Playing Catch-Up
The Esoteric Beat
Critical Reception
Media Consumption
Blogged Out
Release This!
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The China Angle
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[08.17.08]

Release This: Too Human, Sims 2: Apartment Life Head U.S. Lineup

[08.15.08]

Saling The World: Madden NFL 09 Leads U.S. Sales on 360 and PS3

[08.13.08]

Critical Reception: D3/Treasure's Bangai-O Spirits

[08.07.08]

Release This: Madden NFL 09 Kicks Off in North America and UK

[08.05.08]

Critical Reception: Bizarre Creations' Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2

[11.06.09]

Game Boy, The Ball Admitted To National Toy Hall Of Fame
iPhone Dev Storm8 Sued Over User Data Harvesting Allegations
Namco Bandai Swings To Loss In First-Half, Posts Lower Sales
Infinity Ward's Emslie: Animation 'First And Foremost' Key To Visual Realism
Japanese Hardware: PS3 Closes In On Leader DSi
Analyst: CoD: MW2 Could Sell $500 Million Week One, Music Genre Still Challenged
Iwata: 35% Japanese Connectivity Ratio For Wii, 20% For DS
Iwata: Nintendo Is Not 'Losing Its Edge' To iPhone, Rival Tech
RedLynx Intentionally Leaked Trials To Torrent Sites
Saling The World: Dragon Age, Uncharted 2 Top U.S. Charts
Best Of Indie Games: Eufloria, Home, Run Away!
Game Developer November Issue Showcases Scribblenauts, The Game Developer 50
Direct2Drive Tussles With Valve By Declining To Sell Steamworks-Powered MW2
Interview: OneBigGame's de Ronde On Making Games For Charity
Analysis: Turn-Based Versus Real-Time
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of November 6
Q&A: CCP On Keeping EVE Online Fresh And Growing

[11.05.09]

Activision: Music Game Sales To Be Higher This Holiday Season Than In 2008
Activision Posts $15M Profit, Beats Third Quarter Expectations
Yamauchi: Gran Turismo 5's Development Cost Hit $60 Million
Best of GameSetWatch: From PETA to New Kids On The Block
Analysis: Is It Time For The PlayStation 3 To Shine?
Japanese Software: Bayonetta For PS3 Leads Charts, Pokemon Dethroned
Feature: Demystifying Dissidia Final Fantasy's Rail Grinding
Interactive Ontario, Gov't Partner On Industry Skills Support Programs
Dragon Quest IX Tops Global Third Quarter With Nearly 4 Million Units
Sony: New IP Essential To Industry Survival
Dragon Quest, Batman Drive Square Enix First-Half Sales Hike As Profits Fall
Analyst: UFC 2009 To Top 4 Million This Year, Aid Turnaround For Uncertain THQ
Japanese Software Units Grow In Third Quarter, UK Sees Biggest Declines
Epic Offers Free Unreal Engine 3 Dev Kit, New Licensing Deals
GDC 2010 Opens Reg, Details Reduced Pricing, Summit Specifics
The Week In Video Game Criticism: The Beatles, Torchlight, Prince Of Persia
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From PSAs To Multiplayer Organisms
Analysis: Life Found in The Void
Q&A: Making Wii Work: The Way Of Need for Speed Nitro

[11.04.09]

No Doubt Sues Activision Over General-Purpose Band Hero Avatars
Blizzard Brings Pay-For Pets To WoW
GameStop: Modern Warfare 2 To Be 'Biggest Video Game Launch In GameStop History'
EA's Riccitiello: Digital Biz 'Offsetting' Game Retail Challenges
iPhone App Store Exceeds 100,000 Available Programs
THQ Approaches Profitability As Sales Fall In Second Quarter
Ubisoft Sees €80 Million Loss In Fiscal First Half
Report: Microsoft Completes Layoffs With 800 More Cuts
Rock Band Drags On Viacom Margins, May Break Even At Holiday?
Zynga's De Loayza Talks Facebook Saturation, Clones
iPhone App Store Success Boosts Gameloft First Half Sales 18%
Iwata: Wii's Momentum Loss In Japan 'Urgent'
Activision Campaigns For Public Awareness On Ratings
Moore 'Delighted' With FIFA 10 In Japan, Details Market 'Frustrations'
GameStop Establishes Digital Business Group, Appoints Exec Freeman
Analysis: The Season's 'Recession-Proof' Games, Bad Timing For Left 4 Dead 2?
Critical Reception: EA/BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins
OTX: Xbox 360 Gamers Defecting To PS3 For Holiday Sequels?
Interview: The Melancholy Of Keita Takahashi
Interview: Floex And The Music Of Machinarium
Opinion: Why DJ Hero Can't Save Music Games

[11.03.09]

Funcom Receives Grant For Online Winter Sports Game
Nintendo Begins WiiWare Game Demo Trial Program
Konami Warns Of Disappointing Fiscal First Half
OneBigGame Announces Chime, Upcoming Matsuura, Perry, Cecil Projects
High Voltage Scores Unlimited Wwise License
Analyst: DJ Hero Sales 'Modest,' Consumers Resisting Games Over $100
Feature: 'Small Developers: Minimizing Risks in Large Productions - Part I'
Iwata: Nintendo Eyeing Kindle's Free Internet Model For DS
Microsoft Details Xbox Live Rewards Program
Spector 'Not Done' With Deus Ex, Visualizes Successor
Sony Adds New TV, Movie Content Partnerships For PSN
World Of Warcraft China Hits Snags Again In Gov Power Struggle
Atlus Buys Majority Stake In Online Publisher Gonzo Rosso
Best Of Member Blogs: From The IGF To Boys And Horses
Interview: Fantastic Contraption's Northway Meets 5th Cell's Slaczka
Analysis: Road Signs In A 'Live' Video Game

[11.02.09]

Study: Rock Band, Guitar Hero Players Demonstrate Strong Music Genre Loyalty
Nielsen, EEDAR Partner To Track Video Game Data
BioWare Licenses Umbra Occlusion Culling For Dragon Age
SOE, Wizards Of The Coast Announce Online Magic TBS
IGF Sees Record Main Competition Entry Numbers
Infinity Ward Pulls Modern Warfare 2 Video Amid Criticism
Laidlaw: Half-Life 2's Alyx Works Because 'She Gives You Back Emotion'
Report: Day-One PSP Go Japan Sales Reach 28,000
Twelve, OG Reach CID The Dummy IP Rights Resolution
Analyst: Assassin's Creed 2 Pre-Orders Stronger Than Original Title
UK Charts: Football Manager Rules, DJ Hero Debuts At No. 20
Best Of GamerBytes - Get Ready To Excite
Release This: Lego Rock Band, Dragon Age: Origins Debut Stateside
In-Depth: How Do In-App Transactions Change iPhone Games?
Sony's Yoshida: PS3 Focus Caused PSP Neglect
Interview: The Sims 3, Alice & Kev, And Hope Through Homelessness

[10.30.09]

VGS 09: Game Designers - Everything You Know Is Wrong
VGS 09: Asian Virtual Goods Worth $7 Billion in 2009
VGS 09: Industry Leaders Talk Top Lessons On Virtual Goods
Golden Joysticks: Fallout 3 Named GOTY, Activision Publisher Of The Year
Nokia Confirms N-Gage Phasing Out In 2010
iPhone Social Game Network Aurora Feint Gets Major Japanese Investment
Yoshida: PS3 Motion Controller Is 'Hardware Platform' For Sony
Wii Sports Surpasses 50M Units, New Super Mario Bros. Nears 20M
Sony Posts Q2 Loss, As PS3 Sales Rise On Price Cut
Japanese Charts: Forza Motorsport 3 Cracks Top 10, PS3 Leads Wii
Saling The World: Borderlands Beats Forza 3 in U.S. Sales
Best Of Indie Games: Saddling Up for an Exploration
Interplay Fires Back At Bethesda Over Fallout MMO Licensing
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of October 30
Analysis: What The (Game) Papers Say - October 2009, Pt. 2
Interview: Rockin' in the Bleep World - Musicians on Chiptuning Mega Man
Unknown Worlds' Cleveland: 'Pre-Sales Completely Changed Our Financial Picture'

[10.29.09]

MumboJumbo Responds To StoneLoops Vs. Luxor iPhone Game Controversy
Critical Reception: Activision & FreeStyleGames' DJ Hero
Capcom Profits Up 58% In First Fiscal Half
Layoffs Drive Square Enix To Lower Profit Forecast
GameCareerGuide Feature: Narrative Review - Chrono Trigger
Cryptic: 1 Million Characters Created In Champions Online
Nickelodeon To Use PlaySpan Payment Platform
Analyst: 'Excessive Expectations' From Retail Publishers, As Activision Downgraded
Screen Actors Guild Members Reject Video Game Deal
Best of GameSetWatch: From Zaku to Silent Hill
GameCity: 'Game Designers Are Undervalued'
Feature: 'A Holistic Approach to Game Dialogue Production'
Jagex Confirms 'Expensive' MechScape Cancellation
Nintendo Confirms Bigger-Screen DSi For U.S., Japan, Europe
Nintendo Cuts Profit Forecast On Declining Hardware
The Week In Game Criticism: Cursed, Pets, Less Than Charted
EA's Feinstein Sees 'Tremendous Advantage' For Women In Games Biz
Interview: Nexon's Min Kim on Console Games, Counter-Strike, 'Bubble Babies'
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From DLC To Owning Ideas

[10.28.09]

GameStop To Increase Fall Hourly Retail Staff By 78%
USC Games Institute Director Swain To Keynote IGC West
Unite 09: EA's Hilleman On Unlocking Gaming For The World
PlayStation 2 Reaches 9 Years, 140 Million Units
Disney Reveals Disney Epic Mickey Details
GameON: Finance - Ubisoft’s Yannis Mallat on Breakthrough Philosophy
Analyst Cuts Software Sales Forecast On Lower Wii Performance
THQ Plans To Extend WWE Licensing Agreement
Riot Games: Devs Can Get 'Terrible End' Of Publisher Deals
Splash Damage: PC-Only Development Was 'Incompatible' With Triple-A Strategy
Katamari's Takahashi Designing Children's Playground In UK
Actor's Union Votes For Video Game Contract
2K's Shattered Union Getting The Film Treatment
In-Depth: Unity Launches Free Option, Announces Xbox 360 Support
Sponsored Feature: Fluid Simulation for Video Games (Part 2)
PlaySpan: 31 Percent Of Users Sell Virtual Goods
Interview: Golgoth On Resurrecting Toki For Digital Download
Analysis: The Path And Story Pacing

[10.27.09]

UK Games Industry 'Under Threat' Due To Lack of Gov't Support
Modern Warfare 2, Guitar Hero 5 Among 'Tweens' Most-Wanted For Holidays
Xbox Live Gamerscore, Completion Stats Show Major Trends
Flagship Co-Founder Shenk Formally Announces Gravity Bear, Social Gaming Focus
Former Midway Execs Off The Hook In Investor Suit
TIGA: UK Games Biz To Shrink 5 Percent Per Year Without Tax Breaks
DICE Sticking With Dedicated Servers For Bad Company 2
Mystic Reveals New EMotion FX Animation Tool Updates
Gamr7 Launches Version 2 Of Urban PAD Procedural City Creator
Opinion: Heroes of Newerth Vs. League of Legends: The Communities
Q&A: Making Ultima Online's Continuing Adventures
In-Depth: Persona Music, Live in Shinjuku - An Audio Report
Best Of Member Blogs: From DLC To MW2

[10.26.09]

GameX: Harmonix's Chris Foster Calls For Design By Collaboration
Report: Nintendo To Launch Larger-Screened DSi This Year
Watercooler Raises $5.5 Million For Fantasy Sports, Social Games
CES Gaming Presence Up By More Than Half In 2010
Unity Confirms Investment, Adds VMWare's Greene To Board
Analyst: Deflating Music Genre To Play Flat Notes For Activision
SCEE's Denny To Keynote First Develop Liverpool Event
Emergent Adds Autodesk, Direct3D 11 Support To Gamebryo Lightspeed
Starcraft II's Browder: Sequel Influences Include Dawn Of War II
UK Charts: PES 10 Scores Against FIFA In Sports-Clad Week
Netflix Brings 'Watch Instantly' To PS3 This November
Study: 40 Percent Of U.S. Console Users Buy Games Via Direct Download
Best Of GamerBytes - Nice Muscle!
Release This: Forza 3, DJ Hero, Tekken 6 Premiere Stateside
Interview: Spore's Chaim Gingold Communes With Earth Dragon
GDC 2010 Reveals New Social Game, iPhone Summits, Opens Call For Submissions
Analysis: PS3 Has 'Steep Hill' To Beat U.S. Xbox 360 Sales In 2009

[10.23.09]

Infinity Ward Uses Steamworks For Modern Warfare 2
Sohu Changyou Licenses BigWorld For Future MMOs
Xbox Division Profits Up 96 Percent In Q1, Sales Flat
Australian Classification Board Requests To Rate Mobile Games
Runic's Schaefer: PC Game Market Hurt By 'Speculative, Risky' Projects
Report: Nintendo Leaks 'DSi Speak' Channel Plans?
Microsoft: No Blu-Ray On Xbox 360, Despite Rumors
Japanese Hardware: PS3 Again Edges Out Nintendo Wii
OnLive CEO, Remedy President Confirmed for D.I.C.E. Summit
Konami Backing PES 2010 Euro Launch With 3 Million Units
CD Projekt To Go Public In Deal With Tech Company Optimus
Saling The World: Wii Sports Resort, Uncharted 2 Lead U.S. Sales
Best Of Indie Games: Machines Doing the Robot Dance
IGF 2010 Reminds On Deadline, Reveals Nuovo Award Specifics
Analysis: Guitar Hero Vs. Rock Band - Behind The Numbers
Interview: Nigoro Talks Retro Inspirations, La Mulana For WiiWare
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of October 23

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