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Release This: Dragon's Dogma, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier hit retail
Release This: Dragon's Dogma, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier hit retail
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings awaited releases like Dragon's Dogma, Mario Tennis Open, and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier to North America and Europe.
May 21, 2012
Top Android game apps: Cut the Rope overtakes Angry Birds Space
Top Android game apps: Cut the Rope overtakes Angry Birds Space
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free gaming applications on Google Play as of today, with Cut the Rope, Angry Birds Space, and Basketball Shoot currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
May 21, 2012
Activision preparing to open new mobile studio in UK
Activision preparing to open new mobile studio in UK
Activision intends to open a new mobile game development studio in the UK, a move local trade groups (TIGA, UKIE) have hailed as a "massive vote of confidence" for the country's game industry.
May 21, 2012
Max Payne 3 beats Diablo III to top of UK retail charts
Max Payne 3 beats Diablo III to top of UK retail charts
Rockstar Games' Max Payne 3 shot to the top of the the UK sales charts in its opening weekend, marking the best-selling all-formats release since Mass Effect 3.
May 21, 2012
Is Guild Wars 2 the answer to stagnant MMO design?
Is Guild Wars 2 the answer to stagnant MMO design?
"The problem is that there's been a lack of change in MMO design and that Guild Wars 2 is a reaction to that," says ArenaNet's Christopher Lye in this Gamasutra interview.
May 21, 2012
Silicon Knights only entitled to $1 in damages in suit against Epic Games
Silicon Knights only entitled to $1 in damages in suit against Epic Games
After almost five years of legal turmoil, the ongoing lawsuit between Silicon Knights and Epic Games has finally gone to court, but it seems the stakes aren't quite as high as previously thought.
May 21, 2012
Microsoft offers more price flexibility for Xbox Live Indie Games
Microsoft offers more price flexibility for Xbox Live Indie Games
Microsoft on Monday announced that it has eased the pricing restrictions on its Xbox Live Indie Games service, allowing developers to change the price of their games every seven days, as opposed to every 90 days.
May 21, 2012
What does it take to break an iOS top 25 list? - study
What does it take to break an iOS top 25 list? - study
A recent study from analyst group Distimo has shed new light on the iOS app rankings, revealing the minimum number of downloads required to get your game in a top 25 list on the iTunes App Store.
May 21, 2012
Activision's contract with Bungie revealed
Activision's contract with Bungie revealed
Details regarding Activision's 10-year contract with Bungie have been made publicly available for the first time, revealing new information about the ex-Halo studio's upcoming shooter franchise.
May 21, 2012
TeliaSonera sells black boxes to dictators
TeliaSonera sells black boxes to dictators
While the UK awaits details on how the proposed Communications Bill will force service providers to monitor internet and phone metadata, Sweden’s TeliaSonera shows how it could be done by selling black boxes to authoritarian states.
May 21, 2012
Indian CERT handled over 13,000 cybersecurity incidents in 2011
Indian CERT handled over 13,000 cybersecurity incidents in 2011
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) handled 13,301 cybersecurity incidents in 2011, up from 10,315 incidents in 2010 and 8,266 incidents in 2009.
May 21, 2012
Sensitive data on British Army snipers end up in trunk of used car
Sensitive data on British Army snipers end up in trunk of used car
Sensitive information about British Army snipers was found in the trunk of a used car, according to press reports.
May 21, 2012