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EA Sets Up Shop With Dedicated EA Sports Retail Stores
EA Sets Up Shop With Dedicated EA Sports Retail Stores
Electronic Arts plans on operating a chain of retail stores dedicated to its EA Sports line of sports games, the company revealed, with the first shop already under construction at the Charlotte, North Carolina airport.
June 14, 2011
PopCap Auctions Original Game Art For Charity
PopCap Auctions Original Game Art For Charity
PopCap Games is auctioning a number of unique and original pieces of art related to its games catalog, with all proceeds benefiting charities that aid ill and disabled children in the United States and the UK.
June 14, 2011
Gibeau: Social Now A 'Primary Design Pillar' For EA
Gibeau: Social Now A 'Primary Design Pillar' For EA
Social features such as in-game chat, stat tracking and the ability to share content with others are as important as gameplay and graphics, and will be a primary focus in all EA games going forward, according to EA Games president Frank Gibeau.
June 14, 2011
Psychonauts Publishing Rights Revert To Creator Double Fine
Psychonauts Publishing Rights Revert To Creator Double Fine
Double Fine Productions now owns the publishing rights to its cult hit 2005 action-adventure game Psychonauts, which was previously published by Majesco, and will directly benefit from all future sales. [Update: Double Fine clarifies.]
June 14, 2011
Infected Angry Birds apps discovered on Google Android Market
Infected Angry Birds apps discovered on Google Android Market
Despite a number of infected apps appearing on the official Android Market - the equivalent of the Apple iTunes store - earlier in the year, Google still appears to have an infected apps problem, with one US researcher having spotted infected bonus versions of Angry Birds early last week.
June 14, 2011
Security researcher reveals shady links of Russia's ChronoPay
Security researcher reveals shady links of Russia's ChronoPay
The reputation of the ChronoPay e-money service took a battering last year when security researcher Brian Krebs revealed the backers of the service had questionable links with cybercriminal sites.
June 14, 2011
Officials to review security after LulzSec hacks Senate website
Officials to review security after LulzSec hacks Senate website
US Senate officials have ordered a security review after hackers from LulzSecurity broke into the chamber's website over the weekend.
June 14, 2011
Interview: Inside The Social Recruitment Boom
Interview: Inside The Social Recruitment Boom
Loot Drop is just one of many social companies rapidly hiring new talent. We spoke to Karen Clark about the trends in the social gaming recruitment market and how they affect employees at traditional developers.
June 13, 2011
Zynga's Empire & Allies Leads Fastest-Growing Facebook Games
Zynga's Empire & Allies Leads Fastest-Growing Facebook Games
Gamasutra's bi-weekly look at the fastest-growing Facebook titles examines the recent launch and immediate popularity of Zynga's latest social game, turn-based strategy title Empire & Allies.
June 13, 2011
Release This: Duke Nukem Forever Finally Arrives At Retail
Release This: Duke Nukem Forever Finally Arrives At Retail
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Duke Nukem Forever, Child of Eden, and Alice: Madness Returns stateside, while the UK gets The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D.
June 13, 2011
Top iPhone Game Apps: Words With Friends, Pocket God Sequels See Big Sales
Top iPhone Game Apps: Words With Friends, Pocket God Sequels See Big Sales
Gamasutra rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Hanging With Friends and Pocket God: Journey to Uranus to ShapeShift and more.
June 13, 2011
Zumba Fitness Fuels Growth In Majesco's Q2 Earnings
Zumba Fitness Fuels Growth In Majesco's Q2 Earnings
Majesco revealed a significant boost in revenue for its second fiscal quarter, attributing most of its growth to the success of the publisher's popular Zumba Fitness franchise.
June 13, 2011