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SteamBirds Wins Grand Prize At IndiePub's Mobile Games Competition
SteamBirds Wins Grand Prize At IndiePub's Mobile Games Competition
Zoo Entertainment's online independent gaming community IndiePub announced the results of its Mobile Games Competition, choosing the Android version of Steambirds as its Grand Prize winner.
Dec. 15, 2010
Top-Grossing iTunes Apps: Infinity Blade Heads Cross-Platform Charts
Top-Grossing iTunes Apps: Infinity Blade Heads Cross-Platform Charts
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Infinity Blade and Bloons TD 4 leading iPhone sales, while Monopoly and SimCity Deluxe emerge as top sellers on the iPad.
Dec. 15, 2010
Critical Reception: Nintendo's Super Mario All-Stars
Critical Reception: Nintendo's Super Mario All-Stars
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to a Wii reissue of Nintendo's platformer compilation Super Mario All-Stars, which reviews describe as "a wasted opportunity."
Dec. 15, 2010
Analysis: Are Spike TV’s VGAs Good For Gaming?
Analysis: Are Spike TV’s VGAs Good For Gaming?
Analyzing the weekend's Spike TV Video Game Awards, Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris reveals this year's dwindling ratings for the show -- despite "minimal signs of improvement" in quality and diversity.
Dec. 15, 2010
The 'GDC 25' Chronicles: A Numbers Game
The 'GDC 25' Chronicles: A Numbers Game
Continuing his 'GDC 25' archival research ahead of next February's show, official GDC historian Jason Scott unearths a Game Developers Conference 1997 talk on the arcane art
Dec. 15, 2010
Gamasutra's Best Of 2010: Top 5 Most Anticipated Games of 2011
Gamasutra's Best Of 2010: Top 5 Most Anticipated Games of 2011
Gamasutra continues its 2010 year-end lists by setting its gaze forward instead of backward, looking at titles that are already lighting up the 2011 release calendar, from L.A. Noire to The Last Guardian.
Dec. 15, 2010
Monster Hunter Holds Off Ni No Kuni's Premiere In Japanese Charts
Monster Hunter Holds Off Ni No Kuni's Premiere In Japanese Charts
Monster Hunter Freedom 3 topped Japanese software sales for the second straight week, outpacing strong sales for the highly anticipated Ni No Kuni, which finished second for the week.
Dec. 15, 2010
Namco Bandai Shifting Development Focus Back To Japanese Studios
Namco Bandai Shifting Development Focus Back To Japanese Studios
Namco Bandai President Shukuo Ishikawa said the company will be refocusing its game supervision efforts on Japanese studios, after disappointing performance for some Western-developed titles.
Dec. 15, 2010
Appeals Court Affirms DMCA Restriction On World of Warcraft Bot
Appeals Court Affirms DMCA Restriction On World of Warcraft Bot
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld part of a lower court ruling barring the distribution of an automated play tool for World of Warcraft, saying the program violates the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
Dec. 15, 2010
Feature: Cinemaware's Bob Jacob Sees His Influence In Modern Games
Feature: Cinemaware's Bob Jacob Sees His Influence In Modern Games
In a Gamasutra-excerpted interview from Tristan Donovan's Replay: The History
Dec. 15, 2010
Report: Games Are Most Popular Consumer Tech Holiday Gift Category
Report: Games Are Most Popular Consumer Tech Holiday Gift Category
Consumer electronics gift suggestion service Giftmeister reports that video games and consoles are the most popular category of gifts being sought out by its 20,000 users this holiday season.
Dec. 15, 2010
Analysis: How December Can Save U.S. Video Game Retail In 2010
Analysis: How December Can Save U.S. Video Game Retail In 2010
Can December save 2010 from a year-on-year decline at U.S. video game retail? Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews lays out the scenario the industry needs this month for a strong finish to the year.
Dec. 15, 2010