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Windows App Store Offers Up To 80% Cut For Developers
Windows App Store Offers Up To 80% Cut For Developers
Developers will take as much as an 80 percent cut from their sales on Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 app marketplace, 10 percent more than the industry standard set by Apple and Facebook.
Dec. 7, 2011
Indie Winners Revealed For 2012 'Selected Projects' Competition
Indie Winners Revealed For 2012 'Selected Projects' Competition
Organizers of the Paris-based trade show Game Connection Europe have unveiled the winners for its second annual "Selected Projects" competition, with honorees including Mimimi Productions, Blossom Minds, and more.
Dec. 7, 2011
NaturalMotion Hires Mobile Ad Vet As My Horse Reaches 5M Downloads
NaturalMotion Hires Mobile Ad Vet As My Horse Reaches 5M Downloads
NaturalMotion has hired mobile ad veteran Nick Bhardwaj as its new VP of user acquisition and monetization, while simultaneously announcing that its mobile title My Horse has surpassed 5 million downloads.
Dec. 7, 2011
Researchers Turn To StarCraft II For Cognitive Study
Researchers Turn To StarCraft II For Cognitive Study
In a new study meant to examine the neurological processes behind human multitasking, researchers are examining replay data from StarCraft II to learn how the human brain responds to complex demands.
Dec. 7, 2011
The Last Guardian Producer Leaves Sony For Social Games
The Last Guardian Producer Leaves Sony For Social Games
Yoshifusa Hayama, executive producer on delayed PlayStation 3 adventure title The Last Guardian, has left Sony to join social games company and Monstermind developer Bossa Studios.
Dec. 7, 2011
Ninety-Nine Nights Online Launches In Japan
Ninety-Nine Nights Online Launches In Japan
Q Entertainment has launched free-to-play MMORPG Ninety-Nine Nights Online, an online PC title based on the Xbox 360 RPG series Ninety-Nine Nights, in Japan.
Dec. 7, 2011
Nintendo Denies That Miyamoto Is Changing Roles
Nintendo Denies That Miyamoto Is Changing Roles
Game design icon Shigeru Miyamoto is "retiring" from his current position at Nintendo to work on smaller games within the company. [UPDATE: Nintendo has now denied that Miyamoto is changing his position.]
Dec. 7, 2011
Tecmo Koei Acquires Atelier Developer Gust
Tecmo Koei Acquires Atelier Developer Gust
Japanese publisher Tecmo Koei Holdings revealed today that it has acquired Gust, the developer behind the Atelier RPG franchise, for ¥2.2 billion ($28.3 million), and plans to branch the RPG series out into new genres.
Dec. 7, 2011
Planning Tekken's Future: Katsuhiro Harada's Vision
Planning Tekken's Future: Katsuhiro Harada's Vision
Gamasutra speaks to Tekken series chief producer and director Katsuhiro Harada to find out how he manages a series with both a long history and so many upcoming titles.
Dec. 7, 2011
Opinion: Should Console Jailbreaking Be Legalized?
Opinion: Should Console Jailbreaking Be Legalized?
An update last year to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act freed up users to "jailbreak" their smartphones, and lobbyists are now pushing the same thing for game consoles. But is that what gamers really want?
Dec. 7, 2011
In-Depth: Behavior Tree Entrails
In-Depth: Behavior Tree Entrails
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, Bjoern Knafla looks at the shape of a behavior tree, and interpreting shapes and actor states for decision making and action execution scheduling.
Dec. 7, 2011
Epic's Tim Sweeney Honored With AIAS Hall Of Fame Induction
Epic's Tim Sweeney Honored With AIAS Hall Of Fame Induction
For his contributions toward advancing the PC, console, and mobile gaming industries, The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences will induct Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, into its Hall of Fame.
Dec. 7, 2011