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Monument Valley, one of the most celebrated mobile games of 2014, has fallen victim to the high rate of piracy on Android platforms. Just 5% of Android installs of Monument Valley are paid purchases, developer Ustwo Games has revealed. Interesting fact: Only 5% of Monument Valley installs on Android are paid for. 40% on iOS….
2014 is the year television broke. No, not my TV, that thin black thing that sits and gets dusty while my laptop overheats on my stomach. If you’re looking to grieve, then do so for the television model itself (although you’d have to be a network CEO to not see this death as a blessing)….
The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra’s community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company. If you’re creating anything procedural, you’re almost guaranteed to come in need of random numbers at one point. And if you want…
After a difficult 2014, there’s cause for optimism as we head into the New Year. We ask developers and analysts what they’re looking forward to in 2015 In a lot of ways, 2014 felt like a transitional year for games, and like any period of change, it wasn’t without its pains. Even discounting the ugliness…
Something Short and Weird By Roxie Pell January 6th, 2015 end article header Electric Literature has announced the upcoming debut of its weekly online magazine Okey-Panky, a cocktail of short, experimental writing brewed to cure the Monday blues: Okey-Panky would be dedicated to brevity, eccentricity, and dark humor. It would publish every Monday morning, which…
. Destiny's weapon damage system has been the topic of a lot of heated debate among the gaming industry and its fans. This is especially so during Destiny's Iron Banner PvP event, which claims to take damage equalization off the board. That said, there's still plenty of controversy surrounding the game's PvE material, which has…
Two episodes from “Game of Thrones” will make their IMAX debut later this month. main NEW YORK (CNNMoney) “Game of Thrones” is coming to an IMAX theater near you. HBO announced Tuesday that two episodes from its wildly popular fantasy saga “Game of Thrones” will be getting the IMAX treatment for one week later this…
Wolf Richter www.wolfstreet.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The price of oil continues to crash relentlessly. WTI trades at $49.80 as I’m writing this Monday evening, down 5.5% for the day, and down 54% since June 2014. The oil-price plunge is eating into the American oil boom, munching on income statements and balance sheets of drillers that have gorged…
main NEW YORK (CNNMoney) New York City is getting even more unaffordable. The average sales price for a Manhattan apartment rose to a new record of $1,728,831 million in the fourth quarter, up from $1,700,581 in the first three months of the year, according to Halstead Property. Halstead is one of New York City’s big…
For the 4th month in a row, US Factory Orders have fallen MoM. November’s 0.7% drop is worse than the 0.5% decline expected and leads to the biggest yearly drop since March 2013. Capital Goods New Orders tumbled 0.8% as did non-defense capital goods shipments (down 0.9%). Having risen for 3 months, November saw a…