Sean Ryan joins Facebook as director of games partnerships less than six months after joining News Corp.
Facebook has appointed Sean Ryan as director of games partnerships, just six months after he took up a similar position at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.
Our award for the best hardware of 2010.
Runner up: Move
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Game sales bring in £2.875 billion compared to £3.31 billion in 2009; 360 narrowly outsells PS3.
Trade body UKIE has released figures showing that the UK games market shrank by over 13 per cent last year, reports MCV.
The game industry saw revenues of £2.875 billion, down on the £3.31 billion earned in 2009. It should however be noted that the figures do not include digital or pre-owned sales.
UPDATE: publisher confirms DRM to be decided on a "case-by-case basis".
Ubisoft appears to have made some changes to the controversial DRM protection measures that have so infuriated PC gamers since its launch last year.
13th Annual Independent Games Festival reveals awards shortlists; Minecraft and Amnesia lead the pack.
Organisers of the Independent Games Festival (IGF) have announced the finalists for its Main Competition, celebrating the finest indie games released in the last year.
Our indie game of 2010 Minecraft is up for three awards, nominated for Excellence in Design, Technical Excellence and the Seamus McNally Grand Prize, the main award which comes with a cheque for $20,000.
Each day, we will be posting two winners from the 2010 Edge Awards, as well as an interview with one of the team behind the winning game or hardware over the page. Here's our award for the best online experience of 2010.
Runner up: Hot Pursuit
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PrimeSense and ASUS releasing 3D motion sensor Wavi Xtion in Q2; dev kit coming next month.
PrimeSense, the Israeli startup that provided Microsoft with the depth sensor used in its Kinect motion-sensing peripheral, has announced a similar device designed for use with PCs.
Real Racing and Flight Control developer snaps up fellow Melbourne studio Infinite Interactive.
Australian gaming studio Firemint, developer of iPhone smashes Flight Control and Real Racing, has acquired Puzzle Quest developer Infinite Interactive.
Firemint was founded in 1999 and was a work-for-hire studio until the success in 2009 of its iOS games. It has since expanded its reach to include Nintendo DSiWare, PlayStation Network and Steam.
Zynga city-building sim hits 88.4 million users within a month of release; breaks FarmVille’s record.
The rampant growth of Zynga’s city-building game CityVille has reached its logical conclusion: it is now the most popular Facebook app of all time.
Rock Band developer buys its freedom from Viacom for undisclosed fee.
Rock Band developer Harmonix has confirmed that its sale by former parent company Viacom has been completed, and that it is once again an independent studio.
Gaming Charity raises nearly $2.3m; iPhone game Canabalt goes open-source as a thank-you.
US gaming charity Child’s Play set a new annual record for donations in 2010, raising $2,294,317 in donations of toys, games, movies and books for sick children.
It takes the total raised by the charity since its inception in 2003 to just under $9 million.
Sports Interactive studio director recognised for services to the game industry, finds it "humbling".
Miles Jacobson, studio director of Sports Interactive, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for services to the game industry.
Series of breakthroughs give hackers full access to PS3 innards; mass piracy likely.
George “GeoHot” Hotz, the hacker who was part of the team responsible for the iPhone jailbreak, has discovered and released online the PlayStation 3 root key.
The root key has the final say on which code can and cannot be run on a PS3, meaning the system is now completely open to homebrew developers and, more worryingly, piracy.
Format: Xbox 360
Release: Out Now
Developer: Halfbrick Studios
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
One of the crucial items of vocabulary in the science of inventing biscuits, or for describing the experience of drinking wine, is the lovely word ‘mouthfeel’.
We'll be publishing our full 2010 awards after the Christmas holiday, but to tide you over here's our selection of less easily categorised baubles and turkeys.
This will be the last main post of the year, but we'll still be posting some capital features over the festive period.
Each day we'll be posting specially themed sets of classic Edge articles, covering genres and subjects both emerging and new. You'll hopefully come across a few treasures. And on Christmas day, we'll be presenting our Alternative Edge Awards. Look out for the full Edge Awards, as featured in our latest issue but accompanied with interviews with the winners, when we get back on Jan 4.
Chris Donlan picks over the highlights of the gaming year.
With work almost over for a few days, and every digital distributor on the planet unleashing its latest sales, it’s time to sketch a picture of 2010 using only its best games. In other words, it’s the annual Friday Game Awards.
Game of the year 2010
Super Crate Box
Developer: Vlambeer
Platform: Mac, PC
Black Ops regains the high ground while Cataclysm descends.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops has climbed back to the top of the Nordic all-format software chart, covering Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, during the week ended December 18.
FIFA 11 moves up to second place, passing Gran Turismo 5 which holds fast at third. World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm, which occupied the top spot last week, falls to fourth position with the top five rounded out by Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit.
Korean company GamePrix hints at PC support for Kinect in future.
Korean developer GamePrix has told website IncGamers that it intends to utilise Kinect in its PC game, Divine Souls. Though the game is a PC exclusive title, GamePrix claims that it will "resemble console games" due to the inclusion of a Tekken-style combat system and describes it as an "action fighter MMO".
We speak to the creators behind Braid and SpyParty to discuss the highs and lows of independence.
Korean buyer plans to create new US-based company headed by Emergent boss.
Following the news on Tuesday that an anonymous bidder had purchased Emergent and its ageing Gamebryo engine, it has come to light that South Korean company Gamebase is behind the deal.
The final part of our look back over the events that shaped videogames in 2010. Part one, covering January - April, was published on Monday, while part two, covering May - August, was published yesterday.
September - December
Indie promotion raises $1.34 million in just eight days; organisers include first bundle to boost average price.
The Humble Indie Bundle #2 has generated $1.34 million in sales since its launch last week, surpassing the $1.3 million grossed by the first bundle, released last year.
Chinese publisher looking to support app developers at home and overseas; announces OpenFeint deal.
Chinese publisher The9 has announced an agreement to set up a $100 million fund for mobile development.
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