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This Week In Console Digital Download: From Street Fighter III To Uprising
This Week In Console Digital Download: From Street Fighter III To Uprising
Each week, Gamasutra rounds up the titles released for the major console and portable digital delivery services including Street Fighter III: Online Edition and the XBLIG Summer Uprising releases.
Aug. 26, 2011
Razer Unveils $2,800 Ultra-Thin Laptop Aimed At Gamers
Razer Unveils $2,800 Ultra-Thin Laptop Aimed At Gamers
Gaming peripheral maker Razer has announced plans to enter the gaming laptop market with the Blade, a $2,800 laptop that's less than an inch thick and weighs just under 7 pounds.
Aug. 26, 2011
Portal Lead Kim Swift Reveals First-Person Puzzler Quantum Conundrum
Portal Lead Kim Swift Reveals First-Person Puzzler Quantum Conundrum
The next game from Portal and Left 4 Dead lead Kim Swift and developer Airtight Games has been revealed at the PAX Prime expo, titled Quantum Conundrum, and is set to be released in early 2012.
Aug. 26, 2011
Low-End Smartphones Drive Boom, Samsung Thrives, Report Finds
Low-End Smartphones Drive Boom, Samsung Thrives, Report Finds
By 2015, shipments of gaming-rich smartphones will account for almost half the world's cell phone market, says research firm IHS -- which highlights Samsung's unsung successes.
Aug. 25, 2011
PlayStation 3 Tops 22M Units In Europe
PlayStation 3 Tops 22M Units In Europe
Sony's PlayStation 3 has passed 22 million units sold life-to-date in Europe, said the company as it steps up its UK ad campaign around the recent price cut to 249 euros.
Aug. 25, 2011
Analysis: GameStop's OnLive Box-Out Hints At Greater Digital War
Analysis: GameStop's OnLive Box-Out Hints At Greater Digital War
GameStop's decision to remove OnLive vouchers from new retail games indicates how the old guard fears "fast-movers who have the technology, business savvy and agility to flip the boat."
Aug. 24, 2011
PapayaMobile Network Surpasses 25M Users
PapayaMobile Network Surpasses 25M Users
Mobile social gaming network PapayaMobile announced today that it has surpassed 25 million total users, with more than 11 million paid transactions via its virtual currency to date.
Aug. 24, 2011
Telltale Bringing Retail Back to The Future To PS3, Wii
Telltale Bringing Retail Back to The Future To PS3, Wii
Telltale Games has announced it's continuing its expansion into the retail games market, signing publishing agreements to bring its downloadable adventure series to PS3 and Wii discs.
Aug. 24, 2011
Best of GameSetWatch: From Dhalsim Dollars To Pixelgalaxy
Best of GameSetWatch: From Dhalsim Dollars To Pixelgalaxy
Gamasutra's alt video game blog GameSetWatch, rounds up this week's offbeat news, including a book project dedicated to the Game Boy and its lofi graphics, bills for fake video game currencies, an awesome Solitai
Aug. 24, 2011
Apple Co-Founder And CEO Steve Jobs Resigns
Apple Co-Founder And CEO Steve Jobs Resigns
Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday announced his resignation from his position of 14 years in an open letter, saying that he could no longer meet his duties. COO Tim Cook will take his place.
Aug. 24, 2011
Feature: Finding Success Through Open Source Game Development
Feature: Finding Success Through Open Source Game Development
In a new Gamasutra feature, contributor Michael Thomsen looks at the sometimes surprising direction game development can take once its opened up to a group of excite
Aug. 24, 2011
Best of iOS News: From Rally-X Rumble to iBlast Moki 2
Best of iOS News: From Rally-X Rumble to iBlast Moki 2
Gamasutra rounds up the latest news in the world of App Store gaming, featuring standout releases like iBlast Moki 2, Rally-X Rumble, Antiques Roadshow, and Drawin' Growin'.
Aug. 23, 2011