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Top-Grossing iOS Games: Flick Home Run Overtakes Poker by Zynga
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Flick Home Run Overtakes Poker by Zynga
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Flick Home Run and Poker by Zynga earning top iPhone sales, while DragonVale and Smurfs' Village remain big sellers on the iPad.
Nov. 9, 2011
WildTangent Launches Android App Rental Service
WildTangent Launches Android App Rental Service
Social and casual gaming firm WildTangent has launched a new mobile games service that offers a variety of free and rental titles to download from within a newly available Android app.
Nov. 9, 2011
Nvidia's Quad-Core Tegra 3 Chip Focuses On Energy Efficiency For Tablets
Nvidia's Quad-Core Tegra 3 Chip Focuses On Energy Efficiency For Tablets
3D graphics company Nvidia today revealed its new Tegra 3 processor, with the aim to bring PC-class performance to tablets and smartphones, while still maintaining energy efficiency.
Nov. 9, 2011
3DS October Hardware Sales Top 300K In Japan, 122K Software Sales
3DS October Hardware Sales Top 300K In Japan, 122K Software Sales
Sales of the Nintendo 3DS in Japan surpassed 300,000 during October, while software sales for the console were less than half of that at 122,000 in total, with the PSP dominating the software sales charts.
Nov. 9, 2011
Adobe Halts Flash Player Development For Mobile Browsers
Adobe Halts Flash Player Development For Mobile Browsers
Adobe revealed last night that it is discontinuing development of its Flash Player for mobile browsers, and instead focusing on HTML5 for mobile devices, while also cutting around 750 staff jobs.
Nov. 9, 2011
Total Recall MMO Movie Tie-in Revealed
Total Recall MMO Movie Tie-in Revealed
Sony Pictures has revealed that an MMO based on the upcoming Total Recall film remake is currently in development by Chinese online gaming company ZQGame.
Nov. 9, 2011
Report: 47% Of MMO Spending In U.S. Comes From Free-To-Play MMOs
Report: 47% Of MMO Spending In U.S. Comes From Free-To-Play MMOs
A new report from market analysis firm NewZoo shows that U.S. gamers are spending 24 percent more on free-to-play MMOs than they were in 2010, with a total of $1.2 billion expected to be spent this year.
Nov. 9, 2011
Analysts Mixed On Holiday Outlook
Analysts Mixed On Holiday Outlook
With the holiday season fast approaching, analysts chime in with their game sales predictions, noting that the core gamer is "the demographic to watch this year" and examining the software battle for third place.
Nov. 9, 2011
Opinion: Becoming A Better Game Programmer
Opinion: Becoming A Better Game Programmer
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Bane Games' Alistair Doulin shares five pieces of advice on becoming a better game programmer -- most of which apply to other disciplines, too.
Nov. 9, 2011
'Game Of Thrones' License To See Action RPG, MMO, Social Games
'Game Of Thrones' License To See Action RPG, MMO, Social Games
George R. R. Martin's "A Song Of Ice And Fire" books will be the inspiration behind an upcoming MMO from German publisher Bigpoint, an Action RPG title from Japanese publisher Atlus and a social networking game.
Nov. 9, 2011
EA, Zynga, PopCap Headline New Kindle Fire Partnerships
EA, Zynga, PopCap Headline New Kindle Fire Partnerships
Amazon's Kindle Fire will include support for "several thousand" of the most popular Android apps when it launches November 15, including games from the likes of Zynga, EA, Gameloft, PopCap, Rovio and more.
Nov. 9, 2011
Report: U.S. Mobile Game Revenue Passed Portable Games In 2011
Report: U.S. Mobile Game Revenue Passed Portable Games In 2011
A new report from mobile analytics firm Flurry finds that explosive growth in the iOS and Android gaming markets now has them drawing more U.S. software revenue than traditional portable systems from Sony and Nintendo.
Nov. 9, 2011