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21% of UK Workers Feel More Vulnerable to Cybercrime During COVID-19
21% of UK Workers Feel More Vulnerable to Cybercrime During COVID-19
Around a third of UK workers have observed a rise in speculative cyber-criminal activity
Oct. 8, 2020
US Seizes Domains Used to Spread Disinformation
US Seizes Domains Used to Spread Disinformation
Domains that were allegedly part of an Iranian disinformation campaign have been seized by the US government
Oct. 8, 2020
Trojan Malware Targets Trump Supporters
Trojan Malware Targets Trump Supporters
Threat actors spoof political action committee emails to infect Trump supporters with Emotet
Oct. 8, 2020
New Family of Deceptive Gaming Apps Discovered
New Family of Deceptive Gaming Apps Discovered
Researchers detect large family of gaming apps that deceive users with out-of-context ads
Oct. 8, 2020
Staff say Twitch has a chronic problem with racism, sexism, and indifference
Staff say Twitch has a chronic problem with racism, sexism, and indifference
UPDATE: A sprawling report from GamesIndustry collects the experiences of over a dozen Twitch employees that make the argument that the company has repeatedly failed its staff and users.
Oct. 8, 2020
Get a job: Question is hiring a remote and Unreal-savvy Level Designer
Get a job: Question is hiring a remote and Unreal-savvy Level Designer
The position is paid, remote full-time work in a highly collaborative (though virtual!) environment.
Oct. 8, 2020
Video: Facing down failure as a freelancing game dev
Video: Facing down failure as a freelancing game dev
Freelancing comes with many failures and intimidations but some friendly advice can help game developers learn to roll with those punches and make the most of their project-to-project aspirations.
Oct. 8, 2020
My.Games buys controlling stake in mobile studio Deus Craft for $49.1M
My.Games buys controlling stake in mobile studio Deus Craft for $49.1M
My.Games has acquired a controlling stake in Russian mobile game studio Deus Craft in a deal worth up to $49.1 million.Â
Oct. 8, 2020
Early Among Us character concepts depict the birth of the bean
Early Among Us character concepts depict the birth of the bean
Innersloth co-founder Marchs Bromander (a.k.a. Puffballs United) has shared an early look at the character designs for Among Us, and it looks like the studio hit a home run on the very first attempt.
Oct. 8, 2020
IAP Packs in Mobile F2P: Analysis and Design
IAP Packs in Mobile F2P: Analysis and Design
Currency packs are the core of the monetization of any F2P mobile game. We share some of the key concepts, techniques and ferengi tricks involved with their creation and balancing.
Oct. 8, 2020
Slow Iteration Times? Ask Editor Iteration Profiler (IEP) Why
Slow Iteration Times? Ask Editor Iteration Profiler (IEP) Why
Complex scenes, huge C# assemblies, expensive initialization in your scripts... All of them lead to slow iteration times in the Unity editor. But why exactly is your editor so slow in your specific project at entering and exiting play mode?
Oct. 8, 2020
Microsoft's Phil Spencer Believes That 8K Technology Is Aspirational, But It Will Not Become The Norm
Microsoft's Phil Spencer Believes That 8K Technology Is Aspirational, But It Will Not Become The Norm
In a recent interview, Microsoft's Vice-President of Gaming Phil Spencer has revealed that while he does believ 8K technology is aspirational, he doesn't really see it becoming the norm.
Oct. 7, 2020