Is Free-To-Play The Future Of Gaming Industry?

Epic's Tim Sweeney Says Free-To-Play Is The Future Of Gaming IndustryForbes
Will Western video game developers mimic the largely Asian business model of free-to-play games built around micro-transactions? Almost certainly says Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic. And he's not alone. Epic, the developer behind Gears of War and the Unreal ...

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Zynga Wants to Sell Its Technology, Not Just Its Games: "Today’s “Zynga Unleashed” event in San Francisco revealed moves to allow third-party game developers to use Zynga’s technology platform and a new “Zynga with Friends” brand for multiplayer social interactions that could help the game company reduce its dependency on Facebook. Oh, and the company announced some new games, too. There was no announcement, however, of the rumored real-cash gaming deal that would have brought down the house."

Video game review | 'Lego Batman 2' is fine for kids
Kansas City Star
Let's just call “Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes” what it is — a fanciful and artful epic for kids and for adults who have never played a “Lego” video game ...

Kansas City Star

Video games top tablet activities and revenue, survey says
USA TODAY
Tablets continue to emerge as growing platform for playing video games. ... The average tablet gamer downloaded more than 20 games last year, according to the ...Mike Snider began covering the video game industry during the Super ...

USA TODAY

Video Game Review: 'Spec Ops: The Line'
ABC News (blog)
With so many shooting games inundating the market, it's sometimes difficult to find a standout. Between the “Modern Warfare” and “Battlefield” series, gamers ...

ABC News (blog)

Video Game Pioneer Atari Marks 40 Years Of Gaming
Cleveland News - Fox 8
When people talk about the beginnings of the video game industry, one name ... little console that plays video games can be, or what it can do for someone's life.

Cleveland News - Fox 8

Ideas to Save Money on Video Game Addictions
Houston Chronicle (blog)
If you have a Gamer in your life, there are ways to curb spending on video games. I have offered a few ideas below. However, I am not a Gamer myself.

Houston Chronicle (blog)

6 Easy Ways to Save on Video Games
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Americans spent a total of $25.3 billion on video games last year. Because of their popularity, new video game consoles are constantly being introduced, which ...

U.S. News & World Report (blog)

Earns schedule for video game companies
KEYC TV
By The Associated Press In mid-July, companies in the video games industry will ... KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports -Earns schedule for video game ...

Zynga Plans to Build a Gamer's Social Network
Mobile & Apps
Zynga Chief Mobile Officer David Ko speaks during the Zynga Unleashed event at the company's headquarters in San Francisco, California June 26, 2012.

Mobile & Apps

CORRECTING and REPLACING: Games Now Top Money-Maker on ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CORRECTING and REPLACING: Games Now Top Money-Maker on Tablets and Smartphones; Average Tablet Gamer Downloaded 20+ Games Last Year, ...

Anthony Jones, Video Game Artist, Makes Noir-Style Super Mario ...
Huffington Post
Whoever said video games kill your imagination was so short sighted. Anthony Jones, an Irvine, Calif.-based video game concept artist behind the art blog ...

Wreck-it Ralph video game is coming to Nintendo systems this fall
Orlando Sentinel
OK, this has to be a first. A video game is being made out of a movie about a video game. “Wreck-It Ralph” is a future Disney animated flick set for a fall release, ...

Help us to rank the best video games of all time
Herald Sun
Video game developer Tim Schafer talks us through ACMI's Game Masters ... screen between two slightly larger white blips video games have been a part of life.

Activision Publishing's The Amazing Spider-Man™ Video Game ...
Gamasutra
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- If your spider-senses are tinglin', it's because The Amazing Spider-Man™ video game has web-slung its ...

Video games become art as ACMI honours designers
Sydney Morning Herald
RARELY are video games considered works of art. ... our great film directors and actors, but the masters of the video game world are less well known,'' he said.

Sydney Morning Herald

Online video game denigrating Hindu deities
Times of India
US based President of Universal Society of Hinduism Rajan Zed has demanded from Alpharetta headquartered developer Hi-Rez Studios to immediately ...

VIDEO GAMES: The Amazing Spider-Man-Movie Black Suit
Comic Book Movie
VIDEO GAMES: The Amazing Spider-Man-Movie Black Suit This is the alternate costume that unlocks after completing the game 100%, its Beenox's take on the ...

Comic Book Movie

Video games have sufficient merit to be considered a form of art
K-State Collegian
In 2010, esteemed film critic Roger Ebert wrote a column titled “Video games can ... High Voltage,” “Jonah Hex,” “Gamer” and “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.

Hindus Upset At Online Video Game Using Kali And Other Gods As ...
Eurasia Review
Hindus are upset at an online video action game SMITE being created by a Georgia (USA) developer in which the players assume the direct control of some ...

Video game critic Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw inspires laughter, fear ...
Kansas State Collegian
I thought about writing up a short piece on E3, the big video game expo that ... If you like video games and you don't know who Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw is, you ...

This Week In Video Game Criticism: From Penny Arcade to morality ...
Gamasutra
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From Penny Arcade to morality systems ... have displayed such blind devotion to the pair that the video games industry, ...

Gamasutra

The Walking Dead video game continues Friday
SlashGear
Telltale's video game adaptation of the cult hit-turned smashing success of a TV show The Walking Dead, will be getting its second episode on Friday, June 29.

SlashGear

30 new Iranian video games debuted at Tehran festival
Tehran Times
TEHRAN -- Thirty new Iranian video games have been introduced at the Tehran International Game Expo and Festival, which is currently underway at the Imam ...

NEED FOR SPEED – Playstation, Xbox 360 and Wii – VIDEO GAME ...
ringsidereport.com (blog)
NEED FOR SPEED – Playstation, Xbox 360 and Wii – VIDEO GAME NEWS ... Need for Speed is the premier racing game in the video game industry and one of ...

Volkswagen lets you Think Blue in a video game
Sports Car Illustrated
Volkswagen has launched an on-line video game that let's you try to drive as far as you can using a little fuel as possible. If your good at stretching your virtula ...

Sports Car Illustrated

Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Derrick Rose grace cover of NBA video ...
Tulsa World
Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Derrick Rose grace cover of NBA video game ... Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose are shown on the cover of an NBA video game.

Salman Rushdie fatwa becomes bizarre video game
Digitaltrends.com
How best to remind Islamic youth of a 23 year old death threat issued against an author over a blasphemous book? Apparently, the answer is to turn the very ...

Video Games As Art? New Exhibit Draws Crowds
WHNT
The Smithsonian's American Art Museum in Washington, DC is now home to the first-ever exhibit of video games in a major American museum.Visitors have so ...

WHNT

Video Games: The Amazing Spider-Man Swings to the PC in August!
Comic Book Movie
Video Games: The Amazing Spider-Man Swings to the PC in August! Find out the exact date by hitting the jump! CBMM1 - 6/26/2012 ...

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If Video Game Covers Were Honest | Cracked.com
Judging a book by its cover gets all the bad press, but judging a video game by its cover has always been a far worse idea. We asked you to show us what video games might have looked like if they were forced to be more upfront about what ...
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Salman Rushdie fatwa turned into Iranian video game | The Raw Story
By Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian
Salman Rushdie was the target of a notorious fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic of Iran, 23 years ago. Now, the author of The Satanic Verses is the subject of an Iranian computer game aimed at spreading ...
The Raw Story

Rovio – casual gamer don't read any blogs or reviews, use word of ...
By Stephany Nunneley
Rovio – casual gamer don't read any blogs or reviews, use word of mouth instead. Rovio's Teemu Huuhtanen has said while coverage of casual games is important, most titles benefit the most from word of mouth and consumers don't need or ...
VG247

Video Games: Do You Believe in Magic? - Memebase: Rage ...
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RI Hires Firm To Investigate Liability Of Curt Schilling's Video Game ...
By KC Downey
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CBS/AP) – Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee has announced the hiring of a law firm to investigate whether there is any third-party liability after the collapse of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video gaming company ...
CBS Boston

Cover Story: Video Game Music Festival from 1UP.com
1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF JUNE 25 | VIDEO GAME MUSIC FESTIVAL ... Music in video games has a way of becoming the very first thing that comes to mind ... This is the reason magazines like Retro Gamer, for example, are so popular.
www.1up.com/features/cover-story-video-game-music

Environmental Station Alpha Is Everything We Like About Classic ...
What ever happened to simple, fun video games? Well, here's one that ...What more do you ...
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