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NPD: Industry Up 3% In February
NPD: Industry Up 3% In February
Strong hardware and accessory sales, as well as improved performance among console software, led new retail sales to a rally in NPD's latest report [UPDATE: Capcom cites another NPD report showing Marvel vs. Capcom 3 outsold Black Ops
March 10, 2011
Scoreloop Announces Go Android Partnership For iOS Devs
Scoreloop Announces Go Android Partnership For iOS Devs
A day after OpenFeint and The9 revealed plans to fund mobile ports to Android devices, social gaming platform Scoreloop has announced a similar "Go Android" program for iOS developers.
March 10, 2011
Sony UK Cancels Projects At Wipeout, MotorStorm, SingStar Studios
Sony UK Cancels Projects At Wipeout, MotorStorm, SingStar Studios
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe confirmed to Gamasutra that it has cancelled a "small number of projects" at its UK game studios, with no word yet on how many jobs are affected.
March 9, 2011
Rovio Planning To Launch Angry Birds Facebook This May
Rovio Planning To Launch Angry Birds Facebook This May
Rovio's Angry Birds is slated to come to the 500 million user-strong Facebook by summer this year, adding various social aspects to the game, the studio confirmed to Gamasutra.
March 9, 2011
Interview: Frank Gibeau on EA's Expanding Focus In The PC Space
Interview: Frank Gibeau on EA's Expanding Focus In The PC Space
EA's Frank Gibeau talks to Gamasutra about the company's position in the casual Facebook gaming market, the renewed focus on PC releases and the increasing dabblings in the freemium business model.
March 9, 2011
Top-Grossing iTunes Games: Updated Infinity Blade Returns to Top Ten
Top-Grossing iTunes Games: Updated Infinity Blade Returns to Top Ten
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Infinity Blade and Tiny Wings earning top iPhone sales, while Angry Birds HD and Fruit Ninja HD remain big sellers on the iPad.
March 9, 2011
Sega Releases First Facebook Game
Sega Releases First Facebook Game
Sega of America announced the launch of Sega Play! Baseball, its first Facebook game and the first release from the famed Japanese publisher's new Sega Play! social brand.
March 9, 2011
OpenFeint, The9 Funding Ports To Android
OpenFeint, The9 Funding Ports To Android
Mobile social gaming network OpeFeint and Chinese online gaming company The9 announced a partnership to help fund developers who want to port their titles to Android devices.
March 9, 2011
PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get Cloud-Based Game Saving
PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get Cloud-Based Game Saving
Starting tomorrow with system software update 3.60, PlayStation Network users who subscribe to the Plus program will have access to online storage for their game saves, SCEA announced.
March 9, 2011
Microsoft: Kinect Hits 10 Million Units, 10 Million Games
Microsoft: Kinect Hits 10 Million Units, 10 Million Games
Microsoft's Kinect has sold 10 million devices to date and 10 million Kinect retail games worldwide to date, the company says -- an average 133,333 units per day to 8 million units sold in its first 60 days on shelves.
March 9, 2011
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Gets August 23 Launch Date
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Gets August 23 Launch Date
The big AAA season starts early this year, as Square Enix has revealed an August 23 launch date for Deus Ex: Human Revolution on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
March 9, 2011
Analyst Expects THQ, Kaos' Homefront To Ship 1.5M In March
Analyst Expects THQ, Kaos' Homefront To Ship 1.5M In March
Analyst Colin Sebastian said he expects NPD to report a 5-10 percent drop in U.S. video game software retail for February, with THQ's Homefront to ship 1.5 million in March.
March 8, 2011