digital distribution
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Nintendo President: Majority Of Video Games Digital In 20 Years
4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The clock is ticking on bricks and mortar game retailers. But according to Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata, the clock will be ticking for another 20 years before digital distribution takes over and rules the school. More »
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Online Retailer Refuses To Sell Modern Warfare 2
2:20PM Luke Plunkett | Major online retailer Direct2Drive have announced today that the year’s biggest game — Modern Warfare 2 — won’t be made available on their PC digital delivery service. Why? Because of rival platform Steam, of course! More »
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So Apparently No One Cares About Valve’s Conflict-of-Interest
6:30PM AJ Glasser | We’ve heard one developer say they didn’t feel exploited by Valve, despite Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford’s assertion that that’s exactly what Steam does. Today, Ars Technica lets us hear from a few more. More »
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Guitar Hero, Madden, Eliminate Play The Monetisation Game
5:30PM AJ Glasser | Kai Huang, Peter Moore and Neil Young forecast a grim future for physical media at the University of California at Berkeley’s PLAY Conference this past weekend. More »
Culture
2:00PM David Wildgoose | Time was, nearly every game was 2D. Side-scrolling or top-down view, the vast majority of games from the ’70s, ’80s and early ’90s depicted a two-dimensional play area. But since the proliferation of 3D games, 2D has become a dirty word. Why? More »
Why Do We Look Down On 2D Games?
2:00PM David Wildgoose | Time was, nearly every game was 2D. Side-scrolling or top-down view, the vast majority of games from the ’70s, ’80s and early ’90s depicted a two-dimensional play area. But since the proliferation of 3D games, 2D has become a dirty word. Why? More »
Media
2:00PM David Wildgoose | As part of the Digital Distribution Summit held in Melbourne a couple of weeks back, some smart industry people shared their thoughts on the future of the medium. Now they’re sharing those thoughts with you. More »
Smart People Talk About Digital Distribution
2:00PM David Wildgoose | As part of the Digital Distribution Summit held in Melbourne a couple of weeks back, some smart industry people shared their thoughts on the future of the medium. Now they’re sharing those thoughts with you. More »
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Dev Defends Valve From Conflict-of-Interest Criticism
1:40PM Owen Good | Ostensibly the kind of small games studio that Valve exploits, according to the Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford’s controversial remarks last week, Tripwire Interactive told Gamasutra that it wouldn’t exist without Valve’s muscular presence in the PC sector. More »
Features
Why Everyone Should Be Watching The PSPgo
1:00AM Brian Crecente | Video games stored on a disc of plastic and tucked away in a case are approaching extinction. More »
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11:00AM David Wildgoose | At this week’s Digital Distribution Summit in Melbourne, Film Victoria announced a new funding program to assist Australian developers of downloadable games. More »
New Funding For Aussie Developers
11:00AM David Wildgoose | At this week’s Digital Distribution Summit in Melbourne, Film Victoria announced a new funding program to assist Australian developers of downloadable games. More »
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