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'Zynga's core Facebook game business is likely in decline' - analyst
'Zynga's core Facebook game business is likely in decline' - analyst
Analyst firm Cowen and Company warns that, as social games giant Zynga gears up to report its second quarter earnings this week, a number of the company's key titles are about to hit negative inflection points.
July 24, 2012
Indie Royale returns with 10-game July Jubilee Bundle
Indie Royale returns with 10-game July Jubilee Bundle
The latest 10-game Indie Royale bundle includes Telltale Games' Puzzle Agent, Spiderweb Software's 5-game Geneforge Saga,, and Pom Pom Games' Mutant Storm Reloaded, among others.
July 24, 2012
Top iPhone game apps: Fieldrunners 2 reports strong sales in debut week
Top iPhone game apps: Fieldrunners 2 reports strong sales in debut week
Gamasutra rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Fieldrunners 2 and Where's My Perry? to Flick Kick Football and more.
July 23, 2012
EA may lose its NCAA Football exclusive rights
EA may lose its NCAA Football exclusive rights
Electronic Arts may have to give up its exclusive rights to develop NCAA Football games when its current agreement with the NCAA ends in 2014, as part of a proposed settlement in a lawsuit that dates back in 2008.
July 23, 2012
La-Mulana highlights this week's Best of Indie Games
La-Mulana highlights this week's Best of Indie Games
Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including an English-language release for Nigoro's beloved action-adventure platformer La-Mulana.
July 20, 2012
Vancouver's struggling game industry gets relief with new Gree studio
Vancouver's struggling game industry gets relief with new Gree studio
After a tough year for the game industry in Vancouver, Japanese mobile social game developer and network operator Gree has announced plans to open a new development office in the city.
July 20, 2012
Submit your talks for GDC 2013 today!
Submit your talks for GDC 2013 today!
The call for submissions to present lectures, roundtables, panel, and poster sessions at the 2013 Game Developers Conference is now open through Tuesday, August 28.
July 20, 2012
Dishonored's 'baby steps' for pushing the medium forward
Dishonored's 'baby steps' for pushing the medium forward
In a new feature interview, the co-creative director of Arkane's upcoming stealth action game Dishonored discusses why we see so many games based on other games.
July 20, 2012
Xbox division sees healthy boost, but not because of Xbox
Xbox division sees healthy boost, but not because of Xbox
Microsoft's entertainment and devices division, which covers the Xbox 360, saw revenues increase 20 percent in the last fiscal quarter, but it seems the company's video game business had little to do with it.
July 19, 2012
GDC Europe's Indie Games Summit adds Trauma, Proteus design talks
GDC Europe's Indie Games Summit adds Trauma, Proteus design talks
With GDC Europe almost upon us, the show's Independent Games Summit has added talks covering games like Trauma and Proteus, as well as what indie developers should do after launch.
July 19, 2012
Top-Grossing iOS Games: CSR Racing, Kingdoms of Camelot lead iPhone charts
Top-Grossing iOS Games: CSR Racing, Kingdoms of Camelot lead iPhone charts
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see CSR Racing and Kingdoms of Camelot earning top iPhone sales, while DragonVale and Tiny Wings HD emerge as big sellers on the iPad.
July 18, 2012
Dead Rising 2 developer suffers layoffs
Dead Rising 2 developer suffers layoffs
Dead Rising 2 developer Capcom Vancouver let go of 7 percent of its employees today, making it the latest in a growing list of studios in the region who have cut staff in recent months.
July 18, 2012