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Ridiculous Fishing, Badland are Apple's games of 2013
Ridiculous Fishing, Badland are Apple's games of 2013
Apple has revealed its top mobile game picks for 2013, honoring Ridiculous Fishing from Vlambeer and Badland from Frogmind as the top iPhone and top iPad games of the year respectively.
Dec. 17, 2013
More noteworthy devs join IGF 2014's jury panels
More noteworthy devs join IGF 2014's jury panels
The juries behind GDC 2014's Independent Games Festival will include highly lauded developers deciding the finalists for the Excellence in Visual Arts and Excellence in Audio Awards.
Dec. 17, 2013
First ID@Xbox games for Xbox One likely to hit March 2014, says program's director
First ID@Xbox games for Xbox One likely to hit March 2014, says program's director
ID@Xbox director Chris Charla has said that the first games in the program will hit "early in the new year... closer to the third month."
Dec. 16, 2013
Valve's SteamOS FAQ, detailing hardware, software, and dev issues
Valve's SteamOS FAQ, detailing hardware, software, and dev issues
Alongside shipments of the first beta Steam Machines to users, Valve has released a FAQ with info on how SteamOS functions for users and developers.
Dec. 13, 2013
Indies publishing indies: Redshirt, 1 month after release
Indies publishing indies: Redshirt, 1 month after release
Positech founder Cliff Harris recently made his first splash into video game publishing with Redshirt. In this one month after postmortem, he discusses what it was like being an indie publisher for another indie.
Dec. 13, 2013
Strategy game specialist Nival lands $6M in funding
Strategy game specialist Nival lands $6M in funding
Russian strategy game company Nival has raised $6 million in a new round of funding, with the aim to expand its audience reach to a global scale.
Dec. 12, 2013
Mobile game installs could get a boost, thanks to video sharing
Mobile game installs could get a boost, thanks to video sharing
Everyplay, a social sharing platform for mobile games, is looking to prove that allowing players to share gameplay videos of your game helps gain sales and install traction.
Dec. 11, 2013
Xbox One launch sales neck-and-neck with PlayStation 4's
Xbox One launch sales neck-and-neck with PlayStation 4's
Microsoft said today that its Xbox One console has now sold more than 2 million hardware units worldwide, just over two weeks after it launched.
Dec. 11, 2013
Video: 'Designing for the Blue Ocean' at the GDC Casual Games Summit
Video: 'Designing for the Blue Ocean' at the GDC Casual Games Summit
In this Casual Games Summit session, postmortems on Women's Murder Club, Build-a-lot, and CampFu precede its first design challenge featuring Jason Kapalka, Nick Fortugno, and Todd Kerpelman.
Dec. 11, 2013
$25,188: The median for crowdfunded games in the last six months
$25,188: The median for crowdfunded games in the last six months
Want to know what you can expect to earn if you crowdfund a game and hit your target? Someone has done the math -- and shared a bunch of stats.
Dec. 11, 2013
Crytek working with DeNA to develop F2P mobile game
Crytek working with DeNA to develop F2P mobile game
The Collectables, a 3D squad shooter coming in 2014, will be the first mobile free-to-play game powered by CryEngine.
Dec. 11, 2013
10% of all Twitch livestreaming coming from PlayStation 4
10% of all Twitch livestreaming coming from PlayStation 4
Since the PlayStation 4 launched last month, around 10 percent of all video game streaming content on Twitch has come from PS4 systems, claims Sony.
Dec. 10, 2013