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Report: EA in talks with Apple for Tablet Games
Apple’s Tablet is as real as rain and it will support games, digital newspapers and books according to an interesting report from CNN Money. Several reports that surfaced on the web this week revealed some secret deals Apple has been negotiating with U.S. content publishers, including Harper Collins U.S., The New York Times and Conde [...]
Sony delays PS3 Motion Controller to Fall 2010
Sony announced today that its PlayStation 3 motion controller would not be released this spring, as was previously announced. The company said that it would now be released sometime this fall, though one would guess it will be in the late fall to take advantage of the 2010 holiday shopping season in the United States [...]
Zynga Players Raise $1.5 Million for Haitian Relief Efforts
In a mere five days, more than 300,000 players of Zynga’s various social networking games purchased an estimated $1.5 million in virtual goods to support relief efforts in Haiti. According to Zynga, players from 47 countries donated to the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) by buying limited edition items in FarmVille, FishVille, Mafia Wars and [...]
Game Developers Choice Awards Nominees Announced
For developers by developers is the mantra of the annual Game Developers Awards held at the game Developers Conference in San Francisco every March. this year developers have given nods to Dragon Age: Origins, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Demon’s Souls and many other great games from 2009. In addition to these awards, a special award will [...]
Independent Games Festival Finalists Announced
F*** Hollywood! You’re all going to San Francisco! The Independent Games Festival has announced the winners of the 2010 IGF Student Showcase, which recognizes outstanding indie game development taking place on school and university campuses around the world. This year’s ten Student Showcase winners include titles such as Utrecht School of the Arts & USC’s [...]
Mark Cerny to be inducted into AIAS Hall of Fame
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has announced that Mark Cerny will be the 13th inductee into the Academy’s Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame Award will be presented by Brian Allgeier, Creative Director at Insomniac Games, at the 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. The Awards, hosted by Jay Mohr, will take [...]
Valve’s Gabe Newell to recieve Pioneer Award at GDC Awards
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell has been named winner of this year’s Pioneer Award at the 2010 Game Developers Choice Awards, the highest honors in video game development. The Pioneer Award celebrates individuals in the game industry responsible for developing a vital technology or game design at a crucial juncture in video game history. Previous winners [...]
Meet the Judges: Indie Game Challenge
Judging is currently underway for the Indie Game Challenge sponsored by The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and GameStop. This week the 12 finalists out of the more than 250 submissions in this first game design competition are expected to be announced Jan. 25. The Indie Game [...]
