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Zynga IPO To Begin Trading On December 16
Social games giant Zynga has filed new papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission, detailing plans about its upcoming initial public offering…
The Craft of Game Systems: Powerful, Flexible Systems
[In this reprinted #altdevblogaday piece, ArenaNet game designer Daniel Achterman examines what developers should keep in mind when attempting to build powerful…
Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition Version 2012 date, change log
Details of all 39 characters’ alterations….
Skyrim To Receive Strong Mod Support
Following a couple of not so great patches, Bethesda have cheered me up immeasurably this morning by sending word that in January…
Still Alive: ‘C64 for iPhone’ Gets iCade Support, iPad Coming
It’s been over a year since the last update, and many in our forums were worried that the app had been abandoned,…
Saling The World: Just Dance 3, Skyward Sword Head Domestic Sales Charts
Gamasutra’s weekly column, “Saling The World”, covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe,…
Seriously: Obsidian Making South Park RPG
THQ have announced that Obsidian are making a South Park RPG: “South Park: The Game” is an epic role-playing adventure that will…
Modern Warfare 3, Black Ops dominate last week’s Xbox Live activity
We had a hunch — okay, it was less a hunch and more an obvious thing to think, but here we are:…
Battlefield Heroes adding content every day up until Christmas
EA is taking a cue from those advent calendars, but instead of giving us a piece of scrumptious milk chocolate every day,…
Orcs Must Die’s ‘Lost Adventures’ DLC coming to XBLA in December
Have you already fulfilled the titular imperative delivered unto the player in Robot Entertainment’s XBLA strategy-action title Orcs Must Die? The joke’s…
Five Alarm Freebie Alert – ‘Space Miner’ and ‘Space Miner HD’ Free for the Weekend
Hey, here’s a thing: both Space Miner [Free] and Space Miner HD [Free] are totally free right now. Back in February of…
In Memoriam: Twelve studios we lost in 2011
Beyond the game industry’s expected annual layoffs and studio closures, 2011 saw a variety of surprisingly high-profile devs shut their doors ……
Final Fantasy XIII-2 trailer shows off combat system improvements
Final Fantasy XIII-2 won’t just append an additional number and some monster-collecting mechanics to the (thirteenth) original, you know. Check out the…
Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies trailer attacks, game available now
Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies, its second attempt at a mobile Zombies, is available now on the iOS App Store….
Skyrim: How To Level Your Skills Through Exploits… Not Quite Cheating, But Kinda
The massive world of Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim features 18 separate skills of various levels of importance. They are leveled through use….
Battlefield 3 Back To Karkand DLC Release Date Announced
DICE has announced the Battlefield 3 "Back To Karkand" DLC will be released on December 6 exclusively for the PlayStation 3. It will…
PlayStation Plus doles out Christmas gifts in Europe
Christmas obviously appeals to our materialistic side, but leaves much to be desired in the instant gratification department. Sony’s giving European PlayStation…