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Dealing with Android's fragmented market
Dealing with Android's fragmented market
What are the challenges game devs face with Android's fragmentation, and how have they overcome them? Gamasutra talks with several Android developers to find out.
May 22, 2012
Amazon brings test driving for Android games to mobile
Amazon brings test driving for Android games to mobile
Amazon's Appstore has released a new update that allows consumers to try out Android games and applications, without having to download them first and before deciding to buy them.
May 22, 2012
This week in Video Game Criticism: From Battleship to the lowest difficulty setting
This week in Video Game Criticism: From Battleship to the lowest difficulty setting
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics including the algorithmically ideal game of Battleship, the lowest difficulty setting for life in the U.S., and more.
May 22, 2012
Best of iOS news: From Extinction Squad to Sonic 4 Episode II
Best of iOS news: From Extinction Squad to Sonic 4 Episode II
Gamasutra rounds up the latest news in the world of App Store gaming, featuring standout releases like Chuck Darwin's Extinction Squad, Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode II, Bejeweled HD, and Exponential Invasion.
May 22, 2012
Facebook's most popular games continue to lose users
Facebook's most popular games continue to lose users
Every other week, Gamasutra examines the most popular Facebook games, this time looking at declining audiences for almost all of the social network's top titles, especially Zynga's.
May 22, 2012
Rockstar's Max Payne 3 ships 3M units in one week
Rockstar's Max Payne 3 ships 3M units in one week
It's been roughly one week since Rockstar's Max Payne 3 hit store shelves, and on Tuesday publisher Take-Two revealed the game has already shipped more than 3 million units.
May 22, 2012
Take-Two losses mount, but revenues exceed analyst expectations
Take-Two losses mount, but revenues exceed analyst expectations
Publisher Take-Two (L.A. Noire) reported better-than-expected revenues for its most recent fiscal year, though the company's losses continued to increase year over year.
May 22, 2012
Activision exec emails foreshadow breaking point with ex-Infinity Ward heads
Activision exec emails foreshadow breaking point with ex-Infinity Ward heads
Newly-unsealed court filings revealed emails from top Activision execs, detailing a building tension between management and former heads of Call of Duty house Infinity Ward.
May 22, 2012
Ex-Lionhead, Codemasters devs form motion-control focused studio
Ex-Lionhead, Codemasters devs form motion-control focused studio
A number of ex-staffers from Lionhead Studios and Codemasters have banded together to form Kinesthetic Games, a studio focused on motion-controlled video games.
May 22, 2012
Scaleform middleware integrated into Gaikai's cloud gaming platform
Scaleform middleware integrated into Gaikai's cloud gaming platform
Cloud gaming service Gaikai has signed a deal with development tools company Autodesk to enable the use of the latter's Scaleform user interface within Gaikai's cloud platform.
May 22, 2012
38 Studios' ongoing financial issues lead to staff layoffs
38 Studios' ongoing financial issues lead to staff layoffs
As part of Kingdoms of Amalur house 38 Studios' ongoing financial issues, the Rhode Island-based company has been forced to lay off a number of its staff.
May 22, 2012
Indie darling J.S. Joust caught in cloning controversy
Indie darling J.S. Joust caught in cloning controversy
The latest game from Whale Trail developer Ustwo is causing quite a stir today, due to its stark similarities to Die Gute Fabrik's PlayStation Move-controlled J.S. Joust.
May 22, 2012