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Top iPad game apps: Discounted GTA III, Chinatown Wars report sales surge
Top iPad game apps: Discounted GTA III, Chinatown Wars report sales surge
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Grand Theft Auto III, Extinction Squad, and Cut the Rope: Experiments HD currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
May 24, 2012
Gamasutra expert blogs: From adaptation to pleasure without learning
Gamasutra expert blogs: From adaptation to pleasure without learning
In highlights from Gamasutra's Expert Blogs, industry notables write about diverse topics, including why it's great when games encourage players to adapt, how pleasure without learning leads to addiction, and more.
May 24, 2012
Nordic 2012: Curran tells gamers to look beyond genres and play everything
Nordic 2012: Curran tells gamers to look beyond genres and play everything
Drawing comparisons between the decline of punk rock and video games, former Zoë Mode creative director Ste Curran explained why genre snobbery needs to end.
May 24, 2012
Nordic 2012: Gearbox boss Pitchford says image matters
Nordic 2012: Gearbox boss Pitchford says image matters
Opening the Nordic Game Conference, Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford explained how he developed his studio's internal and external image, and why that image is important to both employees and customers.
May 24, 2012
SCE Asia opens Chinese localization office in Taiwan
SCE Asia opens Chinese localization office in Taiwan
Sony Computer Entertainment Asia has opened a new Chinese localization center in Taipei, Taiwan, which will be headed by its business branch in that country.
May 24, 2012
Google Play adds in-app subscriptions for Android games
Google Play adds in-app subscriptions for Android games
Google Play (formerly Android Market) now allows developers to implement in-app subscriptions in their games, enabling them to offer monthly or annual memberships to players.
May 24, 2012
GameStop opens annual conference to consumers
GameStop opens annual conference to consumers
Video game retailer GameStop has opened its annual Expo conference -- previously reserved for the chain's managers and members of the game industry -- to consumers.
May 24, 2012
Google funding UK computer science education revitalization
Google funding UK computer science education revitalization
Google has formed a partnership with British independent charity Teach First to fund an initiative that it hopes will help revitalize computer science education in the UK through special training and Raspberry Pi teaching aids.
May 24, 2012
Sega, Double Fine team up for adventure game The Cave
Sega, Double Fine team up for adventure game The Cave
Sega announced today that it is set to publish The Cave, a newly-announced adventure game from Psychonauts developer Double Fine Productions, in early 2013 for consoles and Windows PC.
May 24, 2012
Zen Studios shows continued support for PS Vita with KickBeat
Zen Studios shows continued support for PS Vita with KickBeat
Zen Pinball developer Zen Studios has shown its continued support for Sony's PS Vita, announcing a new title set for release on the handheld.
May 24, 2012
Konami sued over alleged unpaid $14M Def Jam Rapstar loan
Konami sued over alleged unpaid $14M Def Jam Rapstar loan
Video game Def Jam Rapstar is once again the subject of a lawsuit, as the City National Bank has alleged that publishers Konami and Autumn Games lied to secure a loan for the distribution of the title.
May 24, 2012
Indie initiative hopes to prove developer-controlled pricing is good for everybody
Indie initiative hopes to prove developer-controlled pricing is good for everybody
In an effort to advocate the importance of maintaining control over a game's price, 2D Boy's Ron Carmel has launched a new promotion celebrating the distribution channels that get things right.
May 24, 2012