News

Iwata Hints At Online Notification System For Smartphones, Social Networks
Iwata Hints At Online Notification System For Smartphones, Social Networks
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata suggested that the company is looking into notifying players of matchmaking or leaderboard opportunities on Nintendo systems through smartphones and social networks.
Aug. 3, 2011
Mojang Announces Las Vegas Minecraft Convention For November
Mojang Announces Las Vegas Minecraft Convention For November
Mojang, the company behind indie gaming mega-hit MineCraft, has announced plans to hold a convention dubbed "MineCon" November 18 to 19 in Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay hotel and casino.
Aug. 3, 2011
Glu Mobile Selling Gun Bros. Weapon For Nearly $500
Glu Mobile Selling Gun Bros. Weapon For Nearly $500
Glu Mobile is pushing the limits of in-game item pricing for free-to-play titles, increasing the asking price for an extremely powerful Gun Bros.' weapon to the equivalent of over $487.
Aug. 3, 2011
Sony's Buser: 'We Don't Design Home Based On What We Think Is Cool'
Sony's Buser: 'We Don't Design Home Based On What We Think Is Cool'
PlayStation Home director Jack Buser recently explained how Sony designs its PlayStation Home service based on player demands, noting that all new content is "designed based on [players'] wants and desires."
Aug. 3, 2011
Best of GameSetWatch: From Evo2K11 To KOF: Basketballs On Fire
Best of GameSetWatch: From Evo2K11 To KOF: Basketballs On Fire
Gamasutra's alt video game blog GameSetWatch, rounds up this week's offbeat news, including highlights from the Evo2K11 tournaments, basketball players turned into King of Fighter characters, and more.
Aug. 3, 2011
Feature: Starbreeze Designer Shares Game Pacing Method
Feature: Starbreeze Designer Shares Game Pacing Method
Starbreeze designer Filip Coulianos explains in a new Gamasutra feature interview a method for analyzing pacing in video games, and breaks down pacing in _X-Men
Aug. 3, 2011
GDC 2012: Castle, Fryer, Fergusson On Industry's Top Production Issues
GDC 2012: Castle, Fryer, Fergusson On Industry's Top Production Issues
To help inspire submissions for the GDC 2012 call for papers, advisory board members including Lou Castle (Zynga), Laura Fryer (WB Games), and Rod Fergusson (Epic) discuss to
Aug. 3, 2011
GameCareerGuide: Screen-less Challenge Ends As Literature Challenge Begins
GameCareerGuide: Screen-less Challenge Ends As Literature Challenge Begins
Gamasutra sister site GameCareerGuide has posted the results of a challenge posed to its readers -- to create a video game without a screen -- while also beginning a new one inspired by their favorite books.
Aug. 3, 2011
Activision: AAA Titles, Not Social Or Mobile, Still Drive The Industry
Activision: AAA Titles, Not Social Or Mobile, Still Drive The Industry
"The biggest titles in the industry continue to generate a disproportionate percentage of the profits and revenues," said Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg to his company's investors on Wednesday.
Aug. 3, 2011
Educational Start-Up Nabs $1.5M Funding To Make Games That 'Don't Suck'
Educational Start-Up Nabs $1.5M Funding To Make Games That 'Don't Suck'
Educational games start-up Airy Labs has raised $1.5 million in funding to "make games that parents can feel good about handing to their kids...and that don't suck."
Aug. 3, 2011
Former Havok Executive Takes CEO Reins At AI Company Xaitment
Former Havok Executive Takes CEO Reins At AI Company Xaitment
Mike Walsh, the former vice president of worldwide sales at Havok, has been named the new CEO of artificial intelligence provider Xaitment, where he will help facilitate the company's global expansion.
Aug. 3, 2011
World of Warcraft Subscriptions Continue To Decline, Though More Slowly
World of Warcraft Subscriptions Continue To Decline, Though More Slowly
While Blizzard has slowed down its World of Warcraft subscription churn, it hasn't stopped the bleeding yet: according to the company, the subscription count dropped slightly during the quarter ending June 30.
Aug. 3, 2011