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Infamous 2 Top-Selling U.S. Game SKU For June
Infamous 2 Top-Selling U.S. Game SKU For June
To coincide with today's impending NPD reports for June 2011, Sony announced its own Infamous 2, developed by Sucker Punch Productions, was the top-selling game SKU in the U.S.
July 14, 2011
Xbox 360 Sells 500K At Retail In June, Kinect Lineup To 'Triple By The End Of The Year'
Xbox 360 Sells 500K At Retail In June, Kinect Lineup To 'Triple By The End Of The Year'
Alongside the June 2011 NPD report, Microsoft announced that Xbox 360 continued to lead retail console sales, and sold 507,000 units, which the company says is nearly twice as many as other home console competitors.
July 14, 2011
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Team Bondi To Workification
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Team Bondi To Workification
In highlights from Gamasutra's Expert Blogs, industry notables write about diverse topics, including a current Team Bondi worker responding to allegations from ex-employees, the "workification" of games
July 14, 2011
Best Of Console Digital News - Crash, Burnout, Crash!
Best Of Console Digital News - Crash, Burnout, Crash!
Gamasutra rounds up the week's biggest news for the major console and portable digital delivery services in conjunction with sister site GameSetWatch, this time highlighting news about Super Dodge Ball and Burnout Crash.
July 14, 2011
Blitz Games: Usability Testing Essential, But Trust Your Instincts
Blitz Games: Usability Testing Essential, But Trust Your Instincts
As part of Gamasutra's latest feature, Blitz Games Studios studio development director Chris Viggers discusses how user testing revealed flaws in player int
July 14, 2011
GDC Online Debuts Zynga, CCP, Threat Modeling Talks
GDC Online Debuts Zynga, CCP, Threat Modeling Talks
GDC Online has revealed a new batch of lectures, featuring speakers from Zynga on 'how metrics are ruining your game', veteran Stephen Beeman on online security threats, and CCP on crisis management.
July 14, 2011
NASA hacker refuses to pay compensation to US government
NASA hacker refuses to pay compensation to US government
A former Romanian hacker, after graduating in law in his home country, is reported to have refused to pay $240,000 compensation to the US government for hacking the servers of NASA, the US Navy and the Department of Energy back in 2005/2006.
July 14, 2011
Cloud-based secure browsing service for Firefox goes free
Cloud-based secure browsing service for Firefox goes free
The development team behind the Cocoon service - a cloud-based extension to Mozilla Firefox that stores all cookies and internet session attributes securely in the cloud - have announced the service is now free of charge.
July 14, 2011
Avast claims 60% of Adobe Reader users are running vulnerable versions of their software
Avast claims 60% of Adobe Reader users are running vulnerable versions of their software
Research carried out by Avast has revealed that 60% of users of Adobe Reader are using an outdated and vulnerable version of the popular Adobe application.
July 14, 2011
Opinion: The Hidden Evil Of The Microtransaction
Opinion: The Hidden Evil Of The Microtransaction
Jagex's Claire Blackshaw argues that video game microtransactions aren't evil, but greed around them can still ruin great ideas and communities, in this #altdevblogaday-reprinted opinion piece.
July 13, 2011
Best of GameSetWatch: From Older Gamers To Chicken Charlie
Best of GameSetWatch: From Older Gamers To Chicken Charlie
Gamasutra's newly redesigned sister site, alt video game blog GameSetWatch, rounds up this week's offbeat titles and news, including the Today show's opinion on gamers over 30, a game tribute from Chicken Charlie
July 13, 2011
Shanghai Game Jam Kicks Off July 22
Shanghai Game Jam Kicks Off July 22
Organizers for the Shanghai Game Jam have announced the two-day IGF China-sponsored event, which invites attendees to join a team and rapidly prototype a game in 48 hours, debuting July 22.
July 13, 2011