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Clone Wars Adventures Surpasses 8M Registered Players
Clone Wars Adventures Surpasses 8M Registered Players
Sony Online Entertainment announced today that free-to-play virtual world Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures has surpassed a total of eight million registered players.
Sept. 16, 2011
Feature: Learning The Free-To-Play Design Mentality
Feature: Learning The Free-To-Play Design Mentality
In a new Gamasutra feature interview, Wooga studio head Henric Suuronen talks about how console game designers need to adjust their design philosophies wh
Sept. 16, 2011
PS3 Tops Japanese Hardware Charts Following Sales Surge
PS3 Tops Japanese Hardware Charts Following Sales Surge
Sony's PlayStation 3 broke the handheld dominance of the weekly Japanese hardware charts this week, outselling both the 3DS and the PSP, according to data from tracking firm Media Create.
Sept. 15, 2011
Tales of Xillia Storms Japanese Software Charts
Tales of Xillia Storms Japanese Software Charts
Namco Bandai's Tales of Xillia topped the Japanese weekly software sales charts this week, outselling the entirety of the remainer of the top 20 combined, according to tracking firm Media Create.
Sept. 15, 2011
Indiecade Festival Names 36 Finalists For October Show
Indiecade Festival Names 36 Finalists For October Show
The organizers of the fifth annual Indiecade Festival have chosen 36 finalists from nearly 450 indie game submissions to be playable on the event's GameWalk October 8 and 9 in Culver City, CA.
Sept. 15, 2011
Shortlist, Jury For GameCity Prize 2011 Announced
Shortlist, Jury For GameCity Prize 2011 Announced
Organizers of the Nottingham, UK-based GameCity festival have revealed the first ever GameCity Prize, which aims to highlight the very best in interactive entertainment.
Sept. 15, 2011
Microsoft Drops Flash Support In Upcoming Browser
Microsoft Drops Flash Support In Upcoming Browser
Following Apple's iOS lead, Microsoft has announced that an upcoming version of its Internet Explorer web browser will not support plug-ins, including Adobe's popular game platform Flash.
Sept. 15, 2011
TGS: Sony To Debut Android-Based PlayStation Suite SDK In November
TGS: Sony To Debut Android-Based PlayStation Suite SDK In November
Sony will debut public SDKs for its Android-based PlayStation Suite starting in November, with PlayStation Suite-created games on devices including cellphone, tablets and PS Vita in Spring 2012.
Sept. 15, 2011
Suda's Grasshopper Reveals New Casual, Kinect Games
Suda's Grasshopper Reveals New Casual, Kinect Games
Grasshopper president Goichi Suda tells Gamasutra to expect "games that aren't the typical Grasshopper style," as the company reveals new social and casual games, as well as the Kinect title Diabolical Pitch.
Sept. 14, 2011
Brathwaite, Romero, Schell Among Speakers At IGDA Leadership Forum
Brathwaite, Romero, Schell Among Speakers At IGDA Leadership Forum
The International Game Developers Association has formally announced its lineup of keynote speakers for next month's IGDA Leadership Forum in Los Angeles.
Sept. 14, 2011
BioWare, Zynga, EA, Playdom Vets Launch Action-Focused Freemium Startup
BioWare, Zynga, EA, Playdom Vets Launch Action-Focused Freemium Startup
Game industry veterans from BioWare, Electronic Arts, Zynga and Playdom have teamed up to create Rumble, a company focused on merging fast-paced action games with the casual free-to-play PC market.
Sept. 14, 2011
'Banned' iPhone Title Phone Story Released For Android
'Banned' iPhone Title Phone Story Released For Android
Following the news that Apple has removed indie developer Molleindustria's latest game from the App Store due to a violation of Apple's review guidelines, the game has now been released on the Android Market.
Sept. 14, 2011