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Top iPhone Game Apps: Updated Trenches Returns to Charts
Top iPhone Game Apps: Updated Trenches Returns to Charts
Sister site FingerGaming rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Trenches and Ping Pong to Doodle Jump and more.
Jan. 31, 2011
Release This: Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Arrives Stateside
Release This: Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Arrives Stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in North America, while the UK gets an early look at Mario Sports Mix.
Jan. 31, 2011
Dead Space 2 Leads UK Charts Over LittleBigPlanet 2
Dead Space 2 Leads UK Charts Over LittleBigPlanet 2
EA and Visceral Games' sci-fi horror sequel Dead Space 2 led the UK video game retail charts this week, with a 70 percent increase in launch week sales compared to the original title.
Jan. 31, 2011
Game Developer Magazine Calls For 'Game Development Heroes'
Game Developer Magazine Calls For 'Game Development Heroes'
Game Developer magazine EIC Brandon Sheffield announces a special new 'Game Development Heroes' feature for the leading magazine, with a call for submissions open to your co-workers and friends.
Jan. 31, 2011
Sharing Site Takes Down PS3 Hack Files After Sony DMCA Request
Sharing Site Takes Down PS3 Hack Files After Sony DMCA Request
A code-sharing site popular with programmers has removed files relating to the recent key-level hack of the PS3 after receiving a Digital Millennium Copyright Act request from Sony.
Jan. 31, 2011
GDC Panel Info Hints At Open PlayStation Move Development On PCs
GDC Panel Info Hints At Open PlayStation Move Development On PCs
Sony could be working on a new project that opens up software development for its PlayStation Move controller to PC-based tinkerers, according to a Game Developers Conference 2011 session description.
Jan. 31, 2011
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee Getting HD Remake
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee Getting HD Remake
PlayStation platform-puzzle-adventure Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is being redone with a new 3D physics engine and high definition graphics, according to series creator Lorne Lanning.
Jan. 31, 2011
Zoo Entertainment Sees Profit In 2010, Plans Digital Focus For 2011
Zoo Entertainment Sees Profit In 2010, Plans Digital Focus For 2011
Zoo Entertainment (Minute to Win it) has turned a significant loss in 2009 into a profit in 2010, according to preliminary figures -- ahead of a new focus on mobile and digital games.
Jan. 31, 2011
In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say, January 2011
In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say, January 2011
Magazine veteran Kevin Gifford takes a look at the latest video game mags, this time examining the Skyrim feature in this month's Game Informer, and what the reborn GameFan is up to of recent.
Jan. 31, 2011
Penn: First Grand Theft Auto Was 'Almost Canned'
Penn: First Grand Theft Auto Was 'Almost Canned'
The first game in the now-blockbuster Grand Theft Auto series was "almost canned," according to industry veteran Gary Penn, who recounted his work on the g
Jan. 31, 2011
Two-Day Scrum Development Course To Run Alongside GDC 2011
Two-Day Scrum Development Course To Run Alongside GDC 2011
Organizers of GDC 2011 have announced an affiliated two-day crash course for Scrum development on Feb 28th and March 1st, led by Clinton Keith, author of "Agile Game Development With Scrum."
Jan. 31, 2011
CausePlay Debuts Hospitopia Fundraising Game
CausePlay Debuts Hospitopia Fundraising Game
A new hospital-themed social game, Hospitopia, has been developed to support charitable causes, and the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals will receive 10 percent of the game's revenues.
Jan. 31, 2011