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Android Reveals Application Statistics Dashboard For Developers
Android Reveals Application Statistics Dashboard For Developers
The Android team has revealed a new dashboard that gives a better overview of the installation performance of apps and games for Android developers, allowing for comparison with apps across the Android Market.
March 21, 2011
Homefront Takes Top Spot From Dragon Age II On UK Sales Charts
Homefront Takes Top Spot From Dragon Age II On UK Sales Charts
Kaos Studios and THQ's Homefront debuted at the top of the UK software sales charts this week, despite average reviews for the first-person shooter, reports tracking firm Chart-Track.
March 21, 2011
EA Sports Drops Paper Instruction Manuals
EA Sports Drops Paper Instruction Manuals
Electronic Arts' EA Sports label confirmed that it will no longer include paper instruction manuals with its games in order to go green and save money, according to media reports.
March 21, 2011
Nintendo Installing 6,000 3DS Kiosks At U.S. Retail
Nintendo Installing 6,000 3DS Kiosks At U.S. Retail
Nintendo of America said Monday that it plans on installing over 6,000 3DS demo kiosks at U.S. retailers, showing off the glasses-free 3D feature that is difficult to convey in marketing materials.
March 21, 2011
Opinion: The Mugglification Of The Gaming Market
Opinion: The Mugglification Of The Gaming Market
In this opinion piece, Tadhg Kelly compares the divide between casual and 'real' gamers to Muggles and Magicals from the Harry Potter world, and discusses the differences between the two.
March 21, 2011
EA Expands Fan Voting Program For Madden NFL Cover Athlete
EA Expands Fan Voting Program For Madden NFL Cover Athlete
EA is once again asking fans to pick the cover athlete that will grace the cover of this year's Madden football title, expanding a public voting program started last year.
March 21, 2011
White-Hat Hacker Helps Solve Rift Security Exploit
White-Hat Hacker Helps Solve Rift Security Exploit
A player of Trion Worlds' Rift MMO has helped the development team identify and patch a security hole that opened up to 1 percent of user accounts to hijacking and griefing.
March 21, 2011
Nexon Invests $5 Million In Social Developer A Bit Lucky
Nexon Invests $5 Million In Social Developer A Bit Lucky
Social game start-up A Bit Lucky, creators of Facebook game Lucky Train, raised $5 million in a Series A round of funding lead by free-to-play online game publisher Nexon America.
March 21, 2011
Shift 2 Dev Slightly Mad Talks New Social, Mobile Offshoot
Shift 2 Dev Slightly Mad Talks New Social, Mobile Offshoot
Slightly Mad Studios (Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed) has formed new social and mobile "offshoot" Gamagio. [UPDATE: Gamasutra speaks with the studio's biz dev director.]
March 21, 2011
Konno: Nintendo 'Not Worried' About 3DS Competing With Mobile Game Prices
Konno: Nintendo 'Not Worried' About 3DS Competing With Mobile Game Prices
3DS project lead Hideki Konno tells Gamasutra that Nintendo is "not worried about competing at a price point level" with free and $1 mobile games, arguing the company wo
March 21, 2011
DoD works with industry on automated network intrusion defense system
DoD works with industry on automated network intrusion defense system
The Department of Defense (DoD) is working with the private sector to develop an automated network intrusion detection and prevention system for the defense industry, a Pentagon official told Congress last week.
March 21, 2011
Blizzard Readies StarCraft II For Chinese Launch With Open Beta In March
Blizzard Readies StarCraft II For Chinese Launch With Open Beta In March
Open beta testing for Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft II begins in mainland China this month, as the publisher readies to launch the title in the burgeoning Chinese online market.
March 18, 2011