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Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From PAX Reflections to 'Unhealthy' Game Mechanics
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From PAX Reflections to 'Unhealthy' Game Mechanics
In highlights from Gamasutra's Expert Blogs, industry notables write about diverse topics, including PAX East reflections, and why some games might not be very good for us.
March 31, 2011
Google Removes PSX Emulator From Android Market Ahead Of Xperia Play Launch
Google Removes PSX Emulator From Android Market Ahead Of Xperia Play Launch
Google has pulled a PlayStation emulator from the Android Market, citing "content policy violation", while the developer believes the upcoming release of the Xperia Play 'PlayStation Phone' may be the cause.
March 31, 2011
SOE Hit With 205 Layoffs, Three Studio Closures, Agency Cancelled
SOE Hit With 205 Layoffs, Three Studio Closures, Agency Cancelled
DC Universe Online house Sony Online Entertainment confirmed to Gamasutra that it is closing its Denver, Seattle and Tucson studios, cutting 205 jobs and cancelling the long-awaited The Agency.
March 31, 2011
Court Awards Ubisoft Injunction Against THQ To Prevent Talent Poaching
Court Awards Ubisoft Injunction Against THQ To Prevent Talent Poaching
Assassin's Creed publisher Ubisoft obtained an injunction against rival publisher THQ from a Quebec Superior Court in an attempt to prevent THQ from hiring away any more key Ubisoft talent.
March 31, 2011
GameSalad Gets $6.1 Million In Funding For Non-Expert Game Creation Tools
GameSalad Gets $6.1 Million In Funding For Non-Expert Game Creation Tools
Austin0based GameSalad, maker of an accessible game-creation tool aimed at non-programmers, has received an additional $6.1 million in funding from a variety of venture capital firms.
March 31, 2011
Gamestop To Acquire Stardock's Impulse Download Service, Streaming Tech Company
Gamestop To Acquire Stardock's Impulse Download Service, Streaming Tech Company
In its biggest push yet into purely digital games, major retailer GameStop announced it's purchasing Stardock's Impulse digital delivery service, as well as streaming game technology company Spawn Labs.
March 31, 2011
PSP Final Fantasy IV Re-release Premieres Atop Japanese Software Charts
PSP Final Fantasy IV Re-release Premieres Atop Japanese Software Charts
Square Enix's Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection re-release for the PSP premiered atop the Japanese game sales charts for the week ending March 27, according to tracking firm Media Create.
March 31, 2011
EA Secures MLB License To Release Baseball Social Game
EA Secures MLB License To Release Baseball Social Game
Though Take-Two has a licensing deal with Major League Baseball that covers most baseball games, Electronic Arts has partnered with the organization to release an MLB social game on Facebook.
March 31, 2011
Habbo Hotel Dev Reports 20% Revenue Boost To $79M In 2010
Habbo Hotel Dev Reports 20% Revenue Boost To $79M In 2010
Sulake, developer of teen-focused social game and online community Habbo Hotel, reported €56.2 million ($78.7 million) in revenue for the 2010 fiscal year ending December 31, a 20 percent jump over the previous year.
March 31, 2011
Activision Continues Spider-Man Game Franchise With Spider-Man: Edge Of Time
Activision Continues Spider-Man Game Franchise With Spider-Man: Edge Of Time
Activision studio Beenox, now lead developer on Spider-Man games based on the company's licensing deal with Marvel, has revealed the next title in that partnership: Spider-Man: Edge of Time.
March 31, 2011
Easy Studios GM Cousins Exits EA As Battlefield Play4Free Launches
Easy Studios GM Cousins Exits EA As Battlefield Play4Free Launches
Electronic Arts' Ben Cousins, vocal proponent of the free-to-play business model, is leaving Easy Studios as Battlefield Play4Free launches. [UPDATE: EA comments added.]
March 31, 2011
Relatives lose out as deceased IT users take their passwords with them
Relatives lose out as deceased IT users take their passwords with them
A report just issued claims that, whilst 80% of adults in the UK own digital assets – ranging from iTunes libraries to online bank accounts – only 9% actually 'leave' these assets to their friends and relatives when they die.
March 31, 2011