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Analyst: EA's PopCap Acquisition 'A Long-Term Positive'
Analyst: EA's PopCap Acquisition 'A Long-Term Positive'
Following news that Electronic Arts has acquired Plants vs. Zombies maker PopCap for $750 million, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter described the move as "a long-term positive."
July 13, 2011
New PlayStation 3 Model Limits HD Video Output
New PlayStation 3 Model Limits HD Video Output
An update to Sony's PlayStation 3 hardware is quietly phasing out a feature that will leave some users unable to watch high-definition Blu-ray video, the company recently confirmed.
July 13, 2011
L.A. Noire Debuts On Top In Japan
L.A. Noire Debuts On Top In Japan
Rockstar's 1940s adventure game L.A. Noire was the best-selling game in Japan last week, pushing over 71,000 copies across its two versions ahead of Sony's Infamous 2.
July 13, 2011
Touchscreen Keyboard Maker Swype Teases Expansion Into Controllers
Touchscreen Keyboard Maker Swype Teases Expansion Into Controllers
In announcing the closing of a new, $6 million round of Series C financing today, touchscreen keyboard software maker Swype mentioned plans to integrate its technology in to game controllers in the future.
July 12, 2011
EEDAR: PSN Welcome Back Scheme 'Successful'
EEDAR: PSN Welcome Back Scheme 'Successful'
A new study based on IGN metrics found that Sony's PSN Welcome Back program, launched last month after the PSN outage, was a success, with more users purchasing digital games than before the outage.
July 12, 2011
Microsoft Clarifies 'Xbox Music' Reports
Microsoft Clarifies 'Xbox Music' Reports
Microsoft will launch a new music service on Xbox 360 later this year called Xbox Music, that will initially offer more than 11 million songs, and make use of the console's Kinect hardware. [UPDATE: Actually Zune Music.]
July 12, 2011
Hawkins: Platform Holders Offer 'False Promises Of Freedom'
Hawkins: Platform Holders Offer 'False Promises Of Freedom'
At the Gamasutra-attended GamesBeat, EA founder Trip Hawkins accused Nintendo of presiding over a "feudal dark age" in the game industry in which devs "don't own the land that they are tilling."
July 12, 2011
GDC Europe Speaker Spotlight: Bluebyte's Weidemann On Community Management
GDC Europe Speaker Spotlight: Bluebyte's Weidemann On Community Management
In the latest in a series of interviews with speakers from this August's GDC Europe, Teut Weidemann of Ubisoft's Bluebyte Germany (The Settlers Online) discusses the essentials of community management.
July 12, 2011
Feature: How Art And Games Touch
Feature: How Art And Games Touch
In Gamasutra's latest feature, art historian Diana Poulsen inspects the games as art debate, writing that while "many of the arguments have been overly simplistic
July 12, 2011
Mobile Veteran Al Wood Joins Tapjoy As CFO
Mobile Veteran Al Wood Joins Tapjoy As CFO
Former Veraz Networks CFO Al Woods has joined mobile ad network Tapjoy, the company said Tuesday, where he will contribute to the company's rapid growth plans following a recent $30 million funding round.
July 12, 2011
Release This: NCAA 12, Ms. 'Splosion Man Debut Stateside
Release This: NCAA 12, Ms. 'Splosion Man Debut Stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings NCAA Football 12 and Ms. 'Splosion Man to North America, while Starfox 64 3D and Camping Mama + Papa ship in Japan.
July 11, 2011
Top iPhone Game Apps: Angry Birds Reclaims Sales Lead
Top iPhone Game Apps: Angry Birds Reclaims Sales Lead
Gamasutra rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Angry Birds and Cave Bowling to Tower Defense: Lost Earth and more.
July 11, 2011