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Your Game Industry In Your Words: Week Of December 30
Your Game Industry In Your Words: Week Of December 30
Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from game industry figures such as Spicy Horse's American McGee, Bungie's Hao Chen, Team Ninja's Yosuke Hayashi, and many others in this new weekly roundup.
Dec. 30, 2011
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of December 30
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of December 30
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Havok, Sledgehammer Games, Frogster, and others.
Dec. 30, 2011
Facing The Challenges Of Player Movement With Kinect
Facing The Challenges Of Player Movement With Kinect
In Gamasutra's new feature interview, the producer of the upcoming Microsoft-published Haunt for Xbox Live Arcade discusses getting navigation just right
Dec. 29, 2011
Angry Birds, GTA III Lead Post-Holiday iOS Charts
Angry Birds, GTA III Lead Post-Holiday iOS Charts
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Grand Theft Auto III and Angry Birds earning top iPhone sales, while The Sims: FreePlay and Atari's Greatest Hits emerge as big sellers on the iPad.
Dec. 28, 2011
Christmas Day 2011 Saw Highest Daily iOS, Android App Downloads Ever
Christmas Day 2011 Saw Highest Daily iOS, Android App Downloads Ever
Mobile analytics firm Flurry has revealed that Christmas Day 2011 saw the highest number of daily smartphone activations and app downloads ever recorded.
Dec. 28, 2011
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From Cow Clicker To Cruelty Scale
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From Cow Clicker To Cruelty Scale
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics including a Cow Clicker article that's also a game, the cruelty scale for games, and more.
Dec. 27, 2011
Best of iOS News: From Windosill to Mad Dog McCree
Best of iOS News: From Windosill to Mad Dog McCree
Gamasutra rounds up the latest news in the world of App Store gaming, featuring standout releases like Mad Dog McCree, Windosill, Stay Alive, and Glitch Tank.
Dec. 27, 2011
American McGee's Shift From AAA To Social A 'Struggle'
American McGee's Shift From AAA To Social A 'Struggle'
With Alice: Madness Returns all wrapped up, American McGee discusses his plans for the future, starting with a free-to-play Facebook game titled BigHead Bash.
Dec. 27, 2011
Record Sales In Japan Push 3DS Past 4M Mark 2
Record Sales In Japan Push 3DS Past 4M Mark 2
Nintendo has now sold over 4.1 million 3DS hardware units in Japan, moving a record high of more than half a million units last week, as two of its games became million-sellers.
Dec. 26, 2011
Humble Indie Bundle 4 Crosses $2.2 Million Sales
Humble Indie Bundle 4 Crosses $2.2 Million Sales
Humble Indie Bundle 4, the pay-what-you-want promotion for independent games, has brought in sales of more than $2.2 million after selling some 417,000 bundles at an average of $5.36.
Dec. 26, 2011
Can Zero Point Make The Minecraft Of Shooters?
Can Zero Point Make The Minecraft Of Shooters?
The Danish indie has Halo-sized ambitions but a core team of four, and a plan to get the community integrally involved in the ongoing development of its shooter saga, which takes its next step on Christmas.
Dec. 23, 2011
Your Game Industry In Your Words: Week Of December 23
Your Game Industry In Your Words: Week Of December 23
Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from game industry figures such as Grasshopper's Goichi Suda, Unity's David Helgason, Mojang CEO Carl Manneh, and more in this new weekly roundup.
Dec. 23, 2011