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Fable III Tops UK Charts, The Force Unleashed II Makes Top Five
Fable III Tops UK Charts, The Force Unleashed II Makes Top Five
Microsoft and Lionhead Studios' Fable III debuted at number one in the UK this week, and LucasArts' third person action title Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II debuted in the top five.
Nov. 1, 2010
Series Creator Yu Suzuki Directing The Free-To-Play Shenmue City
Series Creator Yu Suzuki Directing The Free-To-Play Shenmue City
The developers of the recently announced Shenmue City have announced the first details of the social game spinoff, confirming the title w
Nov. 1, 2010
Microsoft Announces Holiday Bundle Sans Kinect
Microsoft Announces Holiday Bundle Sans Kinect
Microsoft has announced a new holiday bundle for the Xbox 360 that includes Forza Motorsport 3 and a download token for Remedy's Alan Wake, but not the company's upcoming Kinect hardware.
Nov. 1, 2010
THQ Signs 'Integrated' Marketing Plan With WWE
THQ Signs 'Integrated' Marketing Plan With WWE
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw publisher THQ said that it signed an "integrated marketing agreement" with World Wrestling Entertainment that "significantly expands THQ's previous marketing efforts."
Nov. 1, 2010
GameStop To Sell Xbox Live Download Codes Via Website
GameStop To Sell Xbox Live Download Codes Via Website
Leading U.S.-based specialty video game retailer GameStop revealed that it will expand its digital distribution initiative by selling Xbox Live download codes on GameStop.com "soon."
Nov. 1, 2010
PopCap Unveils Bejeweled 3 For This December
PopCap Unveils Bejeweled 3 For This December
PopCap Games' 50 million-selling match-three puzzle game franchise is getting a proper sequel with Bejeweled 3, which launches this December with new modes and content.
Nov. 1, 2010
Inafune: Japanese Publishers Turning Creators Into 'Salarymen'
Inafune: Japanese Publishers Turning Creators Into 'Salarymen'
Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune, who recently announced his departure from longtime employer Capcom, candidly said in a new interview, "My generation is ... holding the game industry back."
Nov. 1, 2010
Ubisoft's Key: Dance Game Genre 'About To Explode'
Ubisoft's Key: Dance Game Genre 'About To Explode'
Ubisoft SVP Tony Key tells Gamasutra the dance genre will be "one of the bright spots of growth" later this year, thanks to sales of its own Just Dance 2 and a glove-bundled Michael Jackson the Experience.
Nov. 1, 2010
Microsoft To Acquire 3D Sensor Innovator Canesta
Microsoft To Acquire 3D Sensor Innovator Canesta
Canesta, inventor of a leading single chip three-dimensional body movement sensing technology, will be acquired by Microsoft in a move that could influence how the company's Kinect technology evolves.
Nov. 1, 2010
Interview: Katamari Damacy's Takahashi On Life After Namco
Interview: Katamari Damacy's Takahashi On Life After Namco
Talking to Gamasutra, eccentric Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi discusses leaving Namco, possible collaboration with the Killzone team and the unlikely origin of his new company’s name, "Uvula."
Nov. 1, 2010
Square Enix Confirms Layoffs At Io Interactive
Square Enix Confirms Layoffs At Io Interactive
Hitman and Kane and Lynch developer IO Interactive is seeing its second round of layoffs this year, a staffing move Square Enix says is related to regular development cycle flux.
Nov. 1, 2010
Unity Leaps To 250,000 Licensees
Unity Leaps To 250,000 Licensees
Unity's userbase has skyrocketed from 13,000 to 250,000 licensees year over year, the engine provider announced today -- with over 35 million users having downloaded Unity's free Web Player to date.
Nov. 1, 2010