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Apple’s crackdown on app-ranking manipulation: Confused developers caught in the dragnet

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 3, 2012
15 min

In the battle between Apple’s police and the developers who cheat to boost their rankings, some innocent startups are finding themselves banned from the marketplace.

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The Nintendocalypse and you

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 3, 2012
3 min

If you follow video game news, you must be aware that we are on the brink of the Nintendo apocalypse (or Nintendocalypse, if you...

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Get-In-The-Game pitch competition @ Casual Connect Seattle 2012!

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 3, 2012
2 min

On July 24th, YetiZen will be at Casual Connect Seattle 2012 hosting their third amazing Get-In-The-Game Pitch Competition! This is your chance to present...

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Total War: Rome II elevates the human drama of war (preview)

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
July 2, 2012
3 min

The Creatively Assembly's upcoming sequel to Rome: Total War places a greater emphasis on investing players with their units and soldiers.

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What happened to the horror in survival horror?

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 2, 2012
4 min

In their attempts to reach a wider audience, survival-horror video game developers could be ruining what made their games great in the first place: the horror.

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New Assassin’s Creed III trailer celebrates Independence Day

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 2, 2012
1 min

Ubisoft releases a new Assassin's Creed III trailer just in time for the American Independence Day.

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Do developers that try to widen their game’s appeal actually increase sales?

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 2, 2012
3 min

I know of basically two ways to manage a game franchise: Either you try to cater to your fan base by giving them what...

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Start your engines: LittleBigPlanet Karting beta signups are now live

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 2, 2012
1 min

Ready for the race? Beta signups for LittleBigPlanet Karting go live, giving an early glimpse into the user-crafted tracks, weapons, and karts of the upcoming racer.

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Gamers spend $3.4B on all types of games in Q1

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 2, 2012
1 min

Gamers spent $3.4 billion on both physical and digital games in the first quarter, according to market researcher NPD Group. Consumers spent nearly half...

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Sega announces Total War: Rome II

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 2, 2012
1 min

Developer The Creative Assembly will produce the sequel to the critically acclaimed strategy game Rome: Total War.

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