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Release This: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Arrives Stateside
Release This: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Arrives Stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D and Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 to North America, while Europe gets Solatorobo.
June 27, 2011
Fire Hose Games On Slam Bolt Scrappers' Failures, Successes
Fire Hose Games On Slam Bolt Scrappers' Failures, Successes
Speaking at local dev gathering Boston Post Mortem -- attended by Gamasutra -- Fire Hose Games shared the challenges it faced with releasing Slam Bolt Scrappers, and how the PSN outage "hit [Fire Hose] really hard."
June 27, 2011
Q&A: NCsoft's Aion Team On Increasing Engagement Through Guides
Q&A: NCsoft's Aion Team On Increasing Engagement Through Guides
NCsoft Game Guide lead Scott Hannus explains how the company's evolving policy of providing guides helps the team communicate details about the game and inform players.
June 27, 2011
Analysis: Despite Ruling, Threats Remain For The Games Industry
Analysis: Despite Ruling, Threats Remain For The Games Industry
Gamsutra editor-at-large Chris Morris says there's good reason for the games industry to celebrate the Supreme Court striking down the hotly-debated California violent game law, but "it's not the end of the fight -- not by a long shot."
June 27, 2011
NPD: Xbox 360 Leads In Game Card, Online-Capable Game Sales
NPD: Xbox 360 Leads In Game Card, Online-Capable Game Sales
New graphs released today by the NPD group show Microsoft's Xbox 360 leading Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii in retail sales of online-capable games and retail cards for digital currency.
June 27, 2011
Survey Seeks Developers' Best Producer Stories
Survey Seeks Developers' Best Producer Stories
A new survey is seeking to collect anonymous anecdotes from developers regarding their experiences with producers, both good and bad, to be collected an upcoming Gamasutra feature.
June 27, 2011
CCP Working To Calm Player Anger Over EVE Online Vanity Items, Leaks
CCP Working To Calm Player Anger Over EVE Online Vanity Items, Leaks
The makers of EVE Online are reaching out to players after leaked internal documents regarding new, microtransaction vanity items have led to widespread player dissatisfaction and demonstrations.
June 27, 2011
Molyneux: 'We Didn't Have The Time To Craft [Fable III] Into What That Dream Was'
Molyneux: 'We Didn't Have The Time To Craft [Fable III] Into What That Dream Was'
In a new Gamasutra feature interview, veteran developer Peter Molyneux talks about how Fable III didn't live up to his hopes, and how he "[doesn't] think tha
June 27, 2011
Game Developers Choice Online Awards Remind On Call For Nominations
Game Developers Choice Online Awards Remind On Call For Nominations
Organizers of this year's GDC Online would like to remind that nominations for the show's Game Developers Choice Online Awards will remain open only until Thursday, June 3
June 27, 2011
NPD: Digital Gamers Buy More Games Than The Core
NPD: Digital Gamers Buy More Games Than The Core
While traditional core gamers are still our most active and engaged market segment, digital gamers are quickly catching up, according to new research published by The NPD Group.
June 27, 2011
ESA: Dissent Doesn't Matter, SCOTUS Decision 'The Law of the Land'
ESA: Dissent Doesn't Matter, SCOTUS Decision 'The Law of the Land'
In a conference call Monday morning, representatives from the Entertainment Software Association denied the possibility that dissenting opinions from the Supreme Court could cause its landmark decision to be revisited.
June 27, 2011
Senator Yee: Supreme Court Decision Favors Walmart Over Families
Senator Yee: Supreme Court Decision Favors Walmart Over Families
A disappointed Senator Leland Yee expressed frustration over the Supreme Court's landmark video game decision Monday morning, saying that the Court favors "corporate America" over "our children."
June 27, 2011