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Rango Film Company Signs Microsoft Games Deal
Rango Film Company Signs Microsoft Games Deal
Blind Wink Productions, the studio founded by Pirates of the Caribbean and Rango director Gore Verbinski, has signed an agreement to create games for Microsoft starting with an XBLA title next year.
Dec. 6, 2011
Mario Kart 7 Is Japan's Quickest Selling 3DS Title
Mario Kart 7 Is Japan's Quickest Selling 3DS Title
After almost a week on the market, Nintendo's Mario Kart 7 is on pace to become the fastest-selling title for the 3DS in Japan, with more than 420,000 units sold according to Nintendo's internal projections.
Dec. 6, 2011
Court Denies Ubisoft Restraining Order Over Get Up And Dance
Court Denies Ubisoft Restraining Order Over Get Up And Dance
A federal court has blocked a restraining order claim from Ubisoft, in which the company was looking to stop the sale of dance title Get Up and Dance due to its similarities to Just Dance.
Dec. 6, 2011
Tekken's Harada 'Not Really Worried' About Market Saturation
Tekken's Harada 'Not Really Worried' About Market Saturation
With five announced games on top of a 2011 release -- Tekken Hybrid -- is the Tekken series on the verge of overexposure? Chief producer Katsuhiro Harada comments to Gamasutra on the issue.
Dec. 6, 2011
Study: 36% Of U.S. MMO Players Choose Sci-Fi
Study: 36% Of U.S. MMO Players Choose Sci-Fi
A new report conducted by research firm Newzoo has found that 84 percent of U.S. sci-fi MMO gamers play free-to-play titles, rather than subscription-based MMOs.
Dec. 6, 2011
Zynga Settles Copying Claim Dispute With Social Startup Vostu
Zynga Settles Copying Claim Dispute With Social Startup Vostu
Social games giant Zynga and Brazilian startup studio Vostu today announced they have settled their lawsuit, ending a six-month disagreement between the two companies.
Dec. 6, 2011
Students Win $100K Scholarship With Kinect Leg Prosthesis Project
Students Win $100K Scholarship With Kinect Leg Prosthesis Project
A team of students has won a college scholarship as part of the 2011 Siemens Competition, for its work on a project that uses the Kinect motion-sensor hardware to help people with leg injuries and ailments.
Dec. 6, 2011
Super Mario 3D Land Japan's Top-Selling Game In November
Super Mario 3D Land Japan's Top-Selling Game In November
Nintendo's Super Mario 3D Land was the top-selling video game in Japan during November, shifting over half a million units in total according to data from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain.
Dec. 6, 2011
Final Fantasy XIV Billed Model Coming January 6, Discounted Prices
Final Fantasy XIV Billed Model Coming January 6, Discounted Prices
The subscription-based update for troubled MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, originally due to launch at the start of December, will now launch at the beginning of the new year.
Dec. 6, 2011
Social Games Publisher We R Interactive Receives $200K EU Grant
Social Games Publisher We R Interactive Receives $200K EU Grant
UK-based social games publisher We R Interactive has received a notable grant of 150,000 euro ($200,610) from the European Union to create a new online music-based gaming title.
Dec. 6, 2011
Most Popular Facebook Games: CastleVille Rises As Mafia Wars 2 Falls
Most Popular Facebook Games: CastleVille Rises As Mafia Wars 2 Falls
Every other week, Gamasutra examines the most popular Facebook games, this time looking at the rapid rise of Zynga's latest game CastleVille, while the audience for its second most recent title Mafia Wars 2 shrinks.
Dec. 6, 2011
Baverstock, Newth, Daly Form New UK Games Consultancy
Baverstock, Newth, Daly Form New UK Games Consultancy
Former Kuju Entertainment executives have founded Tenshi Consulting to serve the rapidly-evolving game development climate -- Gamasutra learns about the new venture from Ian Baverstock and Ed Daly.
Dec. 6, 2011