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[11.20.09]

Modern Warfare 2 Infinity Ward's 'Most Successful PC Version' Yet

Offerpal Sets New Ad Standards As Facebook Bans Offer Providers

Class-Action Suit Filed Against Zynga, Facebook Over Offer-Based Ads

Gameloft Scales Back Android Game Development

UK Gov't Intelligence Agency To Advertise On Xbox Live

Video Game Watchdog National Institute On Media And The Family Shutting Down

The Art History of Games Symposium Announced

New Tech, Design Details Of Project Natal To Emerge At Gamefest In February

BioShock, Far Cry 2's O'Connor: Beware 'Serviceable, Not Great' Approaches To Integrating Game Writers

PSP, PS3 Lead Weekly Japanese Sales Charts

Sony 'Confident' In 13 Million PS3 Target This Year, Plans Online Services

Microsoft To Offer Free Xbox Live Weekends To Silver Members

GDC 2010's Experimental Gameplay Workshop Calls For Submissions

Saling The World: Wii Fit Plus, New Super Mario Bros. Wii Head U.S. Sales

Best Of Indie Games: We Need More Heroes

Opinion: Rethinking Player Death

Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of November 20

Interview: Capy Talks Critter Crunch, Mobile Horrors

[11.19.09]

GameStop Acquires Majority Stake in Jolt Online Gaming

Marvelous Sees Success With PSP Games, Less So With Wii

Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment Options Dark Void Film

Stardock Reveals Impulse, Steam Market Share Estimates

Disciples III Dev Akella Signs DRM Deal With Byteshield

Valve: Devs Should Experiment With Post-Release Content Using Digital Distribution

Japanese Software: J-League Pro Soccer Club Replaces Winning Eleven At Top

Best of GameSetWatch: From New Super Chick Sisters to Choose Your Own Adventure

Sony: 'All PS3 Units Will Be Firmware-Upgradeable To 3D'

GameStop Reports Boost In Q3 Sales, Profits

Analyst: Nintendo Likely To Launch On-Demand Wii Video Channel In U.S.

Feature: Minimizing Risks In Large Productions

NaturalMotion Opens New Korean Office

PSN Revenues Hit October High, As Sony Mulls 'Premium' Subscriptions

Sony: Game Biz To Be Profitable By 2011

NeoEdge Merges With Offspring, Expands Into Game Creation

Analysis: Shattered Horizons and New Horizons For Weightless Gaming

This Week In Video Game Criticism: All You Need Is Love

In-Depth: PixelJunk's Baiyon Vs. Katamari's Takahashi

Interview: The Developers And Daniel Johnston

Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Design Docs To Designing By 'No'

[11.18.09]

Study: MMOs Take Up 14% Of Gaming Time In U.S

Uncharted 2, Batman, Others Vie For Top Honors At Spike VGAs

IGF 2010 Reveals Record Student Entry Numbers

Analyst: Over 60 Percent Of All iPhone Apps Have Been Pirated

Feature: 'And Yet It Grows: Analyzing the Size and Growth of the European Game Market'

Activision: Modern Warfare 2 Rakes In $550 Million Five-Day Gross

SCEA, Ubi, Disney, EA Face Voice Tech Patent Suit

Layoffs Hit Australia's Krome Studios

Kotick Sells More Activision Shares, Gains $17 Million

Critical Reception: Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Retailer Sports Authority To Sell Wii, Fitness Software

Q&A: The Then And Now of Hitman Dev IO Interactive

In-Depth: On Company Culture, Hiring, And Retention

In-Depth: North American PlayStation Network Sales, October 2009

Analysis: Industry Faces Steep Odds Against Year-Over-Year Growth

[11.17.09]

Hecker: Indies Can't Do All The Heavy Creative Lifting

Activision Unveils Bay Area-Based Sledgehammer Games

Zynga Raises $15.2 Million In New Funding

Valve's Holtman: Digital Direct Gives Developers More Pricing Freedom

David Sirlin: Keep Interface Design Simple, Concise, Efficient

EA Memo Confirms Pandemic Consolidation, Van Caneghem Hire

Fils-Aime: Wii HD 'Will Not Be The Next Step For Us'

Funcom Looks Forward To Secret World Amid Q3 Losses

Activision Edits Modern Warfare 2 For Russia

Sony Confirms Facebook On PS3, Details Firmware Update 3.10

Modern Warfare 2 Release Week, Console Bannings Have Major Effect On XBLA Sales

In-Depth: The Guide To Rescuing A Troubled Project

Randy Smith: Do Games Need To Be Fun?

Tradewest Founder Leland Cook Passes Away

Analysis: Nintendo's DSi Sales Trends, Wii Price Cut Too Late?

Analysis: Gungriffon - The Forgotten Conflict

Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Betamax To Game Engines

[11.16.09]

In-Depth: Ugly, Quick, And Dirty - The Power of Working Fast

Assassin's Creed 2's Plourde On Why 'Fail Early, Fail Often' Is The Wrong Approach

EA Montreal's Schneider: Who Do We Make Games For?

Japanese Hardware: PlayStation 3 Outsells All Hardware, Including DSi

IGDA Offers Group Health Insurance Access

Wada: Too Much Diversification Will Confuse Game Consumers

Square Enix's Wada Talks Going Beyond Globalization

NPD: 14 Percent Of Households Have An Online Game Subscription

ESA: 42 Percent Thinking Games For Holidays

Softkinetic, Optrima Partner On 3D Gesture Recognition Tech

Develop Liverpool Sees 160 Delegates, To Return In 2010

UK Modern Warfare 2 Sales Hit $111.8 Million To Top UK Charts

OnLive To Work On Mobile Phones

Japanese Software: Winning Eleven Takes Lead From Bayonetta

Analysis: On PSP Go's Launch Numbers, PSP's U.S. Future

Release This: New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Left 4 Dead 2 Debut Stateside

Stonetrip Unveils Updates To Shiva Editor

Hansoft Hires EA Sports Vet Wynn, Launches Consultant Training Program

Interview: Kajiya Productions on Translating Final Fantasy

Postmortem: Behind The Scenes Of Scribblenauts

[11.13.09]

Fils-Aime: Nintendo Offers 'Full Meal' To iPhone's 'Small Chunks'

Sony Brings Internet Play To Local PSP Multiplayer Games

NPD: October Top 20 Sees Impressive Demon's Souls Showing

IGDA Forum: Asking 'Why' Will Keep Games Out Of The Ghetto, Says Hecker

IGDA Forum: WB's Ryan On What It Takes

Naughty Dog: Uncharted 2 Could Lead 'Shift' In PS3 Tech Prowess

Guillemot: UPlay Community Features Will Help Ubisoft 'Get Closer To Our Customers'

Bobby Kotick Nets $20M In Stock Option Sale

Analyst: Take-Two 70 Percent Growth An 'Example' In Challenging Economy

SouthPeak Reverses Loss, Buys Midway TNA Assets

Interview: Ohai Makes A Case For Social MMOs With City of Eternals Facebook MMO

Saling The World: Modern Warfare 2 Tops Charts in U.S. and UK

IGDA Leadership: Firaxis' Caudill On Doing It 'Sid's Way'

Sponsored Feature: Rasterization on Intel's Larrabee

Analysis: Modern Warfare 2 - Is It Really 'No Girls Allowed'?

Best Of Indie Games: Close to the Black Heart

[11.12.09]

Playdom Acquires Green Patch, Trippert Labs

NPD: October U.S. Sales Slump 19% As Wii Re-Tops Hardware

NPD: Uncharted 2 Heads October 2009 U.S. Game Sales

Microsoft: Xbox 360 Only YTD Grower, As Xbox Live Hits 2 Million Simultaneous

EA: 'No Coincidence' That Layoffs, PlayFish Buy Emerged Simultaneously

Twitter, Facebook To Hit Xbox Live November 17

ESA Nite To Unite For Kids Raises $800,000

Wooga Raises $7.5 Million For Social Games, New Hires

GameCareerGuide Feature: Game Design Challenge - Sidekick

Farrell: Leaner Structure, New Opportunities To Drive THQ Profitability

GameStop Planning In-Store Console DLC Download Service

Best of GameSetWatch: From REO Speedwagon to Rock Band Network

Fils-Aime: 'I Like Our Chances' Against Rival Motion Controls

Epic's Free Unreal Development Kit Gains 50,000 Users In First Week

Postmortem: Wadjet Eye's The Blackwell Convergence

TimeGate Licenses Vision Engine For MMO Project

Massive, comScore Collaborate To Measure Effectiveness Of In-Game Ads

PSN Struggles With Modern Warfare 2 Launch

U.S., UK Modern Warfare 2 Launch Sales Hit 4.7 Million Units

Q&A: Data Beez's West Coast Chiptune Romp

The Week In Game Criticism: Duty Calls, Google Waves, Dragon Ages

Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Going Indie To Boycotting Steam

Q&A: Valve's Swift On Left 4 Dead 2's Production, AI Boost

[11.11.09]

Social Dev Playdom Raises $43 Million

Gaming Network Playfire Raises $2.1M From Atomico, Atari's Gardner, Others

Report: PlayStation 3 To Add Facebook Integration

Modern Warfare 2 Sells 1.23 Million Day One Copies In UK Alone

Report: Microsoft Bans Live Accounts For Modded Consoles

Mad Catz Sees Sales Fall On Slow-Starting Holiday Season

UK Court Dismisses Convicted Console Modder's Appeal In 'Pivotal' Case

NCsoft Aims For 2011 Guild Wars 2 Release

Spider Devs On Rock-Bottom iPhone Pricing: 'You Don't Have To Do It'

PlayStation 'Father' Kutaragi Founds New Online Networking Company

Critical Reception: Activision/Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2

Q&A: Sands of Destruction Team Talks Battle System, Story Creation

Analysis: Meeting the Badman

Opinion: The Lion's Gate - Majors And Indie Publishing

[11.10.09]

Nielsen: Heavy Marketing, Quality Expectations Drive Modern Warfare 2 Buzz

American Council on Exercise Charts 'Underwhelming' Wii Fit Health Benefits

Penny Arcade Launches 2009 Child's Play Charity Drive

GCG Design Challenge Results Showcase Photographic Interpretation

Analyst: New Super Mario Bros. Wii Could Outdo Modern Warfare 2

Xbox Live Game Show 1 Vs. 100 Gets Second Season

Former ESA Head Lowenstein To Receive AIAS Lifetime Achievement Award

Need For Speed: Shift Developed Largely Remotely

Giana Sisters Co-Creator Armin Gessert Passes

Analysts Question EA's Playfish Buy, Future Prospects

TIGA: UK Devs Want To Address Piracy Themselves

GDC 2010 Reminds Of Summit Submissions, IGF Student, Mobile Deadline

In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade Sales Analysis, October 2009

Analysis: What The (Game) Papers Say - November 2009, Pt. 1

Interview: Cascade Game Foundry's New Lease On The Simulation Genre

Analysis: Is Delay Publishers’ New Marketing Strategy?

Gamasutra Member Blogs: From 'RPG Elements' To Physics Engines

[11.09.09]

EA's Riccitiello: Cuts Necessary To 'Transform Our Company'

EA Announces Increased Net Loss, Confirms 1,500 Layoffs

Zynga Removes CPA Offers After FishVille Suspension

Report: Layoffs Hit EA Studios Including Tiburon, Black Box, Redwood Shores, Mythic

Interview: EAi, Playfish On Bringing Electronic Arts Brands to Social Networks

Unity User Base Reaches 33,500 In Wake Of Free License

EA Confirms $300 Million Playfish Acquisition

Best Of GamerBytes - All Out Of Gum

Capcom's Niitsuma: Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom Only Works For Wii

NCsoft Sales, Profits Surge Following Global Aion Launch

Wii Fit Plus Leads As Dragon Age Debuts Strong In UK

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Launch Defeats Street Dates

Konami Reports Sales, Profit Declines In Half-Year

Activision Donating $1 Million To Military Veterans

Analyst: October NPD To See 9 Percent Software Decline, Uncharted 2 As Top Title

Release This: Modern Warfare 2, Phantasy Star Zero Debut in U.S.

Analysis: Mole's Eyes - Fatale's Storytelling Attitude

Interview: Tri-Ace on Resonance of Fate's Battles, Manly Characters

Interview: Al Lowe Talks New iPhone App, Evolution Of The Adventure Game Genre

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