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[07.03.09]

CyberConnect2 Boss Talks 'Quality Of Life' For Japanese Developers
July's Top 25 Facebook Games Topped By Zynga, MindJolt Titles
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Weapons To Frustration
Round Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week of July 3
Analysis: Mapping Gamer Dialect

[07.02.09]

Namco Bandai Gets Dragon Ball Game Rights
Warner's $33M Midway Acquisition Approved By Judge
Feature: Game Design Essentials - 20 RPGs
NBA 2K9 Sells 2 Million Worldwide
Social Game Mafia Wars Hits 4 Million Daily Users
Analyst: Take-Two 'Diversifying' Away From GTA Dependence
UK Retailer GAME Sees Revenue Decline, 24.2 Million Console Installed Base
Judge Accuses Microsoft Of Courtroom Shenanigans In Ongoing Xbox Live Suit
The China Angle: Training, Recruitment, Retention
Interview: IGDA Names Joshua Caulfield New Executive Director
GCG's Game Design Challenge: DS Platformer Innovation
Best Of Indie Games: See You on The Under Side
Spiral Graphics To Add New Texture Synthesis With Genetica 3.5
Japanese Charts: Wii Sports Resort Logs Big Sales
Interview: Sidhe's Wynands On Work-For-Hire's Decline, New Paradigms
An Indie Game Music Roundtable: Night, Flower, Eden and Proud

[07.01.09]

THQ Objects To Wrestling Contract Extension, Files Suit
505 Games, Paramount Ink Deal For Grease Movie Games
Kalypso Taps Longtime Exec Tillett To Head U.S. Operations
CCP's Danielsson To Pen EVE Online Novel
David Perry Unveils Details on Cloud-Based Gaming Service 'Gaikai'
Feature: Real-Time Cameras - Navigation and Occlusion
Microsoft Debuts Kodu On Xbox Live Community Games Channel
PS3 Slim Rumors Mount As Manufacturing Contracts Reported
Social Game Company PlayFish Sees 100 Million Games Installed In 18 Months
Scaleform Details GFx Upgrade
Realtime Worlds Hires Joshua Howard As Program Manager
Critical Reception: Aksys/Arc System Works' BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Damnation Developer Lays Off 'Majority Of Team'
GCG: 'Results from Game Design Challenge - Creating Fun Communication'
Illuminate Labs Announces Beast API, Tiered Pricing
Interview: Moved By Mod -- Dear Esther's Dan Pinchbeck
Independent Games Summit @ GDC Austin Reveals First Speakers
Interview: Kellee Santiago Talks Thatgamecompany's Road Ahead

[06.30.09]

Ron Gilbert To Keynote 2009 Penny Arcade Expo
Microsoft Adding Silverlight-Based Rich Media To Xbox Live Ads
Wii Sports Resort Third Fastest-Selling Wii Game In Japan
Interview: Brian Reynolds Leaves Big Huge, Now Zynga East Chief Designer
Analyst: Hardware Pricing, Possible Starcraft II Delay Could 'Compromise' Activision's Holiday
GDC Europe Adds Keynote From Ikariam Free-To-Play MMO Creator
Feature: 'Persuasive Games - Gestures As Meaning'
U.K. Retailer HMV Reports Lower Profits, But Games Grow
Pirate Bay Acquired, Will Compensate Content Providers
Sony Expanding Official Peripheral Licensing Program
Industry Vet Tony Garcia Joins Unity
Chinese Government Limits Virtual Currency Trading
Analysis: Playing As The Enemy
Interview: Rebellion's Guy On Reinventing Rogue Warrior
Opinion: Can Games Become 'Virtual Murder?'

[06.29.09]

NPD: Female Gamer Population Increasing On Consoles
Disney Embraces Stereoscopic Gaming
Analyst: Current Console Cycle To Extend Through 2013
Nielsen: Movie Games Earning Back Consumer Respect
Fight Night Round 4 Debuts At No. 1 In U.K.
EA's Gibeau: 'Core Gamer'-Aimed Wii Titles A 'Calculated Gamble'
Tiga: 83 Percent Of U.K. Developers Outsource
MTV Games Taps Former THQ Exec Guthrie For EVP, General Manager
Report: Sony Builds PSP Phone Team
With Solitary Warner Bid, No Auction For Midway
Epic Launches Korean Subsidiary
Sega, Obsidian's Aliens RPG Officially Canceled
Release This: BlazBlue, Call of Juarez 2 Debut Stateside
Interview: Muzyka On EA's New BioWare/Mythic RPG Team-Up
Analysis: The Accretive Player Character
2009 GDC Austin Announces First Subscription MMO-Centric Sessions
Interview: Dux and Self-Publishing For Dreamcast
Opinion: Don't Hate The Game - The Developer Game-Playing Malaise
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Game Mechanics As A Storyteller To Pacifism

[06.26.09]

Sony's Suzuki Becomes SCEI Deputy President
Mythic Founder Mark Jacobs Bids Adieu To Staff
Moreland: APB Is 'Action District' Part Of Bigger Gameplan
Report: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Getting The Film Treatment
PlayStation Network Serving As Basis For Sony's Wider Networking Plans
Japanese Hardware: Wii Leads PS3 For Seventh Consecutive Week
Tecmo Koei Forms European Subsidiary
Best Of Indie Games: Space, The Unexplored Frontier
GCG: How To Pick Indie Game Collaborators
Analysis: Was Using Original IP The Best Idea For Sony's PS3 Strategy?
Opinion: How To Tackle Work For Hire
Interview: The Meticulous Pacing Of Infamous
Q&A: Housemarque's Kuittinen on Maya Pipelines, No Producers, and Super Stardust HD
Round Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of June 26

[06.25.09]

Report: Australia To Block Web Access To 'Mature' Games
Mortal Kombat Film Producer Sues To Block Midway Sale
Interview: How Bethesda's Fallout 3 Helped Seal id's Sale
Gamecock, G.O.D. Veterans Form Devolver Digital
Feature: Managing Data Relationships
Feature: Dramatic Play
Sony: PSP Open To Non-Gaming Apps
'Mythic' Brand To Continue Following EA Restructuring
Square Enix Sued For $5 Million Over Final Fantasy XI
Japanese Charts: Tomodachi Connection Sells 102,000 In First Week
EA Inks Multimillion-Dollar DLC Deal With Dr. Pepper
Opinion/Round-Up: Social Gaming - Where's The (Creator) Fun?
Sony's Edward Talks PlayStation Home As It Hits 7 Million Users
Analysis: May 2009's PlayStation Network Hits, Misses
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Engines To Improving AI
Postmortem: Inside Adept's Trixel For iPhone

[06.24.09]

Social Gaming Summit: The Platform Holders Speak
NIS Bets On PSP Download-Only For Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman!
Jacobs Out As EA Combines BioWare, Mythic Operations
Bethesda Parent ZeniMax Acquires id Software
Feature: Planning For Fun In Game Programming - Part 2
GDC Europe 2009 Reveals Remedy Keynote
THQ Reorganizes Into Three Biz Units For More 'Focused' Strategy, Promotes Execs
GameHorizon: Making Splash Damage Into A Triple-A Studio
Critical Reception: Sega/High Voltage Software's The Conduit
Microsoft, Israeli Regulators Officially Confirm 3DV Acquisition
Survey: Modern Warfare 2 Loses Brand Awareness Without 'Call of Duty'
Interview: Aquaria's Derek Yu On Indie, The Pit of Death
Analysis: Can Nintendo Take 'Accessibility' Too Far?
In-Depth: Inside The Making Of Tomb Raider: Underworld

[06.23.09]

Social Gaming Summit: In-Depth On The State Of Social Gaming
Survey: Halo 3: ODST Leads 50 Most Anticipated Games List
GameHorizon: When The Going Gets Tough, Developers Need To Get Rough
Report: Electronic Arts Mentioned As Left 4 Dead 2 Distributor
Sony: Final Fantasy VII Sees 100,000 PSN Downloads
Best Buy Steps Into Used Games Arena With Kiosks
GameHorizon: Realtime Worlds' Jones On APB, Unannounced First Title
Mastertronic Launches 'Great Indie Games' Retail Label With World Of Goo
Analysts Heap Praise On E3's 'Positive Return'
2K Sports, Tencent Team Up For NBA Online In Asia
Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2 Wins Game Critics' E3 Best Of Show
Apple Sells 1 Million iPhone 3GS Units In Three Days
Castle Crashers Leaderboards Hit 1 Million Milestone
Analysis: Number Of Film-To-Game Adaptations On The Rise
2009 GDC Austin Announces Initial Free-To-Play Centric Sessions
Opinion: Girls Fart - Gaming At The Anatomical Level
Interview: BioShock 2's Finley On Designing For Player Desire
Interview: T3's Redbana Launches Western Dev, Publishing Office, Talks Rescuing Audition

[06.22.09]

Zynga, Playdom Clash Over Facebook/MySpace Game Advertising
Ascaron Still Working On Sacred 2, Will Launch Planned Expansion
3D Realms Responds To Take-Two Lawsuit
THQ Opens New Austin Studio For Darksiders Dev Vigil Games
EMA: Video Game Retail Activation Tech Could Generate Billions In Extra Sales
Analysis: May 2009's Xbox Live Arcade Hits, Misses
Moore: EA Sports MMA Targeting Fighters' Image Rights
Ghostbusters Debuts At Number Four In U.K.
GTA: Chinatown Wars To See PSP Release
Moore Challenges Obama On Games, Fitness
Release This: The Conduit, Overlord II Premiere Stateside
Report: Sony Outlines PS3 Motion Control Details To Devs
Dobbs Challenge Deuce Modding Contest Announces Winners
DFC: Left 4 Dead Demonstrates Potential Of Online Distribution
Interview: Majesco's Wii-Only GoPlay Brand & Motion Control For Families
Interview: Scarygirl And The Spooky Tunes of Luke Jurevicius
Best of Member Blogs: From Corn Syrup To TOJam

[06.19.09]

Square Enix North America Grabs New Marketing VP
Analyst: GameStop Expects 2009 Console Price Cuts, Slow Digital Sales Adoption
Luxology Releases Modo 401 With Rendering, Animation, Workflow Enhancements
Japanese Charts: Sega's Infinite Space Topples Kingdom Hearts DS
Japanese Hardware: Xbox 360 Narrows Gap With PS3 During Week
GCG: Inside The Making Of XBLCG's Trino
Feature: Innovative Casual Game Design -- A Year In Review
Kotick: Activision Could Withdraw PS3 Support Without A Price Cut
CoD: World At War Map Pack 2 Sees 1 Million Downloads
America's Army Dev Studio Closes Doors
Saling The World: Ghostbusters Tops U.S. Xbox 360 Charts
Q&A: BioWare Plays It Cool With Star Wars: The Old Republic
Best Of Indie Games: Evacuate the Kingdom
Interview: Introversion & The Tricks of the Trade
Sponsored Feature: Multi-Threaded Fluid Simulation for Games
Round Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of June 19


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