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IGF 2011 Audience Award Opens Voting
IGF 2011 Audience Award Opens Voting
Independent Games Festival organizers are debuting public voting to pick this year's IGF Audience Award from among all of the Main Competition finalist games i
Jan. 30, 2011
Best Of Indie Games: We're Sweeping it Absolutely Clean
Best Of Indie Games: We're Sweeping it Absolutely Clean
IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. sums up some of the top free-to-download and commercial indie games from the last seven days including Nicolai Troshinsky's Raccord Sniper and Stephen Lavelle's Catalan.
Jan. 28, 2011
Top iPad Game Apps: Dead Space, Monster Dash Enter Paid Charts
Top iPad Game Apps: Dead Space, Monster Dash Enter Paid Charts
Sister site FingerGaming rounds up the top iPad games as of today, with Dead Space, Angry Birds, Monster Dash, and Bubble Ball currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
Jan. 28, 2011
Saling The World: Valkyria Chronicles 3 Tops Japanese Charts
Saling The World: Valkyria Chronicles 3 Tops Japanese Charts
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled Amazon.com charts find Just Dance 2, Zumba Fitness, and FIFA 11 leading in North America and the UK, while Valkyria Chronicles 3 overtakes Monster Hunter Portable 3rd in Japan.
Jan. 28, 2011
In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade's 2010 Sales Revealed
In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade's 2010 Sales Revealed
Ryan Langley examines the successes and failures of the past 12 months of Xbox Live Arcade's games, from Limbo to Path of Go, as he checks in on Leaderboard statistics over the whole of 2010.
Jan. 28, 2011
PSP Tops Japanese Charts, Sales Decline For Other Platforms
PSP Tops Japanese Charts, Sales Decline For Other Platforms
The standard PSP model topped the Japanese hardware charts this week, as nearly all other platforms experienced sales declines, reports tracking firm Media Create.
Jan. 28, 2011
Updated Kingdom Hearts Title Takes Top Spot On Japanese Charts
Updated Kingdom Hearts Title Takes Top Spot On Japanese Charts
Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep - Final Mix for PSP launched at number one on the Japanese retail game charts, pushing Monster Hunter Freedom 3 out of the top spot for a second week.
Jan. 28, 2011
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of January 28
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of January 28
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles across the world and in every major discipline, including opportunities at Sony, Irrational, Firaxis, and more.
Jan. 28, 2011
ESA Confirms Departure Of General Counsel
ESA Confirms Departure Of General Counsel
The Entertainment Software Association confirmed to Gamasutra that SVP and general counsel Kenneth Doroshow has left the trade group, following his work to fight a California violent video game law last year.
Jan. 28, 2011
Court Grants Sony Temporary Restraining Order Against PS3 Hacker Hotz
Court Grants Sony Temporary Restraining Order Against PS3 Hacker Hotz
A U.S. District Court granted Sony Computer Entertainment America a temporary restraining order against PS3 hacker George "Geohot" Hotz, as stopping his activities is "in the public interest."
Jan. 28, 2011
Stainless Games' Duels Of The Planeswalkers Sells 500K On XBLA
Stainless Games' Duels Of The Planeswalkers Sells 500K On XBLA
UK-based Stainless Games said Friday that its collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering -- Duels of the Planeswalkers, has passed the 500,000 unit sales mark on Xbox Live Arcade.
Jan. 28, 2011
Former Codemasters CEO Now Heads Monumental Games
Former Codemasters CEO Now Heads Monumental Games
MotoGP 09/10 developer Monumental Games said Friday it appointed former Codemasters boss Nick Wheelwright as CEO of the Nottingham, UK-based Football Superstars game maker.
Jan. 28, 2011