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Club Penguin Charity Event Reaching For $2M Goal
Club Penguin Charity Event Reaching For $2M Goal
If Club Penguin players donate enough virtual coins in the kid-targeted online game during the second half of December, Disney Online Studios will donate $2 million to real charitable causes.
Dec. 9, 2011
UK Trade Body UKIE Hires Former Channel 4 Editor As CEO
UK Trade Body UKIE Hires Former Channel 4 Editor As CEO
British trade group UKIE today revealed the appointment of former Channel 4 commissioning editor Dr Jo Twist as its new CEO, with the aim to further the company's influence in the UK games industry.
Dec. 9, 2011
Red Robot Acquires Supermono, Opens London Offices
Red Robot Acquires Supermono, Opens London Offices
Mobile gaming start-up Red Robot Labs has announced its move into the UK mobile games market, with plans to open new offices in London, and the acquisition of UK mobile games company Supermono.
Dec. 9, 2011
Zynga Looking To Double Its Paying Customers Following IPO
Zynga Looking To Double Its Paying Customers Following IPO
With its IPO due to start trading next week, Zynga has told investors that it can double its current number of paying customers, which is currently less than three percent of the company's 227 million MAUs.
Dec. 9, 2011
Racing Game Studio Eutechnyx Wins Red Herring 2011 Award
Racing Game Studio Eutechnyx Wins Red Herring 2011 Award
UK-based racing game studio Eutechnyx has picked up an award at the Red Herring Global 2011 awards, for its achievements in programming software and online game development.
Dec. 9, 2011
Bastion Now Available To Play Through Chrome Web Browser
Bastion Now Available To Play Through Chrome Web Browser
Supergiant Games' Bastion has been released via the Google Chrome Web Store, allowing users to play the game in their Chrome web browser -- and there are more big titles on the way too, says Google.
Dec. 9, 2011
Even Androids Need Love: How To Make Your Game Play Nicely On Android Devices
Even Androids Need Love: How To Make Your Game Play Nicely On Android Devices
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday piece, The Voxel Agents director Tom Killen explains why and how developers should pay their Android releases special considerations when porting iOS titles.
Dec. 9, 2011
Tiny Tower, Dead Space Lead Apple's Game Of The Year Picks
Tiny Tower, Dead Space Lead Apple's Game Of The Year Picks
With 2011 coming to a close, Apple has announced its iOS games of the year, granting the U.S. game of the year award to NimbleBit's Tiny Tower on iPhone and EA's Dead Space on iPad.
Dec. 9, 2011
Crysis 2, CryEngine 3 Programmer Joins Firefall Dev Red 5
Crysis 2, CryEngine 3 Programmer Joins Firefall Dev Red 5
Former Crytek veteran Ury Zhilinsky has joined Firefall developer Red 5 as senior graphics programmer to help the company develop its upcoming game in addition to a new, unannounced project.
Dec. 9, 2011
Report: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Developer GSC Game World Shuts Down
Report: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Developer GSC Game World Shuts Down
Ukrainian game developer GSC Game World, the studio responsible for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series of first-person shooters, has been shut down, according to reports.
Dec. 9, 2011
Best Of Indie Games: From Ravenmark To Nitrome Must Die
Best Of Indie Games: From Ravenmark To Nitrome Must Die
Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including the 100th release from Flash dev Nitrome, and an iOS strategy game by Singapore's Witching Hour.
Dec. 9, 2011
Your Game Industry In Your Words: Week Of December 9
Your Game Industry In Your Words: Week Of December 9
Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from game industry figures such as Pandemic Studios' former CEO Josh Resnick, Sega's Toshihiro Nagoshi, Rayman creator Michael Ancel, and many others.
Dec. 9, 2011