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Teenagers Collared for Using Lizard Squad DDoS Tool
Teenagers Collared for Using Lizard Squad DDoS Tool
Teenagers Collared for Using Lizard Squad DDoS Tool
Aug. 28, 2015
Disney: Roughly half of Disney Infinity players are girls
Disney: Roughly half of Disney Infinity players are girls
A Disney exec notes the company was surprised to find that Disney Infinity's playerbase is roughly 50/50 girls and boys. In response, Disney is developing the games to appeal more strongly to girls.
Aug. 28, 2015
Activision Blizzard set to join the S&P 500
Activision Blizzard set to join the S&P 500
Call of Duty and World of Warcraft publisher Activision Blizzard will join the S&P 500 today, replacing Pall Corp on the stock market index.
Aug. 28, 2015
Report: U.S. average daily mobile game time drops over 30% in a year
Report: U.S. average daily mobile game time drops over 30% in a year
A Flurry report suggests that while the average daily time Americans spend on mobile devices continues to increase, average time spent playing mobile games has dropped significantly in the past year.
Aug. 28, 2015
UK cops arrest PSN, Xbox Live DDoS attackers
UK cops arrest PSN, Xbox Live DDoS attackers
The UK's National Crime Agency has picked up six teens who allegedly participated in attacks against PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, and other online services.
Aug. 28, 2015
Funding for smaller developers: Tips from the Game Career Guide
Funding for smaller developers: Tips from the Game Career Guide
In this article from the 2015 annual Game Career Guide, Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games offers tips on incremental funding strategies for smaller developers.
Aug. 28, 2015
Konami to close 31 paid apps in Japan, free-to-play titles spared
Konami to close 31 paid apps in Japan, free-to-play titles spared
With the industry fixated on Konami's biggest release of the year, the Japanese powerhouse has quietly announced plans to close a total of 31 mobile apps in Japan.
Aug. 27, 2015
Report: Rapture would be the UK no. 1, if charts tracked digital
Report: Rapture would be the UK no. 1, if charts tracked digital
According to a report from MCV, recent digital releases Volume (by Mike Bithell) and The Chinese Room's Everybody's Gone to the Rapture would have hit the UK overall top-10 chart.
Aug. 27, 2015
Dishonored's Smith: It's not right that 'if you slaughter everybody... you're a hero'
Dishonored's Smith: It's not right that 'if you slaughter everybody... you're a hero'
Often discussed is the impact of violent games' on players. Less often discussed is the ultimate strangeness of violent games. In a new interview Harvey Smith tackles the issue.
Aug. 27, 2015
How working on gross, violent games can mess with developers
How working on gross, violent games can mess with developers
We often hear about how playing violent or otherwise disquieting games affects people, but how does the process of working on these projects affect developers? Gamasutra chats with a few to find out.
Aug. 27, 2015
Mobile devs pay nearly double for downloads on Android vs. iOS
Mobile devs pay nearly double for downloads on Android vs. iOS
The average price mobile developers pay to advertisers for every download of their advertised Android app has more than doubled in the last year, according to mobile marketing firm Fiksu's latest market index.
Aug. 27, 2015
Epic doles out $75k to UE4 educators via Unreal Dev Grants
Epic doles out $75k to UE4 educators via Unreal Dev Grants
Epic is continuing to dole out the $5 million banked in its Unreal Dev Grants program this week, awarding roughly $75,000 in no-strings-attached grants to ten educators and developers who use Unreal Engine 4.
Aug. 27, 2015