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WiiWare FINALLY offering free demos
Gamer Limit —
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Despite having some ridiculously clever gameplay ideas on their service ( Lost Winds , anyone?), sales of downloadable Wii games have faltered for a number of reasons. One is Nintendo’s lackluster online strategy, but that has honestly never been their focus. Another cause of fail is the fact that WiiWare, unlike ...10 hours ago -
Focussed work-hours, and the Studio Manifesto
T=Machine —
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David Sirlin’s just done a writeup of Flashbang studios recent experiment with work hours : “The first part of their theory is that we really only get about 2 hours of seriously focused, amazing-quality work per day–if we’re lucky. Maybe you can get 2.5 or 3 sometimes, but that’s pushing it. There are so ...2 days ago -
Bubble Trubble Now A PSP Mini
Casual Gamer Chick —
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Creat Studios has announced the release of Bubble Trubble for the PSP, PSP Go and the PS3. The goal of the game is to match bubbles as they are floating down. Bubble Trubble combines match three type game play and puzzle game play. The bubbles fall down and float around the screen according to the laws of physics ...3 days ago -
Electronic Arts Lays Off 1,500 Employees
BeefJack - The Gamer's Sauce. —
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Despite its usual blockbuster releases, purchases of small studios and long standing pedigree, Electronic Arts is finding itself in the need of a new structure. The company is adjusting its global workforce and restructuring to the tune of a %17 lay-off. According to Gamespot:The reorg will also see the publisher ...6 days ago -
TIGA Welcomes MPs Support For Games Industry
Soft-Go.Com Blog —
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TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, today welcomed MP Tom Watsons championing of the games industry in Parliament.6 days ago -
PSLS Presents – Ed Vaizey, UK Shadow Minister for Culture
PlayStation LifeStyle —
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The British Games Industry has seen better times, with the nation dropping from the third largest producer of games to the fifth. Developers are leaving the country for greener pastures, and the British education system is failing to provide the skilled workers necessary to create games. Last month PlayStation ...6 days ago -
Monsterville In Search of A Burger Chef
Casual Gamer Chick —
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Robot / Lizard Productions has announced the release of Beastie Burgers . Beastie Burgers is a free to play flash-based time management/cooking game. This time management game is a bit different from other games in the fact that you are helping monsters and not humans. They took the time management genre and added ...6 days ago -
EA to Slash 1,500 Jobs by 2010
Unigamesity —
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Electronic Arts just released a press statement sharing with the world that they had a net revenue of $1.15 Billion in the past quarter, meaning that they were the number one publisher across all platforms. After hearing that, one would believe that it’s a Heaven to be working at EA, right? Well… it probably is ...6 days ago -
So, who’s going to buy Zynga?
T=Machine —
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(for the three people who haven’t heard yet, EA just bought PlayFish, for circa $400 million) Three things I have to say on this: Mainstream games industry people question it’s value Yes, of course it was worth it What Would Zynga Do? Mainstream games industry people question it’s value I’ve seen a lot ...6 days ago -
Atlantica Online Celebrates 1st Anniversary in the US
MMORPG & PC Gaming News, Cheats, Guides & More! —
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Ndoors Interactive is celebrating the first anniversary of Atlantica Online in the US. The title has officially been out for one year in the United States and has emerged as the premier free-to-play, strategic turn-based MMORPG. Ndoors and Atlantica will offer special bonuses and in-game events throughout the ...1 week ago -
Ndoors Releases “Lite” Client for Atlantica Online
MMORPG & PC Gaming News, Cheats, Guides & More! —
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Fans of Atlantica Online rejoice! There is now a new “lite” client for downloading your favorite free MMO. Don’t worry about downloading it and taking forever or taking up too much space on your laptop! You can now use the lite client and play away. Check out what Ndoors has to say about their new lite ...1 week ago -
No Zelda Wii In 2010?
Nine Inch Sandwich —
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Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime was on Gametrailers TV last Thursday to talk about the games the company has heading down the pipeline. Near the end of the episode, Fils-Aime was asked about when we will see the new Zelda that was announced at e3, and he had some unfortunate news to break. “ We ...1 week ago -
Lost Saga Client, X Motor Racing Demo, Close Combat The Longest Day Patch
Gaming Today —
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Lost Saga Client OGPlanet has released a new game client of Lost Saga, an online fighting game where you can choose between four different battle modes, Escapee, Hidden Crown, Power-Stone, and Deathmatch, and fight in many different maps. http://www.filefront.com/14864129/Lost-Saga-Client/ X Motor Racing Demo ...1 week ago -
Diagnosis Murder Becoming A Video Game
Casual Gamer Chick —
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Merscom has announced they will be developing Diagnosis Murder for the PC and Mac. The game is based on the show of the same name that ran for four years. The show was about a father and son pair that solved murders. The father, Dr. Mark Sloan, was a doctor and the son was a detective. The player takes on the role ...1 week ago -
Get the Unreal Development Kit and Related Assets on FileFront!
Gaming Today —
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Wanna make your very own game? Well, here’s your chance! Epic Games has released the Unreal Development Kit. Wondering just what the UDK is? Says Epic: The Unreal Development Kit is the free version of the award-winning Unreal Engine 3, the software development framework used to create computer and video ...1 week ago -
Darkest of Days 1.05 Patch and Toolset
Gaming Today —
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Darkest of Days Instant Action Patch v1.05 Download it at FileFront! Darkest of Days Toolset Download it at FileFront! Share and Enjoy:1 week ago -
Insomniac’s 60fps tradition ends with A Crack in Time
BeefJack - The Gamer's Sauce. —
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Have you ever looked at an Resistance or a Ratchet and Clank game and and not been able to put your finger on what makes the game look better that most? Well, Insomniac Games have been holding there graphics to a rigorous ‘60 frames per second or bust’ standard for years now.But Insomniac, who’s been [...]1 week ago -
Chinese Regulators Go to War Over Online Gaming Company
Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com —
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... Photo) Chinese Regulators Go to War Over Online Gaming Company Beijing. A Chinese regulator has ordered ... other games, so for the other Chinese online game companies, it is a good thing. The ... forms of foreign investment into the countrys online games industry which is expected to be ...1 week ago -
UPDATE 2-China clamps down on Activisions top online game
Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com —
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... registrations. Shares of NetEase, the No. 2 online game company in China, closed down 2.4 percent ... forms of foreign investment into the countrys online games industry -- expected to grow 30-50 percent ... analysts said the impact on other Chinese online gaming operators such as Shanda would be marginal, ...2 weeks ago -
Online Games as a Billion-Dollar Business
T=Machine —
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I spotted some good commentary on NCWest’s City of Heroes/Villains in 2009 today – modulo one or two quirks (umm … does Cryptic have anything to do with CoX any more? I thought this is now NCsoft’s game; as the publisher, they bought out Cryptic’s ownership last year, no?). But one theme in particular ...2 weeks ago
