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Interview: CrowdStar Devs On Facebook Policy Changes, Social Game Stigmas
Interview: CrowdStar Devs On Facebook Policy Changes, Social Game Stigmas
Gamasutra spoke with Facebook dev CrowdStar to discuss how to manage titles amidst volatile platform changes, and why developers are still "wrapping their heads around social mechanics."
Feb. 15, 2011
Top-Grossing iTunes Apps: NBA Jam, Angry Birds Lead iPhone Charts
Top-Grossing iTunes Apps: NBA Jam, Angry Birds Lead iPhone Charts
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see NBA Jam and Angry Birds earning top iPhone sales, while Smurfs' Village and Scrabble remain big sellers on the iPad.
Feb. 15, 2011
Analysis: Stop Making Sense - Why Video Games Don't Have To
Analysis: Stop Making Sense - Why Video Games Don't Have To
Former Civ IV lead designer Soren Johnson encourages developers to embrace absurdity, saying StarCraft and Plants vs. Zombies succeed because someone decided to "stop making sense."
Feb. 15, 2011
Apple Offers Timed Subscription Plans For iOS App Content
Apple Offers Timed Subscription Plans For iOS App Content
With in-app purchases becoming an increasingly important revenue stream, Apple announced today the wide availability of timed subscriptions for in-app content, allowing game makers a new way to distribute their downloadable content.
Feb. 15, 2011
First Amendment Protections For Games At Issue In EA Player Likeness Appeals
First Amendment Protections For Games At Issue In EA Player Likeness Appeals
First Amendment arguments once again took center stage during an appeals court discussion of two related lawsuits regarding the unauthorized use of player likenesses in EA Sports games.
Feb. 15, 2011
Riccitiello Talks Turning EA Around, Old Republic's Prospects
Riccitiello Talks Turning EA Around, Old Republic's Prospects
EA CEO John Riccitiello talks getting Electronic Arts on track, saying Star Wars: The Old Republic is "going right at" WoW's marketshare and discussing why the company "dropped the ball" in the console transition.
Feb. 15, 2011
Atari Revenues Down Significantly As Company Shifts To Online Focus
Atari Revenues Down Significantly As Company Shifts To Online Focus
Atari's (Champions Online) revenues for the 2010 holiday quarter were down by more than half, as the company focused on "selling fewer but more profitable games" and an online focus.
Feb. 15, 2011
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Handling Feature Creep To Crafting A Fair Fight
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Handling Feature Creep To Crafting A Fair Fight
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, including how to deal with feature creep, and how games don't always play fair.
Feb. 15, 2011
DeNA Rebrands MobageTown To Prepare For Global Expansion
DeNA Rebrands MobageTown To Prepare For Global Expansion
Japanese mobile social network operator and game developer DeNA announced a rebranding for its popular MobageTown service to just "Mobage", and unveiled a new logo with English text.
Feb. 15, 2011
APB: Reloaded Receives Over 100,000 Beta Registrations
APB: Reloaded Receives Over 100,000 Beta Registrations
GamersFirst subsidiary Reloaded Productions revealed that more than 100,000 gamers have registered to play the upcoming closed beta for the re-launch of beleaguered MMO third-person shooter All Points Bulletin.
Feb. 15, 2011
Feature: Sword & Poker And How Video Games Address Time
Feature: Sword & Poker And How Video Games Address Time
Former Edge magazine editor Margaret Robertson extracts five minutes of play with Gaia's iPhone game Sword & Poker, leading to a deeper examination of time in v
Feb. 15, 2011
In-Depth: Kajiya Productions On The Art Of Localizing Tactics Ogre
In-Depth: Kajiya Productions On The Art Of Localizing Tactics Ogre
In his Gamasutra interview, we catch up with veteran game and novel translator Alexander O. Smith to discuss his firm's work localizing Square Enix's just-debuted Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together for the PlayStation Portable.
Feb. 15, 2011