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Vindicia's 2010 Revenues Up 80% From Online Billing
Vindicia's 2010 Revenues Up 80% From Online Billing
Vindicia, a provider of software-as-a-service billing solutions for online gaming companies and other industries, reported an 80 percent year-over-year revenue growth for 2010 and a record revenue month last December.
Feb. 1, 2011
Top-Grossing iTunes Apps: In-App Sales Spike for Tap Zoo, Zombie Farm
Top-Grossing iTunes Apps: In-App Sales Spike for Tap Zoo, Zombie Farm
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Tap Zoo and Zombie Farm earning top iPhone sales, while Dead Space and Smurfs' Village remain big sellers on the iPad.
Feb. 1, 2011
EA: Old Republic MMO To Show Profit With 500,000 Subscribers
EA: Old Republic MMO To Show Profit With 500,000 Subscribers
While EA says its incurring "significant development costs" for its Star Wars MMO The Old Republic, the company says those costs could turn in to significant profits with relatively moderate subscriber numbers.
Feb. 1, 2011
Gameloft 2010 Revenues Up 16 Percent On App Store Strength
Gameloft 2010 Revenues Up 16 Percent On App Store Strength
With company sales on Apple's iOS App Store up an impressive 63 percent in 2010, casual and social developer Gameloft has announced revenues for the year were up 16 percent over 2009 to $141 million.
Feb. 1, 2011
Research: 26 Percent Of Android, iOS Apps Used Only One Time
Research: 26 Percent Of Android, iOS Apps Used Only One Time
Users are often willing to give iOS and Android apps a try -- but rarely do they come back for more, concludes a research report showing that 26% of apps downloaded in 2010 were used just once.
Feb. 1, 2011
Livingstone-Hope Report Recommends UKIE, TIGA Unity
Livingstone-Hope Report Recommends UKIE, TIGA Unity
The UK game industry's two leading trade bodies should unite to better address government, education and other parties able to help its workforce overcome significant challenges to its future, says an exhaustive new report.
Feb. 1, 2011
Top iPhone Game Apps: Updated Trenches Returns to Charts
Top iPhone Game Apps: Updated Trenches Returns to Charts
Sister site FingerGaming rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Trenches and Ping Pong to Doodle Jump and more.
Jan. 31, 2011
Release This: Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Arrives Stateside
Release This: Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Arrives Stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in North America, while the UK gets an early look at Mario Sports Mix.
Jan. 31, 2011
Dead Space 2 Leads UK Charts Over LittleBigPlanet 2
Dead Space 2 Leads UK Charts Over LittleBigPlanet 2
EA and Visceral Games' sci-fi horror sequel Dead Space 2 led the UK video game retail charts this week, with a 70 percent increase in launch week sales compared to the original title.
Jan. 31, 2011
GDC Panel Info Hints At Open PlayStation Move Development On PCs
GDC Panel Info Hints At Open PlayStation Move Development On PCs
Sony could be working on a new project that opens up software development for its PlayStation Move controller to PC-based tinkerers, according to a Game Developers Conference 2011 session description.
Jan. 31, 2011
In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say, January 2011
In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say, January 2011
Magazine veteran Kevin Gifford takes a look at the latest video game mags, this time examining the Skyrim feature in this month's Game Informer, and what the reborn GameFan is up to of recent.
Jan. 31, 2011
Two-Day Scrum Development Course To Run Alongside GDC 2011
Two-Day Scrum Development Course To Run Alongside GDC 2011
Organizers of GDC 2011 have announced an affiliated two-day crash course for Scrum development on Feb 28th and March 1st, led by Clinton Keith, author of "Agile Game Development With Scrum."
Jan. 31, 2011