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Fallout: New Vegas Leads UK Charts, Professor Layton Debuts In Top Five
Fallout: New Vegas Leads UK Charts, Professor Layton Debuts In Top Five
Obsidian Entertainment's Fallout: New Vegas tops the UK charts this week, and Level 5's latest Professor Layton title makes the top five, while Platinum Games' Vanquish debuts below the top 10.
Oct. 25, 2010
Nintendo: 65.3M Wii Remotes Sold In U.S.
Nintendo: 65.3M Wii Remotes Sold In U.S.
As the motion control battle heats up, Nintendo of America revealed that it has sold 65.3 million Wii Remote controllers in the U.S., with nearly half of those sold with Nintendo Wii hardware.
Oct. 25, 2010
Analyst: Guitar Hero, DJ Hero Will 'Struggle' To Hit 1M Combined In Q4
Analyst: Guitar Hero, DJ Hero Will 'Struggle' To Hit 1M Combined In Q4
Combined sales of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and DJ Hero 2 "will struggle to sell 1 million units combined" in the U.S. during calendar Q4, analyst Doug Creutz said Monday.
Oct. 25, 2010
Blizzard 'Confused' By Valve's 'Dota' Trademark
Blizzard 'Confused' By Valve's 'Dota' Trademark
As Blizzard reveals a 'DotA' mode for Starcraft II, the company's Rob Pardo said that Valve's move to exclusively trademark "Dota" for its own currently in-development title is "a really strange move."
Oct. 25, 2010
Browser-Based Bigpoint Claims 150M Registered Users
Browser-Based Bigpoint Claims 150M Registered Users
Browser-based online game company Bigpoint (Ruined Online, Farmerama) said today it has reached 150 million registered users, with 250,000 registrations added daily.
Oct. 25, 2010
Zynga Expanding Into Ireland
Zynga Expanding Into Ireland
Following news of Zynga's plans to found a Seattle studio, the developer of Farmville and Mafia Wars said it is continuing to expand its operations, this time into Ireland, according to reports out of the country.
Oct. 25, 2010
Crave Games To Publish Cartoon Network Game For 3DS
Crave Games To Publish Cartoon Network Game For 3DS
Crave Games announced a new game using Cartoon Network properties from Ben 10 to Samurai Jack through Dexter's Laboratory and beyond as "one of the first games for the Nintendo 3DS."
Oct. 25, 2010
Adobe Adding 3D Flash Game Hardware Acceleration, Expanding AIR Support
Adobe Adding 3D Flash Game Hardware Acceleration, Expanding AIR Support
Adobe has announced a new set of APIs enabling hardware-based 3D acceleration for Flash and AIR games, also debuting a new version of AIR that supports devices including TVs and many mobile phones.
Oct. 25, 2010
CA State Senator Yee Defends Violent Game Law Ahead Of Supreme Court
CA State Senator Yee Defends Violent Game Law Ahead Of Supreme Court
Just over a week before the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Schwarzenegger vs. EMA, California State Senator Leland Yee has laid out his case in support of the restrictions on violent game sales in his law.
Oct. 25, 2010
Report: Some MySpace Games Sharing User IDs With Advertisers
Report: Some MySpace Games Sharing User IDs With Advertisers
In the wake of recent Facebook privacy breaches, a new report finds some MySpace apps -- including some games -- are sharing user ID data with advertisers, in violation of MySpace's terms of service.
Oct. 25, 2010
ChangYou's Q3 Revenues Up 25% To Record $85.6M
ChangYou's Q3 Revenues Up 25% To Record $85.6M
Chinese online game developer and operator ChangYou (Immortal Faith) reported record revenues of $85.6 million for the third fiscal quarter of 2010, up 25 percent over the same period last year.
Oct. 25, 2010
Sony Drops PSP Go Price For Japan, U.S.
Sony Drops PSP Go Price For Japan, U.S.
Media reports have revealed that Sony is cutting the price of the UMD-free PSP Go in Japan and the U.S., reducing the respective retail costs in the regions to ¥16,800 ($208) and $199.
Oct. 25, 2010