing Facebook games: From Song Pop to Dragon City
Gamasutra's bi-weekly look at the fastest-growing Facebook titles examines recently popular games, including FreshPlanet's name-that-tune title Song Pop and Social Point's dragon breeding game Dragon City.
June 26, 2012
The Last of Us wins an armful of E3 Game Critics Awards
The Last of Us wins an armful of E3 Game Critics Awards
Naughty Dog and Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 3-exclusive The Last of Us won five categories from this year's E3 Game Critics Awards, including Best of Show, Best Original Game, and Best Console Game.
June 26, 2012
Best of iOS news: From RayStorm to Magic 2013
Best of iOS news: From RayStorm to Magic 2013
Gamasutra rounds up the latest news in the world of App Store gaming, featuring standout iOS releases like RayStorm, Asphalt 7: Heat, The Act, Magic 2013, and more.
June 26, 2012
Beyond Final Fantasy: Square Enix grapples with globalization
Beyond Final Fantasy: Square Enix grapples with globalization
There's a financial upside to taking more creative risks, acknowledges Square Enix's U.S. CEO Mike Fischer. And with digital platforms, the publisher is exploring beyond big-budget games like Final Fantasy.
June 26, 2012
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From Penny Arcade to morality systems
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From Penny Arcade to morality systems
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics including why the game industry shouldn't live in fear of Penny Arcade, Metro 2033's subtle morality system, and more.
June 26, 2012
Thomas Was Alone: From 24-hour prototype to fully-fledged game
Thomas Was Alone: From 24-hour prototype to fully-fledged game
When you're working in a creative medium such as video games, sometimes it takes a little push from outside forces to tell you that you're onto something worthwhile.
June 26, 2012
Pokemon Black and White 2 sells 1.6M in opening Japanese weekend
Pokemon Black and White 2 sells 1.6M in opening Japanese weekend
Pokemon Black and White 2 became the first video game this year to sell more than 1 million units in Japan on any platform, as sales shot past 1.6 million copies in just two days.
June 26, 2012
Android chosen for military security
Android chosen for military security
Invincea yesterday announced a $21.4m contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) for a secure version of Android phones and tablets.
June 26, 2012
FTC goes after Wyndham Hotels for theft of 620,000 payment cards
FTC goes after Wyndham Hotels for theft of 620,000 payment cards
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a complaint against Wyndham Hotels for data security failures that led to three data breaches in less than two years and resulted in the theft of close to 620,000 payment card numbers.
June 26, 2012
Opinion: Never build upon closed-source frameworks
Opinion: Never build upon closed-source frameworks
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday opinion piece, CCP's lead technical artist Rob Galanakis offers an argument for why you should never build upon closed-source frameworks.
June 25, 2012
Ubisoft delays Far Cry 3's release into holiday quarter
Ubisoft delays Far Cry 3's release into holiday quarter
Ubisoft has delayed the North American release of Far Cry 3 by three months, and will now ship the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows first-person shooter on December 4, 2012.
June 25, 2012