Organizers of CMP\\\'s 2007 Austin Game Developers Conference have announced that World of Warcraft father Michael Morhaime and creative leader behind Habbo Hotel Sulka Haro will each present a keynote lecture for the Online Games Track at thehttp://my.mmosite.com/kknd/Blog/Item/bcd07e89296e2e3a017f5752fa516871.html

When the industry research group NPD Funworld releases its US sales figures each month, it takes a fair amount of flak for only including sales of boxed games from retailers. That\\\'s because, increasingly, games and game content are being digitallyhttp://my.mmosite.com/yiwind/Blog/Item/3d974264f1740201f6475bbf5a2ee293.html

As the video game industry delves deeper into a new generation of home consoles, the development landscape changes with it. During the years of the Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation, developers and publishers were known to focus game development excluhttp://my.mmosite.com/littleshine/Blog/Item/03f718c4c8a0106ee170c4cea2e2ac3c.html

In this latest exclusive Gamasutra feature, Lost Garden blogger and industry veteran Daniel Cook analyzes just how \"understanding the genre lifecycle trends can help you strategically position your game design for an improved shot at success\", withhttp://my.mmosite.com/zichenlong/Blog/Item/80570315e8ea6c160f983a37a48ef31c.html

In-game currency trade for real cash and in-game currency brokerage in Korea will be called to stop completely this week.On May 9, The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Korea announced that the Gaming Industry Rejuvenation Act will be implemented inhttp://my.mmosite.com/sudden/Blog/Item/f0f76627c4d0ec1281ffde8c166c67a1.html

Analysts: April game sales upPacific Crest and Wedbush Morgan specialists agree sales will see a bump, but differ on the size of it.By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotThe gaming industry is off to a strong start for 2007 in the US, according to the industrhttp://my.mmosite.com/lesile/Blog/Item/096f257f7c46dadaed38015a1bbcaa1c.html

The gaming industry is off to a strong start for 2007 in the US, according to the industry-tracking NPD Group. January saw game sales growth of 53 percent (which is slightly misleading due to a longer reporting period than normal), with February gamehttp://my.mmosite.com/komido/Blog/Item/4ee98195b52b63aec8723a99cfff2a09.html

Today, Turbine, Inc., Midway Games Inc. and Codemasters Online Gaming announced that The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is the #1 selling PC title across North America and Europe based on the most recent industry reports.http://my.mmosite.com/lesile/Blog/Item/77462952052012bc684d37db15601b28.html

 Sony Online Entertainment\\\'s president John Smedley is a confident man. At this year\\\'s Gamer\\\'s Day event for the EverQuest-creating Sony division and sister firm to PlayStation 3 creator SCEE, he introduced the heads of the company\\\'shttp://my.mmosite.com/kknd/Blog/Item/f601599aff507217c5cfb45a9db88854.html

Opinion: Game Accessibility - Why Bother? In this opinion piece, game academic Dr. Dimitris Grammenos, co-creator of the polarizing \\\'universally inaccessible\\\' game Game Over!, explains the point he made with the game, and why video game dehttp://my.mmosite.com/kknd/Blog/Item/c6a50b6df789cc84626fd7d2cb2c9349.html

Joerg: Bill, you’ve started working in the industry and for Blizzard in 1994 as the composer for Blackthorne.Bill Roper: Yes, on the PC side.Joerg: I remember reviewing Blackthorne for PC Player. Nobody knew about Blizzard, then. Since then, yohttp://my.mmosite.com/mice/Blog/Item/cc1594ebc4259cf24dd6723dac309a47.html