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Angry Birds Dev Announces 2M Android Downloads
by Kris Graft
[10.18.10]
Days after releasing the hit iOS game Angry Birds on Android devices, developer Rovio said 2 million Android users have downloaded the game, on top of millions of purchasers on Apple's App Store.
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GCAP: Sydney IGDA's Graf - Build Games on Archetypal Relationships
by Saul Alexander
[10.18.10]
Dan Graf of Dr. D Studios and founder of Sydney's IGDA chapter talks at GC Asia Pacific about nuances of story and narrative, relating the game experience back to filmmaking and Jungian philosophy.
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Top-Ranked Facebook Games In Privacy Breach Controversy
by Simon Parkin
[10.18.10]
Several top-ranked games on Facebook were shut down over the weekend for breaching the site's privacy terms, including all of those developed by LOLapps. [UPDATE: LOLapps comments as games restored.]
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17 Kinect Titles Confirmed For U.S. Launch Window
by Kris Graft
[10.18.10]
With 17 titles confirmed for the month of Kinect's U.S. launch, Microsoft plans to spend a reported $500 million promoting the body-scanning camera's November 4 roll-out.
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Medal Of Honor Leads UK Sales, Just Dance 2 Debuts In Top 10
by Tom Curtis
[10.18.10]
EA's reboot of the long-standing Medal of Honor series leads the UK video game retail sales charts, and Just Dance 2, Ubisoft's sequel to its popular Wii dance game, debuts at number four.
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3 Million Wii Netflix Users Gain Disc-Free Support
by Kris Graft
[10.18.10]
Nintendo said Netflix's streaming "Watch Instantly" service will no longer require a disc, as Nintendo of America's Reggie Fils-Aime announces that 3 million Wii systems have connected to the service.
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Take-Two's Zelnick: Digital Growth Won't Cannibalize Packaged Biz
by Leigh Alexander
[10.18.10]
Digital distribution could become as much as 40 percent of Take-Two's business in three years, says chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick -- but he says new platforms won't "take a bite out of" existing ones.
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Steam Sees 30 Million Users, Sales Up 200 Percent
by Leigh Alexander
[10.18.10]
Valve's online game platform, Steam, has now reached 30 million active accounts -- according to the company, that's a volume that represents 178 percent growth year over year.
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Apple's App Store Reaches 300,000 Total Applications
by Leigh Alexander
[10.18.10]
There are now over 300,000 apps on Apple's App Store in total -- the store added over 50,000 apps between now and August 25, evidence of the iOS platform's continuing strength and popularity among developers.
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Blizzard Sues StarCraft II Hackers
by Leigh Alexander
[10.18.10]
Blizzard continues to demonstrate it's serious about forbidding cheaters in its games, filing suit in the U.S. District Court of Los Angeles against three programmers it alleges made and sold hacks for StarCraft II.
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Canadian Games Conference Announced For May 2011
by Staff
[10.18.10]
Event organizer Reboot Communications is announcing the Canadian Games Conference, debuting in Vancouver in May 2011 alongside the Canadian Videogame Awards, and including a 'Best Of GDC' content track.
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GCAP: Double Fine's Martz On Taking The Strange Paths
by Saul Alexander
[10.18.10]
What does the game industry have in common with the wildlife of Australia? Double Fine's Nathan Martz has an idea, urging Game Connect Asia Pacific attendees to be bold, diverse and different.
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RockYou Focuses On Social Games, Reduces Staff, Hires Two Execs
by Eric Caoili
[10.18.10]
As it welcomes two industry veterans to focus on its Facebook game output, social games and app developer RockYou laid off a considerable amount of staff from its non-gaming divisions.
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Analysis: Xbox 360 Blazes Ahead In 2010
by Matt Matthews
[10.18.10]
Examining September's NPD results, Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews finds that the Xbox 360 is in lockstep with Wii for best-selling platform of 2010 -- and on the software front, is outperforming all competition.
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Wide-Ranging Animation Patent Up For Sale, Potentially To 'Trolls'
by Kris Graft
[10.18.10]
A patent for a widely-applicable animation system is up for sale by defunct Stormfront Studios through a patent broker, which told Gamasutra the invention could land in the hands of a "non-practicing entity."
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Capcom's Mobile Phone Monster Hunter Title Tops 1 Million Users
by Simon Parkin
[10.18.10]
Capcom's first social mobile phone entry to the company's popular Monster Hunter series, Monhan Diary Mobile Felyne Village, has topped 1 million users in Japan just two months after its release.
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Release This: Fallout: New Vegas, Kirby's Epic Yarn Premiere Stateside
by Danny Cowan
[10.18.10]
Gamasutra's custom compiled release list explores a week that brings Fallout: New Vegas, Kirby's Epic Yarn, and Vanquish to North America, and No More Heroes 2 and Super Mario Collection to Japan.
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Opinion: Wal-mart Vs. The Mom And Pops - Do What You Do Best
by Brandon Sheffield
[10.18.10]
Brandon Sheffield discusses the conundrum the Japanese game industry faces, examining how smaller stores' fightback against the might of Wal-mart could present lessons for Japanese developers.
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Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of October 15th
by Staff
[10.16.10]
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Playdom, CCP, Bungie, Rockstar North and more.
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Sony Releases Downloadable Game Guide On Japanese PSN
by Kyle Orland
[10.15.10]
Sony has begun offering digital video game guides through its Japanese PlayStation Network using technology designed to display ultra-high-resolution images and video efficiently.
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