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Dragon Age: Origins Sells In 3.2 Million Units
by Leigh Alexander
[02.09.10]
Calling it a "tremendous start for the Dragon Age franchise", BioWare revealed that Dragon Age: Origins has shipped more than 3.2 million units globally since it launched in Fall 2009.
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Adult Swim: Don't 'Hamstring' Developers With Existing IP
by Staff, Paul Hyman
[02.09.10]
The overseers of Cartoon Network TV division Adult Swim's web games (Amateur Surgeon, 5 Minutes To Kill (Yourself)) have told Gamasutra why original IP reigns supreme for its games, despite the plethora of TV shows it could pick from.
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Best of FingerGaming: From Vanquish to Assassin's Creed II
by Danny Cowan
[02.08.10]
Every week, Gamasutra sums up sister iPhone site FingerGaming's top news and reviews for Apple's nascent portable games platform -- this time covering notable debuts like Vanquish, Assassin's Creed II: Discovery, and Pocket Chef.
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Gamasutra, GamesPress Partner On Press Release Page
by Staff
[02.09.10]
Gamasutra is debuting a new partnership with UK headquartered information aggregator GamesPress, with a new dedicated 'press releases' section listing the latest unfiltered industry announcements.
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RedLynx Hails Digital Publishing, Sells 1.5 Million Units In 2009
by Leigh Alexander
[02.09.10]
Trials HD developer RedLynx sold 1.5 million copies altogether of its four releases during 2009, the Helsinki-based studio's best year ever thanks to, it says, digital publishing.
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Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Broken Emotions To The Game Of Game-Making
by Staff
[02.09.10]
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our weblog writers examine how the game medium often destroys emotional ties with characters, why chasing perfection can be a bad thing, and how making games is a game in itself.
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EA Reduces Quarterly Loss, Claims #1 Publisher Position
by Chris Remo
[02.08.10]
EA saw its fiscal third quarter revenue decline year over year, but at the same time shrunk its net loss from $641 million to $82 million, while reaching a company high for digital revenue. [UPDATE: EA shares fell 8.5% to $16.]
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EA: Distribution Business To Be Pared Down, Headcount Stable In 2010
by Chris Remo
[02.08.10]
EA will be publish fewer externally-developed games, focusing on internal titles with higher margins, the company said today, and it plans to keep its headcount steady through its upcoming fiscal year.
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Game Developer Announces Salary Survey Call, Now Including Indies
by Staff
[02.08.10]
The editors of Game Developer magazine and Gamasutra invite readers to participate in the annual Game Developer Salary Survey, now expanded to include indies -- with a free GDC Main Conference Pass up for grabs.
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EA Dates Dragon Age 2, Dead Space 2, Crysis 2, Console Sims 3
by Chris Remo
[02.08.10]
Following its fiscal third quarter results, EA said it will release Crysis 2 and a Sims 3 console title in Q4 of this year, with Dead Space 2 and Dragon Age following in early 2011.
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Almaz Capital Buys 23% Of Russian Casual Dev Alawar
by Chris Remo
[02.08.10]
Almaz Capital Partners, a Russian venture capital firm, has acquired a 23 percent stake in Russian casual game developer Alawar Entertainment after buying a quantity of shares from Finam Investment Holding.
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The Art History... Of Games? Games As Art May Be A Lost Cause
by Charles J. Pratt
[02.08.10]
At the Art History of Games conference, Tale of Tales, the indie studio behind The Path, argues that "games are not art," and "largely a waste of time." Meanwhile, one professor examines where art and play have collided.
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Madden NFL Coming To Facebook
by Leigh Alexander
[02.08.10]
Electronic Arts, which now has social gaming company Playfish under its belt, is bringing its Madden NFL brand to the Facebook gaming space, says EA Sports boss Peter Moore.
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PlayFirst Hires Sims Veteran Pattnaik, Signals Social Move
by Chris Remo
[02.08.10]
Casual developer PlayFirst (Diner Dash, Chocolatier) has hired Mitali Pattnaik, previously a social gaming executive at EA, to serve as general manager as the company moves into social games.
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Free Realms Reaches 8 Million Registrations
by Chris Remo
[02.08.10]
Free Realms, Sony Online Entertainment's youth-targeted free-to-play PC MMO, has reached a milestone of eight million unique user registrations, the publisher announced today.
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Bungie 'Saddened' By Halo 2 Offline, Plans 'One Last Hoorah'
by Leigh Alexander
[02.08.10]
Bungie says it's "saddened" by changes coming to Xbox Live that will take Halo 2 offline, but advises fans to plan "one last hoorah" online on April 14, the day before original Xbox's go-dark.
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Best Of GamerBytes: Got Places To Go, Gotta Follow My Rainbow!
by Ryan Langley
[02.08.10]
We round up the week's top news and interviews from console digital download site GamerBytes, with news ranging from the debuts of Chime and Fret Nice to the announcement of Sonic 4.
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Championship Manager Online To Shut Down
by Leigh Alexander
[02.08.10]
Eidos will close soccer strategy MMO Championship Manager Online on April 30, ending nearly five years of operations -- just three months after its co-developer laid off much of its staff.
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NetEase Suspends WoW China New User Registrations In New Regulatory Snag
by Leigh Alexander
[02.08.10]
Chinese World of Warcraft operator NetEase has suspended new user registrations for the week while it applies for a license to operate the Burning Crusade expansion pack.
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Square Enix Sees Profits Up 48.2 Percent, FFXIII Reaches 1.8 Million Units
by Leigh Alexander
[02.08.10]
Thanks in part to 1.8 million units of Final Fantasy XIII sold to date, Square Enix saw its profits rise 48.2 percent in the nine months ended in December 2009, which the company calls "solid progress."
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