Last Week’s Gaming News Round-Up
Looks like the lack of posts last week requires a catch-up of the headlines in the gaming world…

The market as a whole is going to undergo a critical shift in priorities, a shift away from the absolute primacy of graphics and production values and content creation toward systemic depth.
Curiosity Release Date Announced
Peter Molyneux’s new game, Curiosity: What’s Inside The Cube, has been given a release date for it’s iOS launch.

Overall, gaming on Facebook isn’t doing as well as I’d like.
Nihilistic Steps Away From Retail Games
The developers at Nihilsitic Software have announced that they are stepping away from making retail games.

Angry Birds: Star Wars Announced
As expected from a teaser yesterday, Angry Birds: Star Wars has been announced. Of course, there’s merchandise too.

Angry Birds Tease Star Wars Link
Welcome to the Angry Birds Tumblr page. Over the next few weeks we’ll have behind-the-scenes content, animations, comics, and much, much more. But what will this all be about exactly?! Here’s a clue…
Times Square, New York, October 8th, 10am EST.
HINT: Head to Toys R Us at 8am EST!
The official Angry Birds tumblr page has teased what you see above. It seems like some kind of Angry Birds/Star Wars collaboration…
Cliffy B Leaves Epic Games
Cliff Bleszinski, design director at Epic Games, has announced his departure from the studio.

Minecraft Book Deal Announced
A partnership between Mojang and Egmont Publishing has been announced, suggesting that Minecraft is coming to paper!

22 Cans is only going to make one game and that’s it.

