GDC 2012 has come and gone. We’re reminded, once again, of what a weird and wonderful industry we work in. The App Store now boasts over 25 billion served, Google gave the Android Market a name change, people buzzed about Valve making a game console, and Valve said “No we’re not.” Finally, if you return to World of Warcraft, Blizzard will give you a flying animal. Think about it!
GDC 2012 has come and gone. We’re reminded, once again, of what a weird and wonderful industry we work in. The App Store now boasts over 25 billion served, Google gave the Android Market a name change, people buzzed about Valve making a game console, and Valve said “No we’re not.” Finally, if you return to World of Warcraft, Blizzard will give you a flying animal. Think about it!
MONDAY
The App Store reached 25 billion app downloads, and the ‘gator from Where’s My Water? is all smiles about it.
EA pulls Battlefield 3: Aftershock from the App Store for good, goes to stand in corner to think about what it’s done.
Dungeon Overlord is getting an expansion and a mobile companion app.
iOS excels at delivering an HTML 5 gaming experience, says report. World nods in agreement.
Rumor: Valve looking to enter the hardware game with the “Steam Box.”
TUESDAY
The Zynga.com public beta is now live.
Temple Run is coming to Android. Run like hell.
Burstly acquires TestFlight and launches TestFlight Live.
Gamble away your kids’ lunch money: Big Fish Games acquires Self Aware Games, the makers of Card Ace: Casino.
The IMGA winners are announced. Didja win?
6waves Lolapps is looking to invest in mobile games development with a $100,000 marketing offer for its partners.
Duh, stay outta Riverdale—if you can. An Archie game is in development for multiple platforms.
WEDNESDAY
Angry Birds tops app download lists. Over, over, and over.
iPad 3 roundup! Here’s everything you need to know.
Google is unifying all its gaming platforms.
Peter Molyneux says goodbye to Lionhead Studios, heads to new lands in game development.
THURSDAY
France gains a little more game development muscle with Le Game.
Psst, kid. Get your buddy back into World of Warcraft and Blizzard will give you this really cool gryphon.
Zynga announces three new game platform partners—including Konami.
FRIDAY
As GDC comes to a close, we learn our winners for the Independent Games Festival (IGF).
Tim Sweeney’s advice to indies: Innovate, innovate, innovate.
The Sims Social owed most of its early traffic to Facebook’s now-defunct games ticker.
Are Android game and app developers being strong-armed into unifying payments via the “Google Wallet?”
