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Sony Aiming For Same Day Downloadable Release For All NGP Retail Games
Sony Aiming For Same Day Downloadable Release For All NGP Retail Games
Sony hopes to have every retail game on its upcoming Next Generation Portable available for download from the online PlayStation Store on the day of its release, according to SCEE chief Andrew House.
March 18, 2011
AMD: DirectX Holding Back Graphics Performance On PC
AMD: DirectX Holding Back Graphics Performance On PC
While Microsoft's DirectX API has made it much easier to develop PC games that work across different hardware, at least one major PC hardware manufacturer thinks the system is holding PC game developers back.
March 18, 2011
Angry Birds Maker Rovio Aiming For U.S. Stock IPO In Next Five Years
Angry Birds Maker Rovio Aiming For U.S. Stock IPO In Next Five Years
Chairman Kaj Hed of Angry Birds creator Rovio said he'd like to see his company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange sometime in the next five years, though the company will remain in its Finnish headquarters.
March 18, 2011
Interview: Reggie Fils-Aime On Garage Devs And The Value Of Software
Interview: Reggie Fils-Aime On Garage Devs And The Value Of Software
Gamasutra talks to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime about the "new breed of garage developers", and Satoru Iwata's comments regarding social and mobile games at this year's GDC.
March 18, 2011
In-Depth: Where Are They Going Now? XBLIG Developers At A Crossroads
In-Depth: Where Are They Going Now? XBLIG Developers At A Crossroads
Gamasutra looks at the plans of six of the most critically acclaimed developers on Xbox Live Indie Games, as they share their views on the strengths and weaknesses of the service.
March 18, 2011
Nintendo 3DS Leads Japanese Hardware Charts Despite Sales Decline
Nintendo 3DS Leads Japanese Hardware Charts Despite Sales Decline
The Nintendo 3DS maintained its lead on the Japanese hardware sales charts despite a notable decline in sales during the week that earthquake and tsunami disasters devastated the region.
March 18, 2011
World of Tanks Launching In North America, Europe On April 12
World of Tanks Launching In North America, Europe On April 12
London-based developer and publisher Wargaming.net (Massive Assault) announced that its free-to-play, client-based action MMO game World of Tanks will launch in Europe and North America on April 12, 2011.
March 18, 2011
Best Of Indie Games: Shell-Shocked by Dirty Troopers
Best Of Indie Games: Shell-Shocked by Dirty Troopers
IndieGames.com co-editor Tim W. looks at some of the top indie titles released over the past week, including a Global Game Jam entry inspired by World of Goo, and a cross between Crazy Taxi and
March 18, 2011
Zynga Absorbs Floodgate Team Into Boston Office
Zynga Absorbs Floodgate Team Into Boston Office
Zynga announced that it has acquired the development team at Boston-based casual and mobile game studio Floodgate Entertainment, which it will absorb into its Zynga Boston office.
March 18, 2011
Happy Farm Dev: Social Vs. Traditional Game Debate 'Even Worse' In China
Happy Farm Dev: Social Vs. Traditional Game Debate 'Even Worse' In China
Season Xu, COO of Happy Farm developer Five Minutes, tells Gamasutra there is psychological manipulation that goes into social game development, but "you have t
March 18, 2011
Game Developer Garners Three Maggie Award Nominations, Wins Silver Eddie
Game Developer Garners Three Maggie Award Nominations, Wins Silver Eddie
The editors of Game Developer magazine, are pleased to reveal that the publication is a finalist thrice over in the upcoming 2011 Maggie awards, and is also a silver winner in the Eddie Awards.
March 18, 2011
Spam tapping Japanese disasters goes through the roof
Spam tapping Japanese disasters goes through the roof
Newswires are reporting that the volume of spam – leading to infected and scamware websites – has gone through the roof this week, but M86 Security says that it has seen a spam campaign that imitates a Twitter notification.
March 18, 2011