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PS Vita sales falter even during Japan's Golden Week
PS Vita sales falter even during Japan's Golden Week
While almost all handhelds and consoles received a sales boost during Japan's Golden Week, the holiday season wasn't enough to raise hardware sales for Sony's struggling PS Vita.
May 9, 2012
Top-Grossing Android games: Mobage's Rage of Bahamut reports fast sales
Top-Grossing Android games: Mobage's Rage of Bahamut reports fast sales
The latest North American Google Play game charts by revenue see Rage of Bahamut and Zynga Poker leading today's rankings, as Defender II and Smurfs' Village also report top earnings.
May 9, 2012
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Kingdoms of Camelot emerges as iPhone's top seller
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Kingdoms of Camelot emerges as iPhone's top seller
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Kingdoms of Camelot and Poker by Zynga earning top iPhone sales, while Smurfs' Village and Slotomania HD remain big sellers on the iPad.
May 9, 2012
Critical Reception: Mojang/4J Studios' Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
Critical Reception: Mojang/4J Studios' Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to the Xbox 360 version of Mojang's indie hit Minecraft, which reviews describe as "Xbox Live Arcade's richest and slickest co-op experience to date."
May 9, 2012
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From cooldown hate to Twilight's game equivalent
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From cooldown hate to Twilight's game equivalent
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, such as the video game equivalent of Twilight, why cooldowns are one of the worst trends to hit games, and more.
May 9, 2012
Activision Blizzard beats expectations in Q1 despite drop in revenue
Activision Blizzard beats expectations in Q1 despite drop in revenue
Major publisher Activision Blizzard on Wednesday reported better than expected financial results for its fiscal first quarter, despite seeing revenues fall by more than 20 percent.
May 9, 2012
After a billion Angry Birds downloads, Rovio's follow-up may be Casey's Contraptions
After a billion Angry Birds downloads, Rovio's follow-up may be Casey's Contraptions
Angry Birds owner Rovio operates the most successful video game of all time. For its follow-up act, the company appears to be adopting Casey's Contraptions, an indie hit for the iPad.
May 9, 2012
Resistance developer Insomniac's first foray into social games
Resistance developer Insomniac's first foray into social games
Resistance developer Insomniac Games today revealed Outernauts, its first Facebook-bound title, will launch in the summer and be published by Electronic Arts.
May 9, 2012
Worldwide Mobage growth helps DeNA to record 2011 profits
Worldwide Mobage growth helps DeNA to record 2011 profits
Japanese mobile games giant DeNA today posted its financial results for the last full fiscal year, with record revenues and profits thanks in part to the worldwide rollout of its Mobage mobile gaming platform.
May 9, 2012
Disney Interactive losses narrow as social game transition continues
Disney Interactive losses narrow as social game transition continues
The Walt Disney Company's Interactive Media division, which covers its console and social games, was the only sector in the company to record losses during the first half of the current fiscal year.
May 9, 2012
C/C++ low level curriculum: Looking at optimized assembly
C/C++ low level curriculum: Looking at optimized assembly
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, Gamer Camp's Alex Darby explains how to set up Visual Studio to look at optimized assembly code generated for simple code snippets.
May 9, 2012
Nine months later, Google+ game devs are reluctant to share success stories
Nine months later, Google+ game devs are reluctant to share success stories
An informal survey of game developers putting titles on Google+ reveals that while some are hopeful, none are willing to divulge specific user numbers that would surely be dwarfed by Facebook.
May 9, 2012