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Zumba Fitness Now Eight Consecutive Weeks At Top Of UK Charts
Zumba Fitness Now Eight Consecutive Weeks At Top Of UK Charts
For the eighth week in a row, Pipeworks and 505 Games' Zumba Fitness took the top spot in the UK retail software sales charts, marking its 11th week at the top overall.
Aug. 8, 2011
Gree Partners With Chinese Providers Tencent, UltiZen
Gree Partners With Chinese Providers Tencent, UltiZen
Japanese mobile social gaming network Gree has signed an agreement with Chinese online community provider Tencent that sees Tencent's latest smartphone platform standardized to be compatible with the Gree Platform.
Aug. 8, 2011
Ex-Microsoft VP Shane Kim Joins Moai Creator Zipline Games Board
Ex-Microsoft VP Shane Kim Joins Moai Creator Zipline Games Board
Zipline Games has appointed Shane Kim, formerly Microsoft Game Studios vice president and overseer on franchises such as Halo and Gears of War, to its board of directors.
Aug. 8, 2011
Duke Nukem Forever Proved Profitable For Take-Two
Duke Nukem Forever Proved Profitable For Take-Two
Take-Two has announced that Gearbox's completion of the infamous Duke Nukem Forever "was profitable" for the Grand Theft Auto publisher, despite its poor reception from critics and analysts.
Aug. 8, 2011
Take-Two Plans On 'Diversifying' Approach To Console Releases
Take-Two Plans On 'Diversifying' Approach To Console Releases
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says that the company hopes to release a broader range of quality console titles, to limit the studio's dependence on Rockstar's consistently popular Grand Theft Auto series.
Aug. 8, 2011
Outspark's Chief Operating Officer Yun Promoted To CEO
Outspark's Chief Operating Officer Yun Promoted To CEO
Free-to-play MMO company Outspark (Divine Souls) has announced that company chief operating officer Philip Yun with take the reins as CEO of the company to replace departing founder Susan Choe.
Aug. 8, 2011
North Korean Government Funded In Part By Gold Farming
North Korean Government Funded In Part By Gold Farming
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is allegedly funded in part by sales of virtual game currency, as the government has organized a squad of hackers to generate and sell virtual goods from popular MMOs.
Aug. 8, 2011
Fastest-Growing Facebook Games: From The Smurfs To Collapse! Blast
Fastest-Growing Facebook Games: From The Smurfs To Collapse! Blast
Gamasutra's bi-weekly look at the fastest-growing Facebook titles examines recently popular games like the latest adaptation of classic cartoon series The Smurfs, from Ubisoft, which shot up to over 1.5 million users in a week.
Aug. 8, 2011
Interview: Storytelling Through Narration In Bastion
Interview: Storytelling Through Narration In Bastion
In this interview, Supergiant Games' Greg Kasavin and Amir Rao talk with Gamasutra about how Bastion's unique incorporation of narration emerged and the challenges of being indie.
Aug. 8, 2011
GDC Europe 2011 Reminds On Registration Deadline, Details Events
GDC Europe 2011 Reminds On Registration Deadline, Details Events
With just a day left to register online for next week's GDC Europe, event organizers have chosen to highlight the various events and parties that at the Gamescom co-located Cologne show.
Aug. 8, 2011
NPD, EEDAR Collaborate To Improve Digital Game Sales Tracking
NPD, EEDAR Collaborate To Improve Digital Game Sales Tracking
Retail sales analyst company the NPD Group has partnered with video game market research firm EEDAR to improve the tracking of industry sales, adding much-needed digital data.
Aug. 8, 2011
Havok Acquires Vision Game Engine Maker Trinigy
Havok Acquires Vision Game Engine Maker Trinigy
Intel-owned middleware provider Havok has acquired long-time partner Trinigy, the creator of the popular 3D Vision Game Engine, to expand its line of production tools as well as its global reach.
Aug. 8, 2011