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Ngmoco Hires Former EA Exec Ben Cousins To Establish Swedish Studio
Ngmoco Hires Former EA Exec Ben Cousins To Establish Swedish Studio
Ben Cousins, formerly general manager at Electronic Arts, has been hired by mobile games company Ngmoco to form a new studio in Sweden which will focus on creating free-to-play games.
June 21, 2011
The Witcher 2 Producer Tomek Gop Leaves CD Projekt
The Witcher 2 Producer Tomek Gop Leaves CD Projekt
CD Projekt Red Studio's senior producer Tomek Gop has left the company and, reportedly, the entire games industry, after working at the company behind The Witcher for more than five years.
June 21, 2011
Take-Two: $40 Tablet Games Feasible
Take-Two: $40 Tablet Games Feasible
Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick believes that, if a tablet game offers the same robust experience as a retail title, it should be reasonable to sell it as the same price point.
June 21, 2011
Walmart Begins Offering Cloud Gaming Trials Through Gaikai
Walmart Begins Offering Cloud Gaming Trials Through Gaikai
Cloud gaming service Gaikai has signed on with Walmart.com to offer trials of Electronic Arts PC games, which can then be purchased as downloads or physical copies through the retailer's web site.
June 21, 2011
Microsoft Demos NuAds Platform For Kinect-powered Interactive Ads
Microsoft Demos NuAds Platform For Kinect-powered Interactive Ads
Microsoft has officially unveiled its recently rumored NuAds platform, showing off branded content that Kinect users w
June 21, 2011
Pennsylvania State Senator Introduces Tax Credit Bill
Pennsylvania State Senator Introduces Tax Credit Bill
Pennsylvania state senator Daylin Leach and seven co-sponsors have introduced a bill that would provide a 25 percent tax credit to video game developers working in the state.
June 21, 2011
Interview: City Of Heroes Goes Free-To-Play
Interview: City Of Heroes Goes Free-To-Play
Paragon Studios executive producer Brian Clayton talks to Gamasutra about City of Heroes Freedom, an upcoming effort to transition the long-running subscription MMO to a tiered free-to-play model.
June 21, 2011
Fable Co-Creator Simon Carter Leaves Lionhead
Fable Co-Creator Simon Carter Leaves Lionhead
Lionhead technical director Simon Carter, who co-founded Fable originator Big Blue Box, has left the company to pursue "lots of new opportunities" in the digital download space.
June 21, 2011
UK Teenager Arrested In Connection With Recent Cyber Attacks
UK Teenager Arrested In Connection With Recent Cyber Attacks
Metropolitan Police in the UK have arrested a teenager in connection with the recent wave of website hacking, and believe there may be a link between the suspect and the recent PSN attack.
June 21, 2011
Analysis: Weakening Heroes And The Pursuit Of Progress
Analysis: Weakening Heroes And The Pursuit Of Progress
In his latest column examining gaming conventions and the pros and cons of breaking them, Gamasutra contributor Jeffrey Matulef looks at Sword & Sworcery and the payoff in weakening players' characters over time.
June 21, 2011
Analysis: Did The PSN Outage Hurt U.S. PS3 Hardware Sales?
Analysis: Did The PSN Outage Hurt U.S. PS3 Hardware Sales?
Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews examines how the weeks-long PlayStation Network outage affected PlayStation 3 hardware sales through May, as part of his monthly analysi
June 21, 2011
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Funny Games To Cesar Millan
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Funny Games To Cesar Millan
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, such as crafting comedy experiences through gameplay, applying lessons from the Dog Whisperer to games, and mo
June 21, 2011