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Steam Announces Daily Game Deals
Steam Announces Daily Game Deals
Not content with offering mid-week and weekend deals on Steam games, Valve announced that from Monday, a new deal will be available every day, with Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising leading proceedings.
May 17, 2011
Top iPhone Game Apps: Tiny Wings Rivals Angry Birds
Top iPhone Game Apps: Tiny Wings Rivals Angry Birds
Gamasutra rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Tiny Wings and Rat on a Skateboard to Army of Darkness Defense and more.
May 17, 2011
Opinion: Adventures With Guns In A Third-Person Shooter
Opinion: Adventures With Guns In A Third-Person Shooter
Uber Entertainment software engineer Forrest Smith discusses his third-person camera experiences from Monday Night Combat, in this #altdevblogaday-reprinted opinion piece.
May 17, 2011
Best Buy Offering Exclusive 3DS SpotPass Content
Best Buy Offering Exclusive 3DS SpotPass Content
Nintendo is set to show off downloadable content for the Nintendo 3DS via SpotPass locations in Best Buy stores, offering exclusive content and movie trailers in-store starting June 7.
May 17, 2011
Phil Harrison, Robin Kaminsky Join Gaikai Advisory Board
Phil Harrison, Robin Kaminsky Join Gaikai Advisory Board
Gaikai, the cloud processing-based streaming game service co-founded by Dave Perry, has announced the appointments of two industry veterans, Phil Harrison and Robin Kaminsky, to its advisory board.
May 17, 2011
Aion Publisher NCsoft Sees Profit Decline In First Quarter
Aion Publisher NCsoft Sees Profit Decline In First Quarter
Seoul, South Korea-based MMO publisher NCsoft has posted financial results for the first quarter of the 2011 fiscal year, with a 30 percent profit decline as Aion and Lineage revenues stall.
May 17, 2011
$199 Xperia Play Launching In U.S. Next Week
$199 Xperia Play Launching In U.S. Next Week
After numerous delays, Sony Ericsson's first PlayStation-certified phone, the Xperia Play, is set to launch in the U.S. on May 26, with exclusive carrier Verizon Wireless taking pre-orders starting Thursday.
May 17, 2011
Loyalize Acquires Transformers Dev Savage Entertainment
Loyalize Acquires Transformers Dev Savage Entertainment
Developer Savage Entertainment has been acquired by interactive firm Loyalize, as Savage's Tim Morten tells Gamasutra of an industry shift to "large-budget marquee titles, and low-budget social/mobile titles", with little in between.
May 17, 2011
Atari Shows Smaller Net Loss After Cryptic Divestment
Atari Shows Smaller Net Loss After Cryptic Divestment
Atari showed a smaller net loss despite lower revenue for the 2010/11 fiscal year thanks to decreased expenses and the just-announced divestm
May 17, 2011
Atari To Divest Champions Online Developer Cryptic Studios
Atari To Divest Champions Online Developer Cryptic Studios
As part of a new earnings report, Atari announced it is divesting of its interest in Champions Online developer Cryptic Studios, calling the development house a "discontinued operation" as of March 31.
May 17, 2011
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Player Agency To Living The Indie Life
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Player Agency To Living The Indie Life
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, including complex design, player choice, and tips for living an indie lifestyle.
May 17, 2011
Interview: Killing Floor's Tripwire Interactive Finds Influence In Indies
Interview: Killing Floor's Tripwire Interactive Finds Influence In Indies
Alan Wilson, VP of Tripwire Interactive, tells Gamasutra about publishing indies The Ball and Dwarfs!?, and explains how this influenced development of the studio's own projects.
May 17, 2011