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In this reprinted #altdevblogaday technical piece, GamesLab's Christian Schladetsch introduces a mechanism for implementing a Subscriber/Publisher pattern to your system architecture, by including just one header f
Nov. 2, 2011
Critical Reception: Naughty Dog's Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Critical Reception: Naughty Dog's Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Naughty Dog's cinematic third-person shooter Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, which one review described as a "great action game."
Nov. 2, 2011
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Gameloft's Modern Combat 3 Leads iPad Charts
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Gameloft's Modern Combat 3 Leads iPad Charts
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Poker by Zynga and Zombieville USA 2 earning top iPhone sales, while Modern Combat 3 and Smurfs' Village emerge as big sellers on the iPad.
Nov. 2, 2011
Top-Grossing Android Games: Paradise Island Takes On Tap Fish
Top-Grossing Android Games: Paradise Island Takes On Tap Fish
Google's latest North American Android Market game charts by revenue see Tap Fish and Paradise Island leading today's rankings, as Life is Crime and Smurfs' Village also report fast sales.
Nov. 2, 2011
DeNA And Ngmoco Bring Mobage Android Platform Out Of Beta
DeNA And Ngmoco Bring Mobage Android Platform Out Of Beta
Ngmoco and Japanese parent DeNA announced today that the Mobage social games platform for Android has now officially exited beta, and is enabled on Top 25 titles like Pocket Frogs and Zombie Farm.
Nov. 2, 2011
New Game 2011: Zynga Urges Developers To Embrace The HTML5 'Pain Machine'
New Game 2011: Zynga Urges Developers To Embrace The HTML5 'Pain Machine'
At San Francisco's New Game Conference, Zynga Germany CEO Paul Bakaus pointed out the numerous flaws with HTML5, noting that the best way to fix them is to get more developers working on the web.
Nov. 2, 2011
Opinion: Type Names Matter
Opinion: Type Names Matter
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday opinion piece, Climax Games' senior programmer Thaddaeus Frogley explains why type names matter, and why programmers need to consider their human audience.
Nov. 2, 2011
MIGS 2011: Redefining Challenge In Games Can Push Artistic Boundaries, Says Rohrer
MIGS 2011: Redefining Challenge In Games Can Push Artistic Boundaries, Says Rohrer
"It's not challenge necessarily that’s driving normal people from games, but this broken way we handle challenge in game design," said indie developer Jason Rohrer at the Montreal International Games Summit.
Nov. 2, 2011
MIGS 2011: Eidos Montreal's Insane Task Of Reviving Deus Ex
MIGS 2011: Eidos Montreal's Insane Task Of Reviving Deus Ex
David Anfossi, producer on Deus Ex: Human Revolution, knew it was crazy to try to revive the franchise. Today, he told a Montreal International Games Summit audience why the studio did it anyway.
Nov. 2, 2011
Strong Video Game Sales Help Namco Bandai To Q2 Profits
Strong Video Game Sales Help Namco Bandai To Q2 Profits
Namco Bandai has released financial results for the second quarter of the current fiscal year, noting a swing to profits compared to the previous fiscal year thanks in part to strong video game sales.
Nov. 2, 2011
Ubisoft Acquires Trials HD Developer RedLynx
Ubisoft Acquires Trials HD Developer RedLynx
Major French-headquartered publisher Ubisoft has announced it has acquired independent Finnish developer RedLynx, which has seen over 2 million sales associated with XBLA hit Trials HD, plus iOS hit DrawRace 2.
Nov. 2, 2011
56M PS3s Shipped Worldwide, Approaching Xbox 360 Levels
56M PS3s Shipped Worldwide, Approaching Xbox 360 Levels
As part of its latest financial report, Sony revealed it has shipped 56 million PlayStation 3s worldwide to date, putting it within spitting distance of tota
Nov. 2, 2011