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2010 GDC China Adds Notable Chinese Speakers To Packed Roster
2010 GDC China Adds Notable Chinese Speakers To Packed Roster
GDC China organizers have announced Chinese speakers from NetEase, 6waves, Joyport and Ubisoft Chengdu notables, alongside a host of Western talks for next month's leading Shanghai-based event.
Nov. 8, 2010
Valve: Single-Player Experiences Not Going Away
Valve: Single-Player Experiences Not Going Away
Valve's Erik Johnson tells Gamasutra that while MMOs and online games continue to be popular, "the analysis that every product needs to be a competitor in multipl
Nov. 8, 2010
Fallout: New Vegas Hits 5 Million Shipped
Fallout: New Vegas Hits 5 Million Shipped
Bethesda's hailing Fallout: New Vegas' launch as a success, with five million units shipped to retail creating well over $300 million in sales, plus "a heavy volume" of digital sales, even despite ongoing bugs and glitches.
Nov. 8, 2010
Interview: GameStop Expecting Black Ops Launch Numbers To Beat MW2's
Interview: GameStop Expecting Black Ops Launch Numbers To Beat MW2's
GameStop expects Call of Duty: Black Ops' launch to be its biggest ever -- merchandising SVP Bob McKenzie tells Gamasutra what the stores are doing to prepare, and why he thinks the title could outdo Modern Warfare 2.
Nov. 8, 2010
Sony: 60 Percent Of Prospective Move Customers Already Have A Wii
Sony: 60 Percent Of Prospective Move Customers Already Have A Wii
Sony says it's seeing strong momentum for its PlayStation Move, and perhaps to address the impression that consumers might find its wand controls too similar to Wii's, it's claiming that 60 percent of people interested in buying Move own a Wii already.
Nov. 8, 2010
A2M Rebrands To Behaviour, Confirms Wet 2, Plans More Original IP
A2M Rebrands To Behaviour, Confirms Wet 2, Plans More Original IP
Montreal-based developer A2M has long focused on work-for-hire, but CEO Remi Racine tells Gamasutra of a refocus into original IP, revealing Wet 2 in development and a company rename to Behaviour.
Nov. 8, 2010
ZeuS malware dominates October malware landscape
ZeuS malware dominates October malware landscape
The latest monthly analysis of the malware landscape from Kaspersky Lab shows that the ZeuS trojan continued to strike, as it became one of the most commonly used and best-selling spy programmes on the online black market.
Nov. 8, 2010
Opinion: Despite Flaws, Kinect May Be Just The Thing For Microsoft
Opinion: Despite Flaws, Kinect May Be Just The Thing For Microsoft
Gamasutra's Chris Morris examines Kinect's market prospects at launch, opining that Microsoft's holiday season looks secured -- but that it "might have screwed some of its partners in the process."
Nov. 5, 2010
Best Of Indie Games: Running Riot in the Streets
Best Of Indie Games: Running Riot in the Streets
IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. rounds up the week's top indie games, this time including a co-op puzzler, an arcade shooter, and a zombie smashing driving game.
Nov. 5, 2010
Saling The World: Kinect Sells Out at Amazon
Saling The World: Kinect Sells Out at Amazon
Gamasutra's latest Amazon.com chart compilations find Microsoft's hardware-bundled Kinect Adventures leading software sales in North America, with Kinect Sports and Dance Central also emerging as big sellers.
Nov. 5, 2010
Gameloft Third Quarter Sales Up 15 Percent to EUR34.7 Million
Gameloft Third Quarter Sales Up 15 Percent to EUR34.7 Million
Paris-based mobile publisher Gameloft (Let's Golf, Modern Combat 2) announced that it has achieved record third quarter sales of EUR34.7 million, a reported 15 percent increase over last year's earnings.
Nov. 5, 2010
Nintendo DS Leads Japanese Hardware, PSP Go Sales Triple
Nintendo DS Leads Japanese Hardware, PSP Go Sales Triple
The Nintendo DS strengthened its lead on the Japanese hardware sales charts, and the PSP go experienced a significant sales boost correlating with the hardware's recent price drop.
Nov. 5, 2010