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Survey: 'Creative Freedom' Drives Devs To Go Indie
Survey: 'Creative Freedom' Drives Devs To Go Indie
A new survey of over 100 game developers pursuing or considering independent development finds "creative freedom" is the most popular reason for choosing to forgo a job at an established studio.
Sept. 6, 2011
Deep Silver Releases Buggy 'Incorrect Version' Of Dead Island On Steam
Deep Silver Releases Buggy 'Incorrect Version' Of Dead Island On Steam
Deep Silver has acknowledged that it accidentally released an "incorrect version" of apocalyptic zombie shooter Dead Island on the North American Steam service, pledging to patch the title as quickly as possible.
Sept. 6, 2011
Printing Error Leads Ubisoft To Waive Fee For Driver: San Francisco Online Pass
Printing Error Leads Ubisoft To Waive Fee For Driver: San Francisco Online Pass
Ubisoft has decided to offer the "online pass" content for Driver: San Francisco for free to all players after a printing error led some customers to have difficulty redeeming a code for the content.
Sept. 6, 2011
Study: French Games Market Will Drop To 3.2B Euros In 2011
Study: French Games Market Will Drop To 3.2B Euros In 2011
A new study by market research firm Newzoo estimates that the French video games market will be worth a total of 3.2 billion euros ($4.51 billion) in 2011, down 10 percent compared to last year.
Sept. 6, 2011
Sony Hires Former Homeland Security Official Following PSN Attack
Sony Hires Former Homeland Security Official Following PSN Attack
Sony has hired a former U.S. Department of Homeland Security official as its new chief information security officer, as a means of further improving its network security following the PSN attack earlier this year.
Sept. 6, 2011
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Playing Life to Psychology In Multiplayer Games
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Playing Life to Psychology In Multiplayer Games
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, such as how games try to mimic life, a better way to learn how to program, adding psychology to multiplayer ga
Sept. 6, 2011
Fastest-Growing Facebook Games: Sims Social Approaching 30M Users
Fastest-Growing Facebook Games: Sims Social Approaching 30M Users
Gamasutra's bi-weekly look at the fastest-growing Facebook titles examines recently popular games, including Electronic Arts/Playfish's The Sims Social, which has attracted nearly 30 million users just three weeks after launching.
Sept. 6, 2011
Obituary: Video Game Journalism Pioneer Bill Kunkel
Obituary: Video Game Journalism Pioneer Bill Kunkel
Video game writer and designer Bill Kunkel, who co-founded the first dedicated video game magazine and was the voice behind pseudonymous columnist The Game Doctor, passed away on Sunday. He was 61.
Sept. 6, 2011
Valve's Steam Trading Leaves Beta, Adds Portal 2 Support
Valve's Steam Trading Leaves Beta, Adds Portal 2 Support
A new feature for users of Valve's popular Steam service that allows in-game items and gifts to be traded went live Tuesday, after a four-week beta period with 1 million items traded.
Sept. 6, 2011
Big Fish Appoints Former Amazon Exec As New CFO
Big Fish Appoints Former Amazon Exec As New CFO
Seattle-based casual games publisher Big Fish Games announced Tuesday that it has appointment twenty-year financial and operations veteran David Stephenson as its new CFO.
Sept. 6, 2011
Analysis: Activision's Call of Duty XP A Stage For Key Dialog
Analysis: Activision's Call of Duty XP A Stage For Key Dialog
Gamasutra went to Call of Duty XP in Los Angeles this past weekend, and saw something of a different face for Activision, as it attempted to extend a hand to the franchise's key, core fanbase.
Sept. 6, 2011
GDC 2012 Reminds On Last Day For Main Conference Talk Submission
GDC 2012 Reminds On Last Day For Main Conference Talk Submission
GDC 2012 organizers have reminded that the call for papers for the upcoming show is open only until 11.59pm PT on Tuesday, September 6th, leaving only a few more hours to submit.
Sept. 6, 2011