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Take-Two Extends Deal With Key Rockstar Talent, Reports Fiscal Growth
Take-Two Extends Deal With Key Rockstar Talent, Reports Fiscal Growth
Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two on Tuesday confirmed that it extended its long-term employment agreement with key Rockstar talent, and also reported a boost in annual sales and profits.
May 24, 2011
Best of iOS News: From Ticket to Ride to Chaos Rings Omega
Best of iOS News: From Ticket to Ride to Chaos Rings Omega
Gamasutra rounds up the latest news in the world of App Store gaming, featuring standout releases like Ticket to Ride, Casey's Contraptions and Chaos Rings Omega.
May 24, 2011
Interview: The Death Of Try-Then-Buy PC Gaming
Interview: The Death Of Try-Then-Buy PC Gaming
Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris talks to Exent Technologies' Kobi Edelstein about the need to move away from the try-then-buy PC gaming model, and instead focus on the more stable ad-supported angle.
May 24, 2011
CGC 2011: Game Developers Discuss Creating Game Diversity
CGC 2011: Game Developers Discuss Creating Game Diversity
Speaking at the recent Canadian Games Conference, Women in Games Vancouver’s Bryna Dabby and Relic Entertainment’s Mitchell Lagran shared their ideas for creating and catering to a more diverse audience.
May 24, 2011
THQ Partners To Distribute Codemasters Titles In North America
THQ Partners To Distribute Codemasters Titles In North America
The year-old Partners branch of THQ will handle American distribution for games by British developer Codemasters, best known here for racing franchises including DiRT 3 and F1 2011, the company has announced.
May 24, 2011
Activision Confirms Modern Warfare 3 For November 8
Activision Confirms Modern Warfare 3 For November 8
Activision announced today that the next title in its hit Call of Duty franchise, Modern Warfare 3, will be available worldwide on November 8, confirming earlier leaked reports.
May 24, 2011
Perfect World Shows Improved Financials After Recent Game Launches
Perfect World Shows Improved Financials After Recent Game Launches
Major Chinese MMO maker Perfect World announced that some recent releases helped increase revenues for the first quarter of 2011 and drove profits higher than the the same period in 2010.
May 24, 2011
Feature: Unsocial Games
Feature: Unsocial Games
In Gamasutra's latest feature, veteran developer Greg Costikyan dissects social games and examines how developers give "no thought whatsoever" to using their social nature to
May 24, 2011
Take-Two On PSN Outage, Duke's Expectations, The NBA Lockout
Take-Two On PSN Outage, Duke's Expectations, The NBA Lockout
Following up on its fiscal 2011 results, executives from Take-Two Interactive provided additional color on subjects ranging from
May 24, 2011
CGC 2011: Paper To PlayStation 3 - The Evolution Of Hoard
CGC 2011: Paper To PlayStation 3 - The Evolution Of Hoard
At last week's Gamasutra-attended Canadian Games Conference, Big Sandwich design director Tyler Sigman explained the long process of bringing Hoard to PSN, and how designers can find room to iterate in some unexpected places.
May 23, 2011
NBA Signs Multiyear Agreements With EA, Take-Two
NBA Signs Multiyear Agreements With EA, Take-Two
The National Basketball Association today announced it has signed new agreements with both Take-Two Interactive and Electronic Arts, allowing both companies to continue to develop and publish NBA titles.
May 23, 2011
LA Noire Dominates UK Retail Sales Charts
LA Noire Dominates UK Retail Sales Charts
Team Bondi and Rockstar Games' LA Noire is the fastest-selling new retail video game IP ever in the UK, following critical acclaim, tracking firm Chart-Track confirmed today.
May 23, 2011