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Australia's Academy Of Interactive Entertainment Expanding To Seattle In 2011
Australia's Academy Of Interactive Entertainment Expanding To Seattle In 2011
The Academy of Interactive Entertainment, an Australian educator focused on the game development and the digital art industries, will open its first U.S. classroom in Seattle next year.
Dec. 9, 2010
GDC China: Online Opportunities In The Face Of Stagnating Consoles
GDC China: Online Opportunities In The Face Of Stagnating Consoles
Tim Merel, managing director of investment advisory firm Digi-Capital told GDC China attendees that CEOs of major publishers "don't know how" to adapt to lower-budget online and mobile models.
Dec. 9, 2010
Warren Spector 'Kind Of Jazzed' About Epic Mickey's Polarized Reviews
Warren Spector 'Kind Of Jazzed' About Epic Mickey's Polarized Reviews
Industry icon and Junction Point Studios founder Warren Spector said "it's kind of cool" that his latest game, Disney Epic Mickey, has received polarized reviews from critics.
Dec. 9, 2010
Naughty Dog Unveils Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Naughty Dog Unveils Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Sony Computer Entertainment's Naughty Dog studio has confirmed Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, the next installment of the PlayStation 3-exclusive action adventure franchise.
Dec. 9, 2010
Monster Hunter Dominates Japanese Charts With 2M Sold In First Week
Monster Hunter Dominates Japanese Charts With 2M Sold In First Week
Capcom's Monster Hunter Freedom 3 topped the Japanese charts with two million units sold in its first week, more than two times all other titles in the top 20 combined.
Dec. 9, 2010
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Unexpected Results To The Future Of Online Moderation
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Unexpected Results To The Future Of Online Moderation
In highlights from Gamasutra's Expert Blogs, industry notables write about diverse topics, including unexpected mid-development scenarios, EA's approach to social games, and the future of moderating onl
Dec. 9, 2010
Gamasutra's Best Of 2010: Top 5 Major Industry Trends
Gamasutra's Best Of 2010: Top 5 Major Industry Trends
Gamasutra continues its year-end retrospectives with this year's top five game industry trends: from Facebook changes to new kinds of controls, these are the business evolutions that will best define 2010.
Dec. 9, 2010
Gamasutra's Best Of 2010: Top 5 Major Industry Events
Gamasutra's Best Of 2010: Top 5 Major Industry Events
Gamasutra kicks off its 2010 retrospectives with this year's top five game industry events, from a sizable publishing agreement regarding a certain Halo studio to a crucial video game pow-wow in Washington D.C.
Dec. 8, 2010
Japan's FTC Raids DeNA On Antitrust Suspicions
Japan's FTC Raids DeNA On Antitrust Suspicions
Japan's Fair Trade Commission raided the offices of DeNA (Mobage-town), one of the world's largest mobile social portal operators and game developers, due to antitrust suspicions.
Dec. 8, 2010
Industry Vet Graeme Devine Leaves Apple Game Tech Post
Industry Vet Graeme Devine Leaves Apple Game Tech Post
Graeme Devine has left a post at Apple's iPhone Game Technologies Division, where he oversaw the company's iOS gaming strategy, to pursue his passion for game development, according to an Internet report.
Dec. 8, 2010
EA's Brown On Big-Ticket Lessons From The Digital Space
EA's Brown On Big-Ticket Lessons From The Digital Space
Big strides into the mobile and DLC markets will help Electronic Arts realize 20 percent of its revenues this year from digital sources, says CFO Eric Brown -- and there's still a lot of room for growth in the packaged goods space, too.
Dec. 8, 2010
After Record Year, GameCity To Return In 2011
After Record Year, GameCity To Return In 2011
Nottingham's GameCity festival will be back once again in 2011, and organizers have announced it'll run from October 25-29 in a variety of venues throughout the city.
Dec. 8, 2010