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Gamasutra Member Blogs: From designer-friendly programming to the hardest mobile game

Wed, 30 May 2012 19:01:00 -0400

[In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, such as companies taking advantage of game jams to analyze new talent, the drawbacks of being indie, and more.] Member Blogs can be maintained by any registered Gamasutra user, while invitation-only Expert Blogs -- also highlighted weekly -- are written by selected development professionals. We hope that our blog sections can provide useful and interesting viewpoints on our industry. For more information, check ...

Top-Grossing Android games: Slotomania challenges Rage of Bahamut

Wed, 30 May 2012 18:51:00 -0400

Every week, Gamasutra rounds up the top-grossing Android gaming applications, as current that day at Google Play. This week's U.S. revenue charts see Rage of Bahamut and Slotomania leading today's rankings, as Tiny Village and Temple Run also report top earnings. These charts allow end users to see who is making the most money on Google Play that day. It differs significantly from the Top Paid Games chart, which is ranked by sales, and therefore ...

Top-Grossing iOS Games: Kingdoms of Camelot topples DragonVale

Wed, 30 May 2012 18:50:00 -0400

Every week, Gamasutra rounds up the top-grossing iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad applications, as current that day in the iTunes App Store. This week's U.S. revenue charts see Kingdoms of Camelot and Haypi Dragon earning top iPhone sales, while Poker by Zynga and Bejeweled Blitz emerge as big sellers on the iPad. These charts allow end users to see who is making the most money on the App Store that day. It differs significantly from ...

Apple not interested in 'traditional gaming' says CEO Tim Cook

Wed, 30 May 2012 10:20:00 -0400

Apple is not interested in getting involved with what is perceived as "traditional gaming," CEO Tim Cook said this week. Speaking at the D10 conference, and as reported by All Things Digital, Cook explained that games have evolved past big-screen console gaming, and Apple is not interested in exploring that particular area of the market. "I view that we are in gaming now in a fairly big way," he said. "Gaming has kind of evolved ...

Opinion: Make games for yourself - and nobody else

Wed, 30 May 2012 03:46:00 -0400

[In this op-ed from the May issue, Game Developer magazine editor-in-chief Brandon Sheffield argues that developers should stop focusing on monitoring metrics and emulating popular games, and instead be successful through interesting titles that are true to their own vision.] A lot of people say that if you want to make a popular game, you need to listen to focus groups, carefully monitor metrics, and focus on the mainstream. I say: bullshit. Scaling small and ...

Best of iOS news: From Defender Chronicles II to Virtua Tennis Challenge

Tue, 29 May 2012 19:48:00 -0400

[Gamasutra rounds up the latest news in the world of App Store gaming, featuring standout releases like Defender Chronicles II, RunRunDie, Virtua Tennis Challenge, and Gauge.] - Menara Games Debuts Tower Defense Sequel Defender Chronicles II Following up on its 2009 App Store hit, Menara delivers a vertically oriented take on the tower defense genre boasting dozens of unit types and five gameplay modes. - Student-Developed Platformer RunRunDie! Debuts In App Store "Voltic Games, a ...

GameStop expands Android tablet sales to over 1,600 locations

Tue, 29 May 2012 11:53:00 -0400

Major games retailer GameStop has increased the number of its stores offering specialized Android tablets, and is now selling the devices at nearly a third of its stores in the U.S. The company has made mobile and tablet sales a key part of its growth strategy in the last year. It intends to generate $150-$160 million from the segment by the end of the year, and a total of $550-$600 million by 2014. GameStop began ...

Ask Gamasutra: The Pre-E3 Edition - optimism and dread

Tue, 29 May 2012 11:31:00 -0400

Ask Gamasutra is a monthly column that takes issues from within the video game industry, and poses them as a question to the editorial staff. In contributing to this article, none of the editors read each other's responses. This is not about collaboration, but about the unique perspective that each individual Gamasutra editor offers. For our latest edition of Ask Gamasutra, we take a look at E3 2012. The annual show, held by the Entertainment ...

Digital vs. Retail: Five big publishers

Tue, 29 May 2012 03:53:00 -0400

A couple of weeks ago, while looking at diminishing hardware and software sales figures in the U.S. and the UK, I brought up the issue of digital sales figures. At that time I was looking at the estimates that the NPD Group has released for the U.S., but today I want to take a slightly more global view by looking at the worldwide retail and digital figures reported by five big publishers. The data below ...

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 ...