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Release This: Pokemon Black and White Premiere Stateside
Release This: Pokemon Black and White Premiere Stateside
Gamasutra's custom release list explores a week that brings Pokemon Black and White to North America, along with anticipated multiplatform releases like Dragon Age II and Major League Baseball 2K11.
March 7, 2011
Pokemon Black/White See UK's Biggest Launch Yet For The Franchise
Pokemon Black/White See UK's Biggest Launch Yet For The Franchise
Nintendo's Pokemon White and Pokemon Black saw the biggest launch yet for the series across one weekend in the UK, with their combined sales marking the games as Nintendo's third biggest UK launch ever.
March 7, 2011
Sony: We Want to Sell PSN Games In UK Stores
Sony: We Want to Sell PSN Games In UK Stores
With the news last month that UK retailer Game Group has begun selling Xbox Live downloadable content in-store, Sony has now stated that it is looking to sell PSN content at retail.
March 7, 2011
GDC 2011: Red Dead, Battlefield Big Winners at GANG Awards
GDC 2011: Red Dead, Battlefield Big Winners at GANG Awards
The winners of the ninth annual Game Audio Network Guild awards have been announced, with Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption and DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company 2 taking home multiple awards.
March 7, 2011
GDC 2011: Gamasutra's Complete Lecture Roundup
GDC 2011: Gamasutra's Complete Lecture Roundup
Last week's record-breaking Game Developers Conference was one of the most varied and dynamic iterations of the annual event ever -- her
March 7, 2011
Feature: Vogel On MMOs, Ultima Online's Exploration Of Freedom
Feature: Vogel On MMOs, Ultima Online's Exploration Of Freedom
Massively multiplayer game producer Rich Vogel says "World of Warcraft set the standard to follow," but it was Ultima Online that gave players true MMO freedom -- sometimes at a cost.
March 7, 2011
First iPhone cracker to publicly hack Windows Phone 7 at Canada's Pwn2Own
First iPhone cracker to publicly hack Windows Phone 7 at Canada's Pwn2Own
The fifth Pwn2Own cracking contest, due to take place later this week at the CanSecWest event in Vancouver, will see code cracker George Hotz - aka Geohot -, the infamous iPhone/PS3 technology cracker, publicly cracking the Windows Phone 7 smartphone platform.
March 7, 2011
Amazon announces plans to security-check Android apps
Amazon announces plans to security-check Android apps
Amazon has revealed it will launch its own app store, offering apps to users of Android and other smartphone platforms. The publishing giant also says it will be security vetting all apps before releasing them to users.
March 7, 2011
(ISC)2 joins with M.Tech to offer information security classes in Asia-Pacific
(ISC)2 joins with M.Tech to offer information security classes in Asia-Pacific
The non-profit IT security trade group (ISC)2 is teaming up with M.Tech to deliver information security education classes in Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
March 7, 2011
Microsoft is hoping for luck of the Irish in not patching zero-day IE flaw
Microsoft is hoping for luck of the Irish in not patching zero-day IE flaw
Microsoft appears to be counting on the luck of the Irish (Is Bill Gates Irish?) in not patching a zero-day vulnerability in its Internet Explorer (IE) browser for this month’s Patch Tuesday.
March 7, 2011
GDC 2011: Developing StarCraft II Like Inventing 'Basketball 2'
GDC 2011: Developing StarCraft II Like Inventing 'Basketball 2'
StarCraft II lead designer Dustin Browder told GDC 2011 attendees about the "insanely hard" task of creating an e-sports game, and provided tips on creating an e-sports title.
March 4, 2011
Best Of Indie Games: Surviving the Living Dead is a Rizky Business
Best Of Indie Games: Surviving the Living Dead is a Rizky Business
IndieGames.com co-editor Tim W. looks at some of the top indie titles released over the past week, including an iOS game from Castle Crashers developer The Behemoth and an educational tower defense game.
March 4, 2011