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PayPal to Power Real Money Transactions In Diablo III Auction House
PayPal to Power Real Money Transactions In Diablo III Auction House
Blizzard and PayPal have announced that PayPal will serve as the payment-service intermediary allowing players to spend and earn real money in the
Sept. 14, 2011
Analysis: Is Syndicate A Broad Franchise?
Analysis: Is Syndicate A Broad Franchise?
In this opinion piece, UK-based game designer Tadhg Kelly analyzes "broad" and "narrow" video game franchises to see which category Electronic Arts' FPS reboot of classic tactical game Syndicate falls into.
Sept. 14, 2011
Grand Theft Auto IV Passes 22M Shipped, Franchise Above 114M
Grand Theft Auto IV Passes 22M Shipped, Franchise Above 114M
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has revealed updated sales numbers for many of the publisher's key games and franchises, including over 22 million lifetime shipments for Grand Theft Auto IV.
Sept. 14, 2011
BioWare, Zynga, EA, Playdom Vets Launch Action-Focused Freemium Startup
BioWare, Zynga, EA, Playdom Vets Launch Action-Focused Freemium Startup
Game industry veterans from BioWare, Electronic Arts, Zynga and Playdom have teamed up to create Rumble, a company focused on merging fast-paced action games with the casual free-to-play PC market.
Sept. 14, 2011
'Banned' iPhone Title Phone Story Released For Android
'Banned' iPhone Title Phone Story Released For Android
Following the news that Apple has removed indie developer Molleindustria's latest game from the App Store due to a violation of Apple's review guidelines, the game has now been released on the Android Market.
Sept. 14, 2011
Mobile Start-up Red Robot Secures $8.5M In Funding
Mobile Start-up Red Robot Secures $8.5M In Funding
Mobile gaming start-up Red Robot Labs has raised $8.5 million in funding for expansion of the studio, and for its popular location-based mobile MMO title Life is Crime.
Sept. 14, 2011
Interview: Bringing 'Tower Offense' To iPad With Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Interview: Bringing 'Tower Offense' To iPad With Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Just as the tower defense genre seemed to be empty of new ideas, 11 Bit Studios released Anomaly: Warzone Earth, a game that shows "there are a lot of opportunities ahead for the genre," according to the studio.
Sept. 14, 2011
Opinion: A Turing Test for Bots
Opinion: A Turing Test for Bots
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, AI game researcher Luke Dicken examines the 2K Bot Prize, a competition to develop an AI that will fool other Unreal Tournament players into believing it's
Sept. 14, 2011
Opinion: Simplifying Behavior Tree Logic
Opinion: Simplifying Behavior Tree Logic
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Relic's Jesse Cluff explains why you should use behavior trees, and why you might consider them over finite state machines.
Sept. 14, 2011
Best of GameSetWatch: From Jeff Goldblum To Zanda: Linked Swords
Best of GameSetWatch: From Jeff Goldblum To Zanda: Linked Swords
Gamasutra's alt video game blog GameSetWatch, rounds up this week's offbeat news, including Zanda: Linked Swords for iOS, a message to gamers from Jeff Goldblum, the 3DS Expansion Slide Pad, and more.
Sept. 14, 2011
Analysis: Breaking Down 'Alarming' U.S. Game Retail Contraction
Analysis: Breaking Down 'Alarming' U.S. Game Retail Contraction
U.S. physical video game retail saw a an "alarming" decline in August, Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews says -- and the absence of Madden NFL 12 certainly isn't all to blame.
Sept. 14, 2011
In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade Sales Analysis, August 2011
In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade Sales Analysis, August 2011
Gamasutra examines August 2011's Xbox Live Arcade debuts and continuing successes, with charts and Leaderboard data showing the performance of titles like Fruit Ninja Kinect and Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.
Sept. 14, 2011