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Independent Propeller Awards Announces Finalists
Independent Propeller Awards Announces Finalists
The Independent Propeller Awards, an indie game competition organized by Zoo Entertainment's IndiePub community and SXSW, announced its seven finalists competing for $150,000 in prizes.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: PSN Revenues Up 70% As Audience Reaches 70 Million
GDC 2011: PSN Revenues Up 70% As Audience Reaches 70 Million
Sony Computer Entertainment America revealed in a GDC panel last night that its PlayStation Network now has 70 million users, and that the online service saw a 70 percent increase in annual revenues last year.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Bungie Working On 'Massively Multiplayer Action Game'
GDC 2011: Bungie Working On 'Massively Multiplayer Action Game'
Bungie revealed in a GDC session last night that the company is working on an original "massively multiplayer action game" with Activision. [UPDATE: Company claims comment was a joke.]
March 4, 2011
Top iPad Game Apps: Updated Infinity Blade Leads Paid Charts
Top iPad Game Apps: Updated Infinity Blade Leads Paid Charts
Sister site FingerGaming rounds up the week's most popular iPad games as of today, with Infinity Blade, Can Knockdown 2, and Bowmaster HD currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
March 4, 2011
Saling The World: Professor Layton Sequel Leads 3DS Launch Sales
Saling The World: Professor Layton Sequel Leads 3DS Launch Sales
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled Amazon.com charts find Level 5's Layton emerging as the biggest-selling 3DS launch week game in Japan, while Just Dance 2 and Zumba Fitness top the charts stateside.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Strategy Game Veterans Look At The Genre's Biggest Challenges
GDC 2011: Strategy Game Veterans Look At The Genre's Biggest Challenges
A number of the industry's biggest names in strategy games, including Blizzard's Dustin Browder, Stardock's John Shafer, and EA2D's Soren Johnson discuss the major problems facing the genre.
March 4, 2011
Survey: UK Xbox 360 Owners Spend £64 a Month in the Xbox Marketplace
Survey: UK Xbox 360 Owners Spend £64 a Month in the Xbox Marketplace
Microsoft has revealed survey results showing that Xbox 360 owners in the UK spend an average of £64 (approximately $104) every month on downloads from the Xbox Live Marketplace.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Ron Gilbert's 'Odd Collection' Of Maniac Mansion Memories
GDC 2011: Ron Gilbert's 'Odd Collection' Of Maniac Mansion Memories
In a talk he described as less a postmortem and more "an odd collection of memories," Maniac Mansion programmer Ron Gilbert recounted the creation of the revolutionary 1987 classic.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Social Game Developers Direct Their Rage Outward, Inward
GDC 2011: Social Game Developers Direct Their Rage Outward, Inward
At another memorable GDC rant panel, a varied group of social game developers directed their ire at everything from know-nothing executives and deceptive new platforms to social games themselves.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Perfecting The Free-To-Play Battlefield Heroes
GDC 2011: Perfecting The Free-To-Play Battlefield Heroes
Ben Cousins, general manager of EA's free-to-play Easy studio in Stockholm outlined the team's experiences launching, tuning, and succeeding with the company's first non-casual free-to-play game.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Wright Talks Raid On Bungeling Bay Origins
GDC 2011: Wright Talks Raid On Bungeling Bay Origins
At GDC 2011 on Friday, Will Wright revealed some of the secrets behind his first full game, Raid On Bungeling Bay, including the evolution of his in-game editing tool turning into the later Sim City.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Mark Cerny Discusses Marble Madness' Turbulent Development
GDC 2011: Mark Cerny Discusses Marble Madness' Turbulent Development
Getting his start in the industry during the arcade game crash of the early '80s, Mark Cerny's Marble Madness was subject to a number of economic and developmental pressures, as Cerny recalled at a GDC 2011 lecture.
March 4, 2011