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The Small, White Elephant in the Room - (USA)
Every month I get game magazines with beautiful characters from HD games splashed across their covers. The latest EGM features the Watchmen, the newest Edge details Little Big Planet and Game Developer dives into downloadable XBLA game The Age of Booty. Roundtable discussions in these magazines with developers and producers invariably focus on HD games and the challenge of creating and bringing them to market. If you don’t follow the monthly NPD report you probably would have no idea that Nint
http://videolamer.com/3871
10 Tips for Monetizing Social Traffic Through Virtual Currency - (USA)
This is a guest post by Anu Shukla, CEO of Offerpal Media. Offerpal Media is a leading “managed offer platform” for social applications, virtual worlds, games, and community-oriented websites. The Opportunity A new boon is taking place on the Internet. For community-oriented web publishers like social networks, social applications, virtual worlds, MMOGs and other social properties on which traditional advertising has produced such little revenue per user relative to other sites, a new market
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2008/11/25/10-tips-for-monetizing-social-traffic-through-virtual-currency/
An open letter to iPhone and iPod touch game developers: Top Five Essential Features - (USA)
Here's a top 5 list of what I feel game developers should address when making games on the iPhone and iPod touch platform. I am not downplaying the greatness of the App Store, as I use it every day and enjoy the creativity of some developers out there making some fascinating games. I'm interested in learning and sharing my thoughts about such a new gaming medium. Let us know if there are any other essential features that you think should be in the top 5 with your comments below! 5. Stable Fram
http://www.gamingbits.com/content/view/6308/0
Sharing And Caring - (USA)
If everyone can agree that games deserve to be reviewed, critiqued and discussed by intelligent and literate journalists, no one can agree on what they'll sacrifice to make that happen. There are too many public representatives of developers and publishers who champion a smarter gaming press but only until it affects profitability. Evidently games journalism walks a thin line between respectable, serious criticism and unfair, irresponsible sniping and reviewers cross that line every time they de
http://www.hitselfdestruct.com/2008/09/sharing-and-caring.html
Nintendo DS pirate gets $96,000 fine and 2 years in prison - (USA)
Note to pirates: don't set up a large, wholesale piracy operation in the country where your target's main business is located. A man was sentenced to 2 years in prison and a $96,000 fine for operating a web site offering downloadable versions over 1000 Nintendo DS games. In Japan. Oops. The court was not sympathetic. The current state of the Internet is going to make choosing jurisdictions to avoid prosecution much easier. Console makers, publishers, and developers are going to have to
http://playnoevil.com/serendipity/?/archives/2640-Nintendo-DS-pirate-gets-96,000-fine-and-2-years-in-prison.html=
About TheServerSide.com, Your Enterprise Java Community - (USA)
http://www.theserverside.com/tt/common/about.tss
theBookseller.com - (USA)
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Micro-Payment Solution Provider, PlaySpan Secures $16.8 Million in Series B Funding - (USA)
PlaySpan, the leading provider of digital goods micro-transaction and payment solutions, secures $16.8M in Series B investment from Easton Capital Group, Menlo Ventures, Novel TMT Ventures, STIC and other undisclosed investors. This new capital brings the company’s total venture funding to $24M. The new funding will be used to expand into Europe and Asia and to grow PlaySpan’s global publisher and user-base. PlaySpan offers publishers and developers a complete out-of-the-box platform for
http://www.sociableblog.com/2008/11/26/playspan-secures-168-million-in-series-b-funding/
SouthPeak’s ‘Brave: A Warrior’s Tale’ Now Available for Xbox 360 and Wii - (USA)
Hopefully this game isn’t as bad as X-Blades!An Action-Packed Adventure Game That’s Fun for the Whole FamilySouthPeak Interactive Corporation (OTCBB: SOPK), in conjunction with Evolved Games, announced today that Brave: A Warrior’s Tale™ for Wii™ has shipped to all North American retailers. In addition, Brave: A Warrior’s Tale for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, which shipped August 4, 2009, has received Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Family Games seal of approval. Brave: A W
http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/press-releases/southpeaks-brave-a-warriors-tale-now-available-for-xbox-360-and-wii/
gamedevmap - (USA)
http://www.gamedevmap.com/
8,450 game industry redundancies since July - (USA)
The game industry is booming at retail but lots of developers and publishers are making losses and even going bust. Which is putting thousands of development and publishing staff out of a job . A lot of this is just the normal Darwinian stuff of the survival of the fittest, but some of it is structural and due to some unsatisfactory business models in the industry. Especially boxed console titles, which have become very high risk and boxed PC games which are being killed off by piracy . The
http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/05/09/8450-game-industry-redundancies-since-july/
HomePage-RochelleSchwab - (USA)
Jewish mother helps daughter plan traditional Jewish lesban wedding
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CCLaP: Obsession of the moment: Small Dogs Press - (USA)
http://www.cclapcenter.com/2007/07/obsession_of_the_moment_small.html
Jerry Bruckheimer is starting up a videogame company - (USA)
This is it, folks. Videogames have officially arrived. Today, MTV Games announced that the mastermind who produced such cinematic gems as Gone in Sixty Seconds , Coyote Ugly , and Kangaroo Jack , Jerry Bruckheimer, is forming his own videogame company, and they’re signed up as the publishers. Yup, the industry got his attention. To give some credibility to the announcement, the announcement mentions that the company, cleverly titled Jerry Bruckheimer Games Inc., will be led by two industr
http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2009/05/12/jerry-bruckheimer-is-starting-up-a-videogame-company/
WithCake.com Developers Looking - (USA)
http://withcake.com/developers/rss
Piracy of Demigod - The Real Story™ - (USA)
Of the games that are conducive to tracking the number of pirate copies in circulation, there are precious few of their developers and/or publishers that have been willing to share their statistics. When 2D Boy reported a 90% (later amended to 82%) piracy rate of World of Goo and Stardock indicated similar numbers on Demigod a few months later it caused quite a stir . Gamestop released Demigod the week prior to the scheduled date. Make of that what you will. Stardock's server infr
http://hellforge.gameriot.com/blogs/Demigod/Piracy-of-Demigod-The-Real-Story
Grin praises XBLA/PSN development, dislikes submission process - (USA)
Stockholm, Sweden-based Grin , developer of last year's superb downloadable title Bionic Commando: Rearmed , recently told Develop magazine that while XBLA and PSN give smaller developers a chance to get just as much exposure as the largest publishers, the process of actually getting a game onto them can be daunting. Grin CEO Bo Andersson expressed, "It's really nice that, whoever you are, you can get the same sort of attention [on XBLA and PSN]. I don't think the big publishers can musc
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/13/grin-praises-xbla-psn-development-dislikes-submission-process/
This week in game releases: May 11-17, 2009 - (USA)
Pick of the week: Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner 2 (PS2) You have to give it to Atlus. While many publishers and developers have moved on to the current generation of consoles, Atlus continues to give the PlayStation 2 plenty of JRPG love. And if you've made your way through the previous MegaTen game to hit the console—last year's Persona 4 —then Atlus has the perfect game to move on to: Devil Summoner 2 . Like most games in the SMT franchise, DS2 is a very dark and moody expe
http://www.dintz.com/this-week-in-game-releases-may-11-17-2009/
Discouraging Resales Hurts The Consumer, Too? - (USA)
“Discouraging Resales Hurts The Consumer, Too”… according to GameStop. I try to check out Gamasutra at least once a week and stumbled upon an article about how GameStop claims used game sales actually help the consumer. While it’s obvious they would say this due to the nature of their empire, I find it hard to believe that used game sales actually benefit anyone other than GameStop. Due to the current economy, many developers and publishers will be trying to encourage the sales of new gam
http://kezins.com/2008/11/discouraging-resales-hurts-the-consumer-too/6643
PAX 2009 exhibitors list released, is comprehensive - (USA)
Organisers of the annual Penny Arcade Expo, or PAX, have released a long, comprehensive list of companies that will be exhibiting and hocking their wares at PAX 2009 this year, the sixth rendition of the show. Exhibitors include major game developers and publishers such as Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, Blizzard and Ubisoft, which means there’s going to be an abundance of yet-to-be-released games on the show floor for people to get their hands on. PAX 2009 will also play host to panels by re
http://www.el33tonline.com/past/2009/8/7/pax_2009_exhibitors_list_released/
GotFrag DPAD - Nintendo Wii News Story - Wii Bit of Worry - (USA)
http://dpad.gotfrag.com/wii/story/35551/
GameStreamer Launches New Service With Neustar - (USA)
GameStreamer Launches New Service With NeustarEnterprise-Class Digital Distribution Gaming Innovator Benefits from Neustar’s Load Testing, Website Monitoring, and Managed DNS ServicesSTERLING, Va., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Neustar, Inc. (NYSE:NSR) today announced that GameStreamer, a leading enterprise-class B2B game store provider for digital distribution of and streaming solutions for PC-based casual and core video games, successfully launched its Software as a Service (SaaS) solution w
http://www.only2press.com/archives/16467
PlaySpan lands $16.8 million in funding - (USA)
PlaySpan, a company that specializes in digital microtransactions and payment services, announced on Tuesday that it raised $16.8 million in Series B funding from Easton Capital Group, Menlo Ventures, Novel TMT Ventures, STIC Investments, and other undisclosed investors. According to the company, the new funding will be used to expand its operation into Europe and Asia, which company executives believe are untapped markets that offer growth potential for PlaySpan. "Online-game publishers and
http://www.mashget.com/2008/11/25/playspan-lands-168-million-in-funding/
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat - (USA)
Jobs and recruiting for media professionals in journalism, on-line content, book publishing, TV, radio, PR, graphic design, photography, and advertising
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/2007/06.asp
iPhone Dev Center (Updated) - (USA)
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/index.action;jsessionid=73345033A81583AC1FDA6713EBC9AEC1.worker11
PAX Exhibitors: Headliners include Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Ubisoft, Blizzard and Wizards of the C - (USA)
SEA TTLE – Aug. 6, 20 09 - The organizers of the sixth annual PAX gaming festival today announced key details of the upcoming show to be held Sept. 4-6 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. This year’s exhibition hall will offer PAX attendees han ds-on time with highly anticipated games and products from nearly 100 exhibitors, including top publishers Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Ubisoft, Blizzard and Wizards of the Coast (see below for a complete exhibitor list).
http://pixelatedgeek.com/2009/08/pax-exhibitors-headliners-include-microsoft-sony-nintendo-ubisoft-blizzard-and-wizards-of-the-coast/
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