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Your game industry in your words: Week of February 3

dblaze — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:13 +0000

[Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from game industry figures such as Double Fine's Tim Schafer, FASA founder Jordan Weisman, Zynga's Brian Reynolds, and many others.] In our original and exclusive interviews, analysis, and feature pieces over the past week, a wide variety of developers, publishers, and indies shared their thoughts on game cloning, arcade titles from Atari designers, and Kinect’s future. This Week’s Noteworthy Game Industry Quotes “There are now more opportunities than ever for game …

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Get a job: Visceral Games, 2K Marin, and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board

dblaze — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:13 +0000

In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra’s jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Visceral Games, 2K Marin, Sony Computer Entertainment America, and others. Each position posted by employers will appear on the main Gamasutra job board, and appear in the site’s daily and weekly newsletters, reaching our readers directly. It will also be cross-posted for free across Gamasutra’s network of submarket sites, which includes content …

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Another ratings group and 470,000 game addicts, this week in Korean news

dblaze — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:12 +0000

[Gamasutra rounds up the week's biggest reports on South Korea's booming online games market from This Is Game, the leading English-language site about the country's game industry.] In our latest round-up of news from South Korea’s online games space, we look at a new game ratings group set up by the government, plans to review online gaming regulations, and WeMade Entertainment purchasing online action game Lost Saga. 470,000 minors presumably addicted to games The South …

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Apple removes several iOS copycat games from one offending developer

dblaze — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:12 +0000

Apple struck a blow against video game clones today by removing several offending apps from one rather prolific independent developer. Among the removed games are apps such as Plant vs. Zombie, Angry Ninja Birds, and Temple Jump, each of which (as you might guess from their titles) had more than a little in common with with major titles such as Plants vs. Zombies, Angry Birds, and Temple Run, respectively. The recently-removed Temple Jump in particular …

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Halfbrick, Bejeweled, Pocket Gems talks added to GDC 2012 Smartphone Summit

dblaze — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:11 +0000

With the 2012 Game Developers Conference inching ever closer, show organizers are highlighting new talks within the Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit, featuring Halfbrick on Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, PopCap on Bejeweled Blitz, and Pocket Gems on post-release development. These talks join an already jam-packed lineup for the Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit, which will feature sessions covering the latest and most influential practices in mobile development, spanning platforms from iOS, Android, Windows Phone, …

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Best of Indie Games: From The Cat that Got the Milk to Hack, Slash, Loot

dblaze — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:11 +0000

[Every week, IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor-in-chief Tim W. will be summing up some of the top free-to-download and commercial indie games from the last seven days on his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on “Best Of Indie Games,” we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week. The delights in this edition include a racing game for the Xbox Live Indie Games service, a …

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Disgaea performance boosts Nippon Ichi earnings estimates

dblaze — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:10 +0000

Newsbrief: Japanese publisher Nippon Ichi has raised its annual financial guidance following better-than-expected sales of its Disgaea franchise. For the 12 month period ended March 31, 2012, Nippon Ichi expects to see 203 million yen ($2.7 million) in profit, up from 59 million yen ($770,000), while overall revenue is expected to hit 2.29 billion yen ($30.1 million), down slightly from 2.25 billion yen ($29.5 million) previously. According to Japan-focused game site Andriasang, the company’s boost …

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Report: Layoffs hit EA’s Vancouver branch as company makes digital shift

dblaze — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:10 +0000

Electronic Arts has laid off what it’s calling a “small number” of employees at its Vancouver branch as part of a restructuring effort to focus more on its digital content. With the move, EA said it hopes to better align its Vancouver branch with the company’s current focus on digital, online, and free to play games, reports Industry Gamers. While technically located just outside of Vancouver in Burnaby, British Colombia, this branch is home to …

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Microsoft’s Xbox Live policy director resigning

dblaze — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:09 +0000

Xbox Live’s policy and enforcement director Stephen “Stepto” Toulouse, who has worked at Microsoft for nearly 18 years, announced that he’s resigning from the company in two weeks to explore other opportunities. Toulouse often served as the public face for Xbox Live matters, and managed complaints and user bannings/suspensions on the Xbox 360 online service. He described his position as “[making] the Xbox Live experience a consistent, safe, and enjoyable one.” Prior to joining the …

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Kingdom Rush takes on Where’s My Water? on iPad charts

dblaze — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:09 +0000

[In this weekly column, Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Kingdom Rush, Hamlet HD and Paper Monsters currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.] This week’s top paid titles are: 1. Where’s My Water? ($0.99) 2. Kingdom Rush ($0.99) 3. Paper Monsters ($0.99) 4. Angry Birds Seasons HD ($1.99) 5. Words With Friends HD ($0.99) 6. Angry Birds Rio HD ($2.99) …

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