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iOS Dev Calls Out Take-Two's Zelnick On $40 Tablet Games
iOS Dev Calls Out Take-Two's Zelnick On $40 Tablet Games
iOS game developer Appy Entertainment told Gamasutra that recent comments from Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick on $40 tablet game pricing are a product of outdated practices in the console space.
June 22, 2011
BioShock Infinite, Uncharted 3 Lead Game Critics Awards Nominations
BioShock Infinite, Uncharted 3 Lead Game Critics Awards Nominations
Irrational Games' BioShock Infinite and Naughty Dog's Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception earned four nominations each from Game Critics Awards' annual Best of E3 picks, leading other notable contenders.
June 22, 2011
Dead Or Alive: Dimensions Accepted In Australia With 'M' Rating
Dead Or Alive: Dimensions Accepted In Australia With 'M' Rating
Two weeks after Australia's Classification Board revoked a PG rating for Tecmo's not-so-subtly-sexual 3DS fighting game Dead or Alive: Dimensions, the board has decided to approve the game under a more restrictive M rating.
June 22, 2011
Sega's Yakuza Series Ships 5M Units
Sega's Yakuza Series Ships 5M Units
Sega's action-adventure Yakuza series -- based on Japanese organized crime syndicates -- has shipped 5 million units worldwide, the company said this week, as the latest release ships 400,000 units.
June 22, 2011
1C's Still: UK, US Retail Doesn't Understand PC Market
1C's Still: UK, US Retail Doesn't Understand PC Market
In his experience as UK-based publishing director for major Russian PC game publisher 1C, Darryl Still says retailers in the US and UK fundamentally don't understand the state of the PC market.
June 22, 2011
PopCap Bringing Bejeweled 3 To Consoles, Nintendo DS
PopCap Bringing Bejeweled 3 To Consoles, Nintendo DS
The latest game in PopCap's long-running, mega-popular gem-matching Bejeweled series will be coming simultaneously to the Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this holiday season.
June 22, 2011
Newell: Portal 2 Has Sold 3 Million Copies
Newell: Portal 2 Has Sold 3 Million Copies
Portal 2 has sold 3 million copies since its launch in April, Valve co-founder and managing director Gabe Newell told an audience at the Games for Learning Institute's Games for Change conference today.
June 22, 2011
Opinion: The Value Of Education
Opinion: The Value Of Education
Researcher and video game developer Phil Carlisle shares why the game industry should embrace game education and help shape its direction, in this #altdevblogaday-reprinted opinion piece.
June 22, 2011
GameSalad Adds HTML5 Publishing To Game Creation Tool
GameSalad Adds HTML5 Publishing To Game Creation Tool
GameSalad announced today that users of its drag-and-drop game creation engine can now publish titles that work with the HTML5 standard, and embed those titles for play on any compatible web browser.
June 22, 2011
Interview: WBIE's Martin Tremblay On Cultivating Franchises From Licenses
Interview: WBIE's Martin Tremblay On Cultivating Franchises From Licenses
Looking into the maturing space of movie tie-ins and licensed games, Gamasutra talks with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment boss Martin Tremblay about pulling iconic IP like Batman into the top tier of games franchises.
June 22, 2011
Analysis: Option Availability And Loss Aversion in Game Design
Analysis: Option Availability And Loss Aversion in Game Design
In this analysis, Gamasutra contributor Connor Cleary examines players' "loss aversion" and stubborn insistence in keeping as many options available to them as possible in the games they play.
June 22, 2011
Best of GameSetWatch: From Sweet Home To Glow Artisan
Best of GameSetWatch: From Sweet Home To Glow Artisan
Gamasutra's sister site, alt video game blog GameSetWatch, rounds up this week's offbeat titles and news, including the unfortunate layoffs at Glow Artisan developer Powerhead, and a tribute to Sweet Home.
June 22, 2011