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Opinion: The many reasons Street Fighter X Tekken sold less than expected

Fri, 25 May 2012 22:38:00 -0400

Capcom's most recent fighting game, Street Fighter X Tekken, didn't sell as much as the publisher expected it to. "Sales of 'Street Fighter X Tekken' have fallen short of our plan. We believe one of causes is cannibalism because of the large number of other games in this genre that were launched within a short time," the company said in a brief Q& A on its website last week. The company blamed competition -- and, ...

Get a job: Ubisoft and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:05:00 -0400

In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Ubisoft, Majesco Entertainment, Powerhead Games, 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 sites focused on ...

Your game industry in your words: Week of May 25

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:31:00 -0400

[Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from game industry figures such as Sony Santa Monica's Shannon Studstill (pictured), Thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen, Zynga's Rob Dyer, 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 the mobile OS race, what FPSes are missing, Zynga attending E3, and more. This Week's Noteworthy Game Industry Quotes "It's one of the greatest ...

Gratuitous Tank Battles highlights this week's Best of Indie Games

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:30:00 -0400

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 run-and-gun shooter for the Xbox Live Indie Games service, a turn-based farming simulator from the recently-concluded Ludum Dare 23 competition, a fantasy interactive fiction by Adam Cadre, plus a top-down adventure game played in a tiny, tiny world. Here's some recent highlights from ...

Apple's App Stores add Free App Of Week, more curated highlights

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:21:00 -0400

Apple has added two new curation features to its iOS and Mac App Stores, "Free App Of The Week" and "Editor's Choice," which are designed to help consumers discover new games. Many have complained about discoverability problems on iOS's App Store in the past, as it can be difficult for a game to stand out from the hundreds of thousands of other titles available on the service. Electronic Arts founder and Digital Chocolate head Trip ...

Another major license heads to Kinect with Harry Potter

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:42:00 -0400

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced a new Harry Potter game that will release exclusively for Xbox 360 and its Kinect motion sensing peripheral this autumn. This news follows not long after another major media franchise, Star Wars, made its debut on Kinect with an exclusive game -- after releasing last month, it became the top-selling title at retail in the U.S. during April (based on individual SKUs). Though Kinect seems to have received few ...

Nordic 2012: How id Software built Rage

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:21:00 -0400

In a talk titled 'Building Rage,' creative director Tim Willits expounded on the ideas that went into the creation of id Software's first-person shooter Rage, sharing effective paradigms and work philosophies. Willits opened the Nordic Game Conference talk by explaining how the studio had initially been working on another title entirely, a survival-horror project that had been code-named Darkness, when the idea for Rage came into being. "So, while [technical director John Carmack] was working ...

Heavy Rain's David Cage: 'I don't care' if my games are art

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:17:00 -0400

When asked if he considers himself an auteur, Cage had to think about how to answer the question. "Do I consider myself doing art? Honestly, certainly not. I don't think I'm doing art. I'm just doing it by passion, and I'm doing what I believe in." The creator sees himself as part of a team collaborating together -- and that's what's important to him. "That's really what we do. And if something of what we ...

Online, mobile game growth leads to increased NetDragon Q1 profits

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:57:00 -0400

Chinese online game operator NetDragon has posted increased revenues and profits year-over-year for the first quarter of the 2012 fiscal year, putting it down to financial growth from both its mobile games and its online titles. The company's Mobile Internet division, which houses its mobile applications distribution platform alongside its mobile games, saw a notable rise in revenues thanks to numerous mobile releases in the quarter, including Dragon Royale Online and HengHa Warring States. NetDragon ...

Battlefield 3, Trine 2 triumph at 2012 Nordic Game Awards

Fri, 25 May 2012 06:37:00 -0400

The 2012 Nordic Game Awards show was held this week as part of this year's Nordic Game Conference, with Battlefield 3, Minecraft and Trine 2 taking home awards. The awards, now in its sixth year, aim to celebrate the best games developed in Nordic regions, such as Denmark, Finland and Sweden, and is organised by the Nordic Game Program. EA DICE's Battlefield 3 took the top award for Best Nordic Game, beating out other finalists ...