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Zelnick: Take-Two To Continue Duke Nukem IP
Zelnick: Take-Two To Continue Duke Nukem IP
Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick says the company will continue to take advantage of its ownership of the Duke Nukem IP in the future, potentially taking the franchise outside of video games.
June 20, 2011
Stainless Founders On The Long Road To Getting Carmageddon Back
Stainless Founders On The Long Road To Getting Carmageddon Back
Stainless Games co-founders Patrick Buckland and Neil Barnden talk with Gamasutra about their multi-year effort to get back control of the Carmageddon IP, and their plans for the series' 2012 reboot.
June 20, 2011
Halo Anniversary Will Include Kinect Support
Halo Anniversary Will Include Kinect Support
Microsoft has confirmed that the upcoming anniversary edition of Halo: Combat Evolved, revealed earlier this month, will include Kinect motion-control support, as the company says "Kinect will be important to all genres."
June 20, 2011
Dillinger Family Loses Godfather Game Case Against EA
Dillinger Family Loses Godfather Game Case Against EA
Electronic Arts has won its court case against the Dillinger estate, which originally claimed that the company's use of the Dillinger name in its Godfather video game series was a violation of the copyright on the name.
June 20, 2011
Zumba Fitness Back On Top In UK Retail Sales Charts
Zumba Fitness Back On Top In UK Retail Sales Charts
Pipeworks and 505 Games' Zumba Fitness took the top spot in the UK retail software sales charts, while Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D reboot was forced to settle for second place.
June 20, 2011
Interview: Activision's Eric Hirshberg On Being 'The Bad Guy'
Interview: Activision's Eric Hirshberg On Being 'The Bad Guy'
Activision Publishing's CEO talks to Gamasutra business editor Colin Campbell about the company's "bad guy" reputation, his love of making great game ads, and this year's major battle for the FPS crown.
June 20, 2011
Analysis: U.S. 3DS Sales Lag Behind DSi, PSP Launches
Analysis: U.S. 3DS Sales Lag Behind DSi, PSP Launches
Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews sizes up U.S. sales of the Nintendo 3DS to those of the PSP and DSi, as Wedbush's Michael Pachter tells us Nintendo's $250 device is
June 20, 2011
Empires & Allies Conquers Popular Facebook Games
Empires & Allies Conquers Popular Facebook Games
Less than three weeks after the turn-based strategy title debuted, Zynga's Empires & Allies has become the fourth most popular social game on Facebook, amassing almost 33 million monthly users.
June 20, 2011
Opinion: It Must Be The Compiler
Opinion: It Must Be The Compiler
Often mistakenly blamed for code problems, sometimes the compiler really is the culprit -- Q-Games' Kalin Houston shares some advice on what to look out for, in this #altdevblogaday-reprinted opinion piece.
June 20, 2011
GDC Europe 2011 Adds Playdom Talk, Unity Day
GDC Europe 2011 Adds Playdom Talk, Unity Day
GDC Europe organizers have revealed new Main Conference talks for the August show, including Playdom on the aesthetics of social games, and a full day of Unity lectures and tutorials.
June 20, 2011
Grasshopper's Guarini On Expanding For Shadows Of The Damned And Beyond
Grasshopper's Guarini On Expanding For Shadows Of The Damned And Beyond
Shadows of the Damned director Massimo Guarini explains how the Suda51-fronted Grasshopper Manufacture studio is expanding, using international talent to crea
June 20, 2011
PlayStation 3 Hardware Revision Reduces Weight, Power Consumption
PlayStation 3 Hardware Revision Reduces Weight, Power Consumption
Sony will introduce a new revision to its PlayStation 3 hardware in Japan later this month that reduces the system's weight and power output, according to the company.
June 20, 2011