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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Gamescape 2012, a history of Batman in video games, and Donkey Kong’s failing liver
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
This week, Zynga’s stock took a serious plunge, Harmonix announced the release date for Dance Central 3, and GamesBeat’s Mike Minotti got the scoop on this fall’s most-anticipated games straight from his…mother.
You’ll also find a preview of New Super Mario Bros. 2 and an infographic showing how Facebook gamers spend their money.
GamesBeat:
Microsoft wants to make Wii Music HD
EA attempts to calm nervous investors during its annual stockholder meeting
Gameloft’s second quarter growth gives hope to the mobile market
Local developers and students look beyond the stars at Baltimore’s Gamescape 2012
New Dishonored video shows 3 ways to escape in style
New Super Mario Bros. 2 focuses on what really matters in life: Money (hands-on preview)
Confirmed: Trion Worlds will co-publish Crytek’s free-to-play shooter Warface
Bubble Witch Saga for iOS is the first mobile game to sync player progress with Facebook
Microsoft shuts down Flight game, bailing out of flight sims for second time in 3 years
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria expansion releases September 25
My mom previews Assassin’s Creed III, Black Ops II, Halo 4, and the other big games of this fall
Mobile and online game acquisitions heat up in 2012
Big Fish Games launches casual cloud gaming service for TVs, mobile, and PCs
Nvidia nabs executive from rival to hone its console chip pitch
Study: 10 percent of mobile gamers play at church, while driving
Aeria Games assimilates three of Ijji’s most popular online shooters
Harmonix announces Dance Central 3 release date (and Vanilla Ice!!)
Lead creator of the Metal Gear series opens up about its 25-year history
Patent infringement suit against Mojang sparks debate over “evil” intellectual property rights
How to fail up in the game business
A quick history of Batman in video games
VentureBeat:
Analysts and game industry reeling from Zynga’s shocking earnings report, stock down 39 percent
BustVille: Zynga shares down an astounding 35% in after-hours trading
Zynga to launch real-money gambling online games in 2013
Zynga misses Q2 earnings estimates by a wide margin, incurring Wall Street’s wrath
Nintendo reports operating loss of $132M as Wii sales drop off a cliff
Facebook outlines the opportunities in social games
Profiling the Facebook gamer: Who’s buying what and how often? (infographic)
Weboolu uses smartphones to create virtual game consoles on any display
Search for world’s greatest Tetris player: Ecstasy of Order documentary now available
Ruby Seven Studios unveils 3 casino games on Facebook and mobile
Ludei unveils CAAT game engine for quick mobile development (exclusive)
Verizon Wireless gamifies its site and gets 30 percent more logins
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Floris Hülsmann weg bij Kong
Creative director Floris Hülsmann vertrekt bij Kong en gaat verder als freelance creatief via The Free Force.
Jerry Yang Visits Yahoo Hong Kong
Yacco Vijn in jury Webby Awards
Yacco Vijn, creative partner van Kong, is door The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) gevraagd als jurylid voor de 16e jaarlijkse Webby Awards, komend najaar in New York.
We may want Mario on the iPhone, but Nintendo won’t slit own throat
Nintendo’s investors are urging the company to bring its iconic game characters, like Mario, Luigi, Zelda, and Donkey Kong, to Apple’s iPhone and iPad. The call to make games for Apple’s hit mobile devices, which have fueled success for companies like PopCap and Rovio, comes after lackluster sales of Nintendo’s latest 3DS handheld have driven prices of the company’s stock to a 6-year low.
But despite the allure of selling millions of copies of a touchscreen-enabled Super Mario title to some 200 million iOS users, who on average play 14.7 hours of games per month, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata will have none of it.
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The Incredible Hulk kicks ass.
Is The Incredible better than Ironman? Yes and no. It depends. I enjoyed Ironman slightly more because it was original and cool, BUT the depth of the Incredible Hulk is on the level of King Kong – meaning that it has more genuine human emotion than any Marvel or DC superhero movie made to this day. I have to say that it was pretty damn refreshing and cool to sit there and watch a superhero movie with such great writing and acting. Liv Tyler’s Dr. Ross is a hell of a lot more believable and likeable than Gwyneth Paltrow’s act-by-the-numbers Pepper, Tim Roth rocks as the power-addicted and ass-kicking villain, and Ed Norton brings grown-up realism, a compelling level of vulnerability and addictive charisma to the character of David Banner.
Yeah, sure, the Hulk does look fake (better than the first one, but still very CG-looking). That being said, so did Spiderman. With that said the “I” in CGI is pretty tight, however. (The Hulk looks like a high res comic book character, but he interacts flawlessly with his environment, which works well overall.)
And this time around, the Hulk is CLEARLY catapulted into the role of hero, which wasn’t entirely clear in Ang Lee’s unfortunate attempt a few years ago. As a matter of fact, Marvel got it so right this time that I would recommend that both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg go see The Incredible Hulk to see how even a CGI creature can inject a movie with a) genuine emotion, and b) a sense of desperate panic when their loved ones find themselves in jeopardy. (A MAJOR plot element markedly absent from Indiana Jones 4, and Star Wars Episodes 1, 2 and 3.)
That’s right, George: Ed Norton and his green CGI alter ego don’t crack jokes when their love interest is about to die. They don’t pout either. They freak the hell out and throw every bit of themselves into saving her. Learn this!!! This is how heroes act. You suck for not knowing this by now.
Is the Incredible Hulk “great?” I wouldn’t go that far. But if you liked Spidey 1 and 2 and Ironman, you will like this movie as well. A lot. Just ignore the first Hulk movie and start over with this completely reloaded “sequel.”
And if you’re a true geek, you’ll love the Tony Stark (Ironman/Avengers) cameo at the end.
Marvel Brand: 2. Lucas Films: 0.
