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Analyst: Mobile gaming revenues to reach $7.5B worldwide by 2015
Analyst: Mobile gaming revenues to reach $7.5B worldwide by 2015
Analyst firm SuperData Research estimates that worldwide revenues from mobile gaming will reach $7.5 billion by 2015, up from $2.7 billion this year.
March 30, 2012
Street Fighter producer Ono stepping back amid illness
Street Fighter producer Ono stepping back amid illness
Capcom's Yoshinori Ono, the producer behind fighting games including Street Fighter IV, is stepping back from his work for a while after being hospitalized earlier this week.
March 29, 2012
China's online games market valued at $6.6B in 2011, says report
China's online games market valued at $6.6B in 2011, says report
The online games market in China is still seeing impressive growth, as the market saw revenues increase 32 percent to $6.6 billion in 2011, reports analytics firm Pearl Research.
March 29, 2012
PS Vita's Gravity Rush ships 100K in Japan
PS Vita's Gravity Rush ships 100K in Japan
Gravity Rush, one of the biggest games released for PS Vita, has so far shipped 100,000 copies in Japan since the action title released there nearly two months ago.
March 28, 2012
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Angry Birds Space heads iPhone, iPad revenue rankings
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Angry Birds Space heads iPhone, iPad revenue rankings
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Draw Something and Angry Birds Space earning top iPhone sales, while DragonVale and Modern War emerge as big sellers on the iPad.
March 28, 2012
Report: THQ not publishing Adidas' MiCoach, companies settle legal dispute
Report: THQ not publishing Adidas' MiCoach, companies settle legal dispute
THQ's recent legal troubles with sports apparel company Adidas have already come to an end, and THQ has revealed that it will not publish Adidas' MiCoach 24/7 after all.
March 28, 2012
Microsoft: Consumers using Xbox Live for media more than gaming
Microsoft: Consumers using Xbox Live for media more than gaming
Households are spending an increasing amount of time with the Xbox 360's online platform -- and they spend more than half of their time watching videos and listening to music, instead of playing games.
March 27, 2012
Best of iOS news: From Angry Birds Space to Hunger Games: Girl on Fire
Best of iOS news: From Angry Birds Space to Hunger Games: Girl on Fire
Gamasutra rounds up the latest news in the world of App Store gaming, featuring standout releases like Angry Birds Space, Madcoaster, Tiny Hawk, and Hunger Games: Girl on Fire.
March 27, 2012
Kinect for Windows 1.5 adds improved tracking, new recognized languages
Kinect for Windows 1.5 adds improved tracking, new recognized languages
In the latest revision of its Kinect for Windows development kit, Microsoft promises to add enhanced body tracking and expanded speech recognition options, giving developers more flexibility with the PC-based peripheral.
March 27, 2012
Crytek continues Asian expansion with CryEngine 3 licensing deal
Crytek continues Asian expansion with CryEngine 3 licensing deal
Game developer and technology company Crytek on Tuesday announced that it has licensed its CryEngine 3 technology to Chinese developer Giant, furthering the company's growth in Asian markets.
March 27, 2012
Report: UK retailer Game closes 277 shops, cuts over 2,000 jobs
Report: UK retailer Game closes 277 shops, cuts over 2,000 jobs
Reeling video game retailer Game Group has suddenly closed 277 of its GAME and GameStation shops -- nearly half of its brick and mortar operations -- across the UK and Ireland.
March 26, 2012
Sworcery, Deus Ex lead Canadian Videogame Awards nominations
Sworcery, Deus Ex lead Canadian Videogame Awards nominations
Capy's acclaimed iOS adventure game Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP picked up nine nominations -- the most for any game this year -- for the 2012 Canadian Videogame Awards.
March 26, 2012