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Harvest Moon Japanese Publisher Marvelous Merging With AQ Interactive
Harvest Moon Japanese Publisher Marvelous Merging With AQ Interactive
Harvest Moon's Japanese publisher Marvelous Entertainment today announced a three-way merger with with AQ Interactive -- the parent company of developers such as Artoon and Xseed Games -- and mobile developer Liveware.
May 10, 2011
Key Cocos2d Contributors Join Farmville Developer Zynga
Key Cocos2d Contributors Join Farmville Developer Zynga
Social games developer Zynga has announced that Ricardo Quesada and Rolando Abarca, key contributors to the popular Cocos2d iPhone framework project, are joining the company.
May 10, 2011
GOG.com No Longer Using IP Addresses For Customer Locations
GOG.com No Longer Using IP Addresses For Customer Locations
Good Old Games, the digital distribution website for DRM-free classic PC games, will no longer use IP addresses to determine a customer's location, allowing Australian customers to purchase upcoming The Witcher 2.
May 10, 2011
Microsoft To Buy Skype, Bringing Service to Xbox Live, Kinect
Microsoft To Buy Skype, Bringing Service to Xbox Live, Kinect
Microsoft has confirmed an agreement to purchase internet telephony and video communications company Skype for $8.5 billion, with plans to connect the service with Xbox Live and Kinect.
May 10, 2011
Google Announces Open Android Accessory Environment, 100M Devices Sold
Google Announces Open Android Accessory Environment, 100M Devices Sold
At a Google I/O conference presentation today, the company revealed that 100 million Android devices have been activated worldwide, and introduced a new open accessories initiative with gaming applications.
May 10, 2011
IO Interactive Announces Fifth Hitman Game, Absolution
IO Interactive Announces Fifth Hitman Game, Absolution
Danish Square Enix Europe subsidiary IO Interactive is reviving the dormant Hitman series with Hitman Absolution, a new title to be shown at next month's E3 convention.
May 10, 2011
Zoe Mode Takes Over Zumba Fitness With Wii-Bound Sequel
Zoe Mode Takes Over Zumba Fitness With Wii-Bound Sequel
Majesco's successful dance fitness game Zumba Fitness will receive a sequel for the Wii this holiday, the company announced Tuesday. Unlike the original, Zumba Fitness 2 will be developed by Chime's Zoe Mode.
May 10, 2011
Capcom To Continue Western Focus, Projects Online And Social Growth
Capcom To Continue Western Focus, Projects Online And Social Growth
Japanese game publisher Capcom has outlined its strategic initiatives for the coming year, estimating Slant Six's Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City as selling 2.5 million units in the upcoming fiscal year.
May 10, 2011
Buzz! Developer Relentless Signed For PlayJam TV Games
Buzz! Developer Relentless Signed For PlayJam TV Games
Relentless Software -- best known as the creator of Sony's Buzz! franchise -- will create games for PlayJam's Aggregated Games Portal casual TV gaming network, the company said.
May 10, 2011
Gamasutra Member Blogs: Crowd Funding And The End Of The World
Gamasutra Member Blogs: Crowd Funding And The End Of The World
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, including crowd funding tips, the acoustic ecology of Half-Life 2, and the end of the world.
May 10, 2011
TalkTalk introduces first ISP-level malicious URL filtering service
TalkTalk introduces first ISP-level malicious URL filtering service
TalkTalk, a third-party telco and broadband supplier, has launched the UK's first ISP-level broadband security service.
May 10, 2011
Sony Ericsson posts info on hacking Xperia Android phones
Sony Ericsson posts info on hacking Xperia Android phones
In a move that has caused raised eyebrows in the smartphone industry, Sony Ericsson has posted detailed information on how to hack its Xperia range of Android smartphones.
May 10, 2011