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Top iPhone Game Apps: Updated NBA Jam Heads Paid Charts
Top iPhone Game Apps: Updated NBA Jam Heads Paid Charts
Sister site FingerGaming rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from NBA Jam and Tiny Wings to Stupidness 2 and more.
April 26, 2011
Reports: Layoffs Hit Obsidian Entertainment
Reports: Layoffs Hit Obsidian Entertainment
Information from a number of employees at Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment indicate a new round of layoffs hitting the Irvine, California-based company.
April 26, 2011
EA COO John Schappert Moves To Social Game Giant Zynga
EA COO John Schappert Moves To Social Game Giant Zynga
John Schappert, chief operating officer at publisher Electronic Arts, has resigned from the company and taken up an executive post at social gaming giant Zynga, according to media reports.
April 26, 2011
Minecraft Mod Developer Accounts On The Way, Free To Sign Up
Minecraft Mod Developer Accounts On The Way, Free To Sign Up
Minecraft developer Mojang today announced its intent to introduce a licensing deal that will allow mod developers to download the source code for the game for creating modifications for the popular indie title.
April 26, 2011
Minecraft Passes 2 Million Sales Mark
Minecraft Passes 2 Million Sales Mark
Markus Persson's indie sensation Minecraft continues to taking the online gaming community by storm, passing the two million sales mark just months after hitting the one million milestone.
April 26, 2011
Portal 2 Scores Valve First Ever Top Spot In UK Sales Charts
Portal 2 Scores Valve First Ever Top Spot In UK Sales Charts
Valve and EA's first-person puzzler Portal 2 entered the UK software sales charts this week at number one, signalling Valve's first ever all formats top spot in the UK charts.
April 26, 2011
Iwata: 3DS Selling Below Expectations, Company Recommitting To Promotion
Iwata: 3DS Selling Below Expectations, Company Recommitting To Promotion
Admitting that sales of the new 3DS portable have slowed worldwide post-launch, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata committed to turning that situation around with a renewed marketing campaign.
April 26, 2011
Turbine Taking Full Control of Lord Of The Rings Online In Europe
Turbine Taking Full Control of Lord Of The Rings Online In Europe
Turbine Entertainment has announced that it will take full control of its flagship MMO The Lord of the Rings Online in Europe later this year, taking over from Codemasters Online.
April 26, 2011
Investors Buy Majority Stake In Bigpoint For $350M
Investors Buy Majority Stake In Bigpoint For $350M
Summit Partners and TA Associates have signed an agreement to invest $350 million in Bigpoint, jointly taking a controlling share of the online game developer and publisher.
April 26, 2011
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Industry Trends To Benefits Of Turn-Based Strategy
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Industry Trends To Benefits Of Turn-Based Strategy
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, including future industry trends, and why turn-based combat will always remain viable.
April 26, 2011
PlayStation Network Accounts Compromised, Personal Information Stolen
PlayStation Network Accounts Compromised, Personal Information Stolen
SCEA has confirmed that an intrusion into PlayStation Network compromised "user account information." [UPDATE: Sony says it notified users within a day of finding out about compromise.]
April 26, 2011
THQ Extends Warhammer 40K Licensing Agreement
THQ Extends Warhammer 40K Licensing Agreement
THQ has signed a multi-year extension to its licensing agreement with Games Workshop to continue producing games based on the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
April 26, 2011