This week, Valve claims the Linux operating system is more viable than Windows 8, Disney buys Star Wars studio Lucasfilm as well as LucasArts, and hurricane Sandy delays Take-Two Interactive’s earning call.
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News:
- Halo 4, Xbox, and American Express partnership: kill Covenant nasties to earn cold, hard cash
- The DeanBeat: Halo 4 is the romance of Master Chief and Cortana, disguised as a combat game
- Startup accelerator Tandem Capital rolls its new capital into mobile technology and games
- Twitch embeds livestreaming in Sony Online Entertainment’s Planetside 2
- Flurry’s knowledge is power as it raises a whopping $25M for mobile app analytics
- Wii U’s browser is better equipped for HTML5 than Internet Explorer 10 on PC
- Now streaming for Windows 8: 1,000 games from Agawi’s GameZen
- Preorder Crysis 3 and return to the beginning with a free download of Crysis
- Here come the brands: Wizard of Oz game launches on Facebook
- Mystery narrative and new features headline CityVille 2′s launch
- Minecraft-like first-person shooter heads to Steam in December
- Israel’s Plarium debuts graphically rich hardcore Stormfall game on Facebook (exclusive)
- Mountain Dew-branded Halo 4 game makes a weird sort of sense
- Valve prepping next batch of Greenlight-approved games in November
- Disney’s recent history suggests it might not be ‘business as usual’ at LucasArts for long
- Grand Theft Auto V delay blows a $600 million hole in Take-Two’s outlook for 2013
- Imbibe a Nos Energy Drink to unlock Assassin’s Creed III multiplayer character
- Disney buys LucasArts alongside Lucasfilm (updated)
- Gaming’s ‘Nite to Unite’ raises over $800,000 for children’s charities and scholarships
- Publisher Valve says Linux is more viable for games than Windows 8
- Browser-based steampunk: City of Steam enters closed beta in November
- Hawken publisher Meteor Entertainment raises $18M as big launch draws near
- Developers are mostly thrilled with the chance to make money with Windows 8 games
Mobile news:
- Boom! EA brings its Madden football franchise to iOS & Facebook
- Developer support builds for Ngmoco’s mobile social gaming network
- Amazon Game Studios launches its first mobile game: Air Patriots
- Joining the insane social sports-betting crowd, Bunker Mode debuts its High Limit Sports app (exclusive)
- Wooga expands into mobile with its Bubble Island arcade shooter game
- Leap Motion hires former Apple director to lead its marketing team
- Gameloft doesn’t hesitate to support Windows Phone 8 with 12 optimized games
- Activision preps two more Skylanders mobile games for this year
- Developers wary about investing in Windows Phone 8 games
Earnings:
- Sony’s game division revenues fall nearly 16 percent in Q2 2012
- Hurricane Sandy forces publisher Take-Two Interactive to postpone earnings report
Reviews:
- Halo 4 is the next chapter, not the next evolution (review)
- Pid turns childlike magic into planet-sized punishment (review)
- Medal of Honor: Warfighter’s bearded badasses can’t defeat mediocrity (review)
- Assassin’s Creed III: The revolution will be gripping but glitchy (review)
- Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation can’t match the quality of its console brethren (review)
- WWE ’13 gives fans plenty of nostalgic Attitude (review)
Previews:
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Interviews:
- 343 Industries’ Josh Holmes on Halo 4′s love story, weaponry, and new enemies (interview)
- Better graphics and physics gave designers more freedom for Halo 4 (interview)
- Treyarch’s Mark Lamia promises that Call of Duty: Black Ops II will push gaming’s boundaries (exclusive interview)
- How to find the secret website in Shadowgate’s Kickstarter video and more (interview)
- David Vonderhaar’s expert advice on how to get ahead in Call of Duty: Black Ops II multiplayer (exclusive interview)
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