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GDC Canada: How Dead Rising 2 Analyzes The Zombie Menace
by Simon Carless
[05.07.10]
In a fascinating GDC Canada talk, Blue Castle's Tom Niwinski and Dee Jay Randall discussed the telemetry behind Dead Rising 2's zombie killing theatrics, focusing on remote reporting to help hone Capcom's awaited sequel.
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Miyamoto: It's 'Unfair' To Say Nintendo Isn't Proactive About Online
by Kris Graft
[05.07.10]
Nintendo often is criticized for an online service that's less robust than Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, but Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto said it's "unfair" to say his company isn't proactive about online.
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Facebook Games See User Dip As Notification Rules Change
by Eric Caoili
[05.07.10]
Changes in Facebook notifications have caused many of the most popular games on the social network to hemorrhage users -- as titles like Zynga's FarmVille lost more than 4.4 million monthly players.
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Capcom Posts 73 Percent Profit Drop Amid Major Delays, Weak Sales
by Kris Graft
[05.07.10]
Osaka, Japan-based Capcom reported a 73 percent drop in annual profits, and a 27 percent drop in sales, as weak sales of new games and delays of major titles impacted results.
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GDC Canada: Super Rewards' Bailey: 'Quit Your Job And Make Facebook Games'
by Brandon Sheffield
[05.07.10]
Jason Bailey, CEO of Super Rewards, revealed statistics and ARPU across genres for Facebook games, and proposed that traditional game developers should quit their jobs and go make social games.
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PSP Sales Double In Japan On Peace Walker Release
by Kris Graft
[05.07.10]
Sales of PSP hardware doubled in Japan to nearly 60,000 units on the release of Konami and Hideo Kojima's latest game, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Media Create said Friday.
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98 Percent Of Australians Support R18+ Rating
by Leigh Alexander
[05.07.10]
Amid Australia's continuing deliberation over whether to introduce an R18+ classification for adult games, submissions collected by the government show overwhelming support for the measure.
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Halo Tops Guinness World Record's 50 Best Video Game Series
by Eric Caoili
[05.07.10]
Guinness World Records revealed its reader-voted list of the "Top 50 Videogame Series" of all time, with Bungie's Halo franchise taking the number one spot as Call of Duty and The Legend of Zelda placed second and third respectively -- full list within.
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Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of May 7
by Staff
[05.07.10]
In an exciting week for new job postings, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles across the world and in every major discipline, including opportunities at Bethesda, Playfish, and many more.
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Report: LucasArts President, Execs Resign
by Leigh Alexander
[05.07.10]
LucasArts president Darrell Rodriguez has resigned after just over two years in the role, and several executives at the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed creator have exited alongside him, according to media reports.
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Winch Gate's Ryzom Now Open Source
by Eric Caoili
[05.07.10]
Developer and publisher Winch Gate Properties announced that it has released its source code and artistic assets for subscription-based sci-fi PC MMORPG Ryzom in partnership with the Free Software Foundation.
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Tomb Raider Creator: Immersion Is Everything
by Staff
[05.07.10]
For Tomb Raider creator Toby Gard, talking in a new Gamasutra feature, "the power to immerse the player, to absorb his attention completely, is the common attribute of the greatest and most successful games."
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Codemasters Gets Ex-Sony VP Macdonald
by Leigh Alexander
[05.07.10]
Former Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios vice president Jamie Macdonald has joined Codemasters in the role of senior VP of production, where he'll be responsible for managing studio operations.
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Nintendo Aims For 'Marquee Party Game' With Wii Party
by Leigh Alexander
[05.07.10]
Nintendo has unveiled Wii Party, its next major Wii software release populated by Miis. Hoping to top the success of Mario Party 8, the company says it's aiming to build a "marquee party game".
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Namco Bandai Annual Losses Hit $317 Million
by Kris Graft
[05.07.10]
Publisher Namco Bandai on Friday reported an annual loss of ¥29 billion ($317 million), as Tekken 6 became the company's top-selling game for the year with 2.5 million units sold.
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Analysis: McMillen On Risk & Reward In Video Games
by Edmund McMillen
[05.07.10]
In this delightfully-illustrated analysis, Super Meat Boy co-creator Edmund McMillen discusses ways to implement retro risk/reward mechanics, now that "lives" no longer matter.
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Best Of Indie Games: Hero, Shoot the Core
by Tim W.
[05.07.10]
IndieGames.com: The Weblog editor Tim W. rounds up the week's top indie games, this time including a Metroid-style action shooter and a two-player Terry Cavanagh title.
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Saling The World: Peace Walker, Just Dance Head Global Charts
by Danny Cowan
[05.07.10]
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled Amazon.com charts find Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker maintaining its lead in Japan, as Just Dance again heads multiplatform sales results in the UK.
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GDC Canada: Ex-DICE Dev Talks Matchmaking Cheaters, Wall Jumps
by Brandon Sheffield
[05.06.10]
Norwegian developer Bjarne Rene, formerly of DICE, offers tips for getting a game on the web, including the amusing idea of matchmaking cheaters with each other in order to minimize the effect they can have on legitimate players.
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GDC Canada: What Do Game Publishers Want?
by Brandon Sheffield
[05.06.10]
Current or former execs from Capcom, Foundation 9, and Next Level Games discussed pitch tips at GDC Canada, explaining how "passion for the product" and hands-on demos can differentiate developers from the pack.
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