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Sony's Hirai Hints At PSP2 Touch Controls, Touches On PSP Phone Rumors
Sony's Hirai Hints At PSP2 Touch Controls, Touches On PSP Phone Rumors
Sony gaming chief Kaz Hirai hinted that the next PlayStation Portable would feature touch-based controls in addition to buttons, and wondered publicly about branding challenges for a PSP Phone.
Dec. 22, 2010
Latest Humble Indie Bundle Passes $1.3M
Latest Humble Indie Bundle Passes $1.3M
The latest pay-what-you-want "Humble Bundle" collection of indie games, which includes Braid and Cortex Command, among others, has passed the $1.3 million mark, part of which goes to charity.
Dec. 22, 2010
Buser: 'Killer Apps' Will Drive PlayStation Home Adoption
Buser: 'Killer Apps' Will Drive PlayStation Home Adoption
No longer aiming to be a Second Life imitator, PlayStation Home is now a virtual world of gaming -- but only one-third of PSN users have registered for Home. Sony's Jack Buser tells Gamasutra how Home will grow.
Dec. 22, 2010
Massachussets Lt.. Gov. Supporting New Video Game Institute At Becker College
Massachussets Lt.. Gov. Supporting New Video Game Institute At Becker College
A new Massachusetts Video Game Institute will be established at the state's Becker College next fall, according to comments by Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray.
Dec. 22, 2010
Judge Certifies Class-Action Football Game Pricing Lawsuit Against EA
Judge Certifies Class-Action Football Game Pricing Lawsuit Against EA
A U.S. district judge has certified a class-action anti-trust lawsuit against Electronic Arts that alleges the company illegally inflated prices for its football titles after attaining exclusive rights to league licenses.
Dec. 22, 2010
Outside Perspective Key To Drawn's Fresh Art Approach
Outside Perspective Key To Drawn's Fresh Art Approach
Brian Thompson, art director for the PC casual adventure game series Drawn, tells Gamasutra the franchise feels fresh because ideas come from "sources outside of
Dec. 22, 2010
Windows Phone 7 Ships 1.5M Devices In First Six Weeks
Windows Phone 7 Ships 1.5M Devices In First Six Weeks
Microsoft announced today that 1.5 million mobile devices running its Windows Phone 7 platform have been shipped to retailers in the six weeks since the operating system's launch November 8.
Dec. 21, 2010
Microsoft Tries To Boost Windows Phone 7 Appeal With Free Xbox 360 Game
Microsoft Tries To Boost Windows Phone 7 Appeal With Free Xbox 360 Game
Microsoft and its mobile partners aim to boost the holiday appeal of the Windows Phone 7 lineup by offering through the end of the year a free Xbox 360 game with the purchase of a Windows Phone 7.
Dec. 21, 2010
Civilization V Lead Designer Leaves Firaxis
Civilization V Lead Designer Leaves Firaxis
Jon Shafer, lead designer and principal gameplay programmer for the well-reviewed PC strategy game Civilization V, has left Take-Two subsidiary studio Firaxis after nearly six years at the developer.
Dec. 21, 2010
Top iPhone Game Apps: Discounted EA Games Lead Holiday Sales
Top iPhone Game Apps: Discounted EA Games Lead Holiday Sales
Sister site FingerGaming rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit to _Tap Tap Reveng
Dec. 21, 2010
The Year In Review: Game Biz Analysts On The Worst Happenings Of 2010
The Year In Review: Game Biz Analysts On The Worst Happenings Of 2010
What are some of the worst things to happen in the game biz this year? Game biz analysts from Wedbush through M2 and beyond comment to Gamasutra on Supreme Court battles and the "bifurcated market".
Dec. 21, 2010
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Automated MMOs To Future Industry Trends
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Automated MMOs To Future Industry Trends
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, including how to design around bots in online games, and how current industry trends may influence platforms of the
Dec. 21, 2010