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Riot Games Owner Tencent Reports Gains In Q4 Sales, Profits
Riot Games Owner Tencent Reports Gains In Q4 Sales, Profits
Chinese internet and mobile company Tencent, which recently acquired League of Legends developer Riot Games, reported a rise in Q4 sales and profits of 50 and 44 percent, respectively.
March 16, 2011
NPD: We Will Report Digital Sales On A Monthly Basis
NPD: We Will Report Digital Sales On A Monthly Basis
The NPD Group intends to deliver digital sales data on a monthly basis to supplement its monthly physical U.S. retail sales reports, according to NPD analyst Anita Frazier.
March 16, 2011
Critical Reception: Kaos Studios' Homefront
Critical Reception: Kaos Studios' Homefront
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Kaos Studios' wartime first-person shooter Homefront, which reviews describe as "a worthy fight undermined by lack of polish."
March 16, 2011
Best of FingerGaming: From Double Dragon to Painkiller Purgatory
Best of FingerGaming: From Double Dragon to Painkiller Purgatory
Every week, Gamasutra sums up sister iPhone and iPad site FingerGaming's top news and reviews for Apple's nascent portable game platforms -- this time covering Double Dragon, Kami Retro, and _Painkiller P
March 16, 2011
Valve Confirms Hiring Of Thief Designer Doug Church
Valve Confirms Hiring Of Thief Designer Doug Church
PC game designer Doug Church, whose credits include titles in the Ultima, Thief and System Shock series, has taken a position with Half-Life creator Valve, the company confirmed to Gamasutra today.
March 16, 2011
Mass Effect 2 Wins Top BAFTA Game Award, Heavy Rain Takes Three Categories
Mass Effect 2 Wins Top BAFTA Game Award, Heavy Rain Takes Three Categories
EA and Bioware's Mass Effect 2 won the award for best game at the BAFTA game awards ceremony Wednesday night, while Sony and Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain won three other prizes.
March 16, 2011
Activision Publishing Announces First Kinect Game, Based On TV Game Show 'Wipeout'
Activision Publishing Announces First Kinect Game, Based On TV Game Show 'Wipeout'
Five months after the release of Microsoft's Kinect controller, Activision Publishing has announced its first title for the unit, based on a license from the ABC obstacle course game show "Wipeout."
March 16, 2011
ESRB: Majority Of 2010 Releases Received E Rating, 5 Percent Rated M
ESRB: Majority Of 2010 Releases Received E Rating, 5 Percent Rated M
An analysis of 1,638 game ratings issued by the Entertainment Software Rating Board in 2010 shows over half of the evaluated games received an E (Everyone) rating, with only 5 percent of titles rated M (Mature).
March 16, 2011
Activision Suit Over West, Zampella's Relationship With EA To Move Forward
Activision Suit Over West, Zampella's Relationship With EA To Move Forward
A California Superior Court judge has ruled that an Activision lawsuit brought against Electronic Arts, regarding the company's relationship with Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella, can move forward.
March 16, 2011
Opinion: Snobbery Aside, Or: How I Learned to Love the Indie
Opinion: Snobbery Aside, Or: How I Learned to Love the Indie
In this Gamasutra column, Connor Cleary shares the experiences that led him to love the indie gaming scene, and encourages others to join him in supporting the indie innovators.
March 16, 2011
Facebook Testing Games Discovery Sidebar
Facebook Testing Games Discovery Sidebar
Facebook has introduced a "Discover New Games" sidebar module that alerts users to what games their friends are playing on the social network, and invites users to join them.
March 16, 2011
Analysis: Mobile's Growing Impact On Handheld Gaming Market Price Tags
Analysis: Mobile's Growing Impact On Handheld Gaming Market Price Tags
Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews examines the impact of smartphones on the portable gaming market, and how low-priced mobile games have "have turned out to be a threat after all" to traditional handheld game companies.
March 16, 2011