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Minor Behind 2016 PlayStation DDoS Attacks
Minor Behind 2016 PlayStation DDoS Attacks
Individual pleads guilty to making botnet and launching DDoS attacks that lost Sony $2.7m in revenue
Dec. 10, 2020
The Game Awards' Future Class highlights 50 people shaping the future of the game industry
The Game Awards' Future Class highlights 50 people shaping the future of the game industry
A new initiative from The Game Awards aims to highlight those making waves in the game industry and are helping to shape its "bright, bold and inclusive" future.
Dec. 10, 2020
Revived Telltale isn't developing its next episodic game episode-by-episode
Revived Telltale isn't developing its next episodic game episode-by-episode
Telltale--that is, the group that revived the studio and some properties after its sudden closure a few years back--has shared a small update on the state of some of its products.
Dec. 10, 2020
CD Projekt Red boasts 8 million preorders for Cyberpunk 2077
CD Projekt Red boasts 8 million preorders for Cyberpunk 2077
However we won't know exactly what sales look like for CD Projekt Red's latest until the Polish company's next financial report (or maybe a future celebratory tweet).
Dec. 10, 2020
Zynga-owned Rollic acquires Onnect from dev Chef Game Studio for $6 million
Zynga-owned Rollic acquires Onnect from dev Chef Game Studio for $6 million
Zynga subsidiary Rollic is now the owner of the matching game Onnect, following a $6 million deal with the casual game's developer Chef Game Studio.
Dec. 10, 2020
Valve's latest Steam Labs experiment is an expansive discoverability overhaul
Valve's latest Steam Labs experiment is an expansive discoverability overhaul
Valve is introducing new ways to browse Steam though a new experimental update that pledges to "increase the surface area" of the digital marketplace.
Dec. 10, 2020
Bad Robot Games' first in-house dev studio will create 'cross-medium' franchises
Bad Robot Games' first in-house dev studio will create 'cross-medium' franchises
Bad Robot Games has established a new in-house development studio to create original properties for all platforms.
Dec. 10, 2020
Control has surpassed 2 million sales 15 months after launch
Control has surpassed 2 million sales 15 months after launch
Control has surpassed 2 million sales after 15 months on sale, according to the latest figures from developer Remedy Entertainment.
Dec. 10, 2020
Get a job: LTU is hiring an Assistant Professor of Game Design
Get a job: LTU is hiring an Assistant Professor of Game Design
We are looking for outstanding and potentially unconventional candidates for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Design program.
Dec. 10, 2020
Video: How embedded QA can improve games accessibility
Video: How embedded QA can improve games accessibility
In this 2017 GDC session, the BBC's Hannah Bunce discusses the issues raised in training a QA team to effectively test games accessibility in children's games.
Dec. 10, 2020
King of Cards: Joustus Deep Dive - Part 3
King of Cards: Joustus Deep Dive - Part 3
Put on your diving helmets, deckhands! It’s time for the final entry in our Joustus deep dive. In this lesson, we’ll describe the vast metagame that we needed to develop while integrating Joustus in King of Cards.
Dec. 10, 2020
Softening polygon intersections in Blightbound
Softening polygon intersections in Blightbound
Where geometry and foggy effects intersect, ugly seams appear. Depth Fade is a technique that can be used to fix those seams and create an effect that emulates volumetric fog.
Dec. 10, 2020