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Opinion: The Video Game-Home Video Disconnect
Opinion: The Video Game-Home Video Disconnect
Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris looks at the odd disconnect between video games and the film industry, discussing the ins-and-outs of "transmedia", and how publishers could potentially take advantage of the system.
May 10, 2011
Best Of Console Digital News: Guardian Rocks
Best Of Console Digital News: Guardian Rocks
Starting today, Gamasutra rounds up the week's top stories for the major console and portable digital delivery services, this time highlighting news about Guardian Heroes on XBLA and Rock of Ages.
May 10, 2011
Social Games Developer Funzio Secures $20M In Funding
Social Games Developer Funzio Secures $20M In Funding
Social games developer Funzio has secured $20 million in funding from a Series A financing round led by IDG Ventures and IDG Capital Partners to create cross-platform Facebook, iOS and Android games.
May 10, 2011
Playdom Ex-Program Manager Karen Clark Joins Romero's Loot Drop
Playdom Ex-Program Manager Karen Clark Joins Romero's Loot Drop
Karen Clark, previously program manager at Playdom’s San Francisco office where she worked on the company's Facebook titles, has joined id co-founder John Romero's social game studio, Loot Drop.
May 10, 2011
Namco Bandai Posts 4.1% Revenue Increase, Swings To Profit
Namco Bandai Posts 4.1% Revenue Increase, Swings To Profit
Namco Bandai has posted results for the fiscal year ended March 31 2011, noting a 4.1 percent increase in revenue year-over-year, while the October 2010 release Enslaved: Odyssey to the West shipped 730,000.
May 10, 2011
Harvest Moon Japanese Publisher Marvelous Merging With AQ Interactive
Harvest Moon Japanese Publisher Marvelous Merging With AQ Interactive
Harvest Moon's Japanese publisher Marvelous Entertainment today announced a three-way merger with with AQ Interactive -- the parent company of developers such as Artoon and Xseed Games -- and mobile developer Liveware.
May 10, 2011
Key Cocos2d Contributors Join Farmville Developer Zynga
Key Cocos2d Contributors Join Farmville Developer Zynga
Social games developer Zynga has announced that Ricardo Quesada and Rolando Abarca, key contributors to the popular Cocos2d iPhone framework project, are joining the company.
May 10, 2011
GOG.com No Longer Using IP Addresses For Customer Locations
GOG.com No Longer Using IP Addresses For Customer Locations
Good Old Games, the digital distribution website for DRM-free classic PC games, will no longer use IP addresses to determine a customer's location, allowing Australian customers to purchase upcoming The Witcher 2.
May 10, 2011
Microsoft To Buy Skype, Bringing Service to Xbox Live, Kinect
Microsoft To Buy Skype, Bringing Service to Xbox Live, Kinect
Microsoft has confirmed an agreement to purchase internet telephony and video communications company Skype for $8.5 billion, with plans to connect the service with Xbox Live and Kinect.
May 10, 2011
Google Announces Open Android Accessory Environment, 100M Devices Sold
Google Announces Open Android Accessory Environment, 100M Devices Sold
At a Google I/O conference presentation today, the company revealed that 100 million Android devices have been activated worldwide, and introduced a new open accessories initiative with gaming applications.
May 10, 2011
IO Interactive Announces Fifth Hitman Game, Absolution
IO Interactive Announces Fifth Hitman Game, Absolution
Danish Square Enix Europe subsidiary IO Interactive is reviving the dormant Hitman series with Hitman Absolution, a new title to be shown at next month's E3 convention.
May 10, 2011
Zoe Mode Takes Over Zumba Fitness With Wii-Bound Sequel
Zoe Mode Takes Over Zumba Fitness With Wii-Bound Sequel
Majesco's successful dance fitness game Zumba Fitness will receive a sequel for the Wii this holiday, the company announced Tuesday. Unlike the original, Zumba Fitness 2 will be developed by Chime's Zoe Mode.
May 10, 2011