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Microsoft Updating Azure Platform, Easier For Social Developers
Microsoft Updating Azure Platform, Easier For Social Developers
Microsoft is set to release a tool kit for its Windows Azure cloud development platform later this week, which will provide social game developers with more features and support.
July 20, 2011
Zoo Entertainment Signs Digital Agreement
Zoo Entertainment Signs Digital Agreement
Publisher Zoo Entertainment has made a full move to digital distribution and removed itself from the retail console business, while also completing a $1,675,000 private placement financing.
July 20, 2011
Activision Reveals Goldeneye 007: Reloaded For Xbox 360, PS3
Activision Reveals Goldeneye 007: Reloaded For Xbox 360, PS3
Activision confirmed today that it is bringing an enhanced version of the Wii shooter Goldeneye 007 to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 later this year, with PS Move functionality for the latter.
July 20, 2011
Interview: Number Two Facebook Developer Wooga Now Shooting For iOS
Interview: Number Two Facebook Developer Wooga Now Shooting For iOS
Gamasutra speaks to Wooga CEO Jens Begemann to find out how the company rocketed to number two on the Facebook charts and uncovers its plans to bring its games to iPad -- and find bigger success in the U.S.
July 20, 2011
Interview: Fox, Roadhouse Interactive Working On Family Guy Online
Interview: Fox, Roadhouse Interactive Working On Family Guy Online
Representatives from 20th Century Fox and Roadhouse Interactive talk to Gamasutra about their just-announced plans to release a free-to-play 3D online game based on the popular Family Guy animated series.
July 20, 2011
BBC Worldwide To Begin Publishing Indie Games Internationally
BBC Worldwide To Begin Publishing Indie Games Internationally
BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary for the UK-government-owned British Broadcasting Corporation, will begin publishing British-made indie games internationally in the near future.
July 20, 2011
Gaikai Completes $30M Funding Round
Gaikai Completes $30M Funding Round
Streaming video game demo service Gaikai announced today the completion of a $30 million round of Series C funding, including investment from mobile giant Qualcomm.
July 20, 2011
Ubisoft Q1 Sales Fall Over One-Third Year-Over-Year
Ubisoft Q1 Sales Fall Over One-Third Year-Over-Year
Ubisoft announced today sales for its fiscal first quarter were €103 million ($146.3 million), down 36.3 percent from a year ago, though above company expectations of €90 million ($126.9 million) for the period.
July 20, 2011
Shadows Of The Damned Director Leaves Grasshopper
Shadows Of The Damned Director Leaves Grasshopper
Massimo Guarini, director of recent third-person thriller Shadows of the Damned, has left developer Grasshopper Manufacture to set up his own company called Ovosonico Productions, with the slogan "the sound of bold ideas."
July 20, 2011
Best of GameSetWatch: From Earthbound To World Joyland
Best of GameSetWatch: From Earthbound To World Joyland
Gamasutra's newly redesigned sister site, alt video game blog GameSetWatch, rounds up this week's offbeat titles and news, including fun discoveries in EarthBound, China's Warcraft/StarCraft amu
July 20, 2011
Develop: LittleBigPlanet Was Originally Free-To-Play Reveals Media Molecule
Develop: LittleBigPlanet Was Originally Free-To-Play Reveals Media Molecule
Speaking as part of a Gamasutra-attended group interview keynote at the Develop 2011 conference in Brighton, three of the Media Molecule founders discussed the history of LittleBigPlanet, including some surprising revelations.
July 20, 2011
Develop: WB Games' Fryer Calls Slash And Burn Management 'Unsustainable'
Develop: WB Games' Fryer Calls Slash And Burn Management 'Unsustainable'
Laura Fryer, VP and General Manager of WB Games and former executive producer on the Gears of War franchise, said today that "slash and burn" management styles are harming the industry.
July 20, 2011