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Phishing Scam Targets Asda Shoppers
Phishing Scam Targets Asda Shoppers
Scammers lure supermarket shoppers by dangling a £1000 gift card via social media
Aug. 14, 2020
US Disrupts Three Cyber-Enabled Terror Campaigns
US Disrupts Three Cyber-Enabled Terror Campaigns
US announces largest ever cryptocurrency seizure as three terror campaigns disrupted
Aug. 14, 2020
Looting Causes Data Breach at Walgreens
Looting Causes Data Breach at Walgreens
Pharmacy warns PHI of 72,000 Americans compromised by prescription-stealing looters
Aug. 14, 2020
Video: Matching the world to the player with procedural regeneration
Video: Matching the world to the player with procedural regeneration
In this 2018 GDC talk game designer Heather Robertson introduces the concept of procedural regeneration -- the concept of dynamically altering the world space of a game to fit the style of play.
Aug. 14, 2020
New allegations show the cycle of abuse and misconduct runs deep at Ubisoft
New allegations show the cycle of abuse and misconduct runs deep at Ubisoft
Over a dozen former and current Ubisoft employees have come forward with fresh allegations of toxicity and abuse, implicating leadership figures still working at the French publisher.
Aug. 14, 2020
PUBG Corp invests $10 million into 1Up Ventures to support indies
PUBG Corp invests $10 million into 1Up Ventures to support indies
PUBG Corporation has sunk $10 million into venture fund 1Up Ventures to help "foster the next generation of game developers."
Aug. 14, 2020
Former Assassin's Creed Valhalla creative director fired after misconduct investigation
Former Assassin's Creed Valhalla creative director fired after misconduct investigation
Ubisoft have fired former Assassin's Creed Valhalla creative director Ashraf Ismail following an independent misconduct investigation.Â
Aug. 14, 2020
What should a game publishing agreement look like? (& more!) 2
What should a game publishing agreement look like? (& more!) 2
A key part of discoverability is making sure you’re getting the right buzz. And the right publishers can really help with that. Lots of info on this - and more - within!
Aug. 14, 2020
Designing Fake Illusions' Accessibility
Designing Fake Illusions' Accessibility
I talk about my accessibility-first design approach and how I applied it to a (potentially inaccessible) game idea about optical illusions, by thinking about simplicity, progression, difficulty and more.
Aug. 14, 2020
Cyberpunk 2077 aims to put a lot of emphasis on destructible environments
Cyberpunk 2077 aims to put a lot of emphasis on destructible environments
Cyberpunk 2077 releases in a few months and according to senior gameplay designer Pawel Kapala, the game will put a lot of emphasis on destructible environments.
Aug. 13, 2020
Horizon Zero Dawn PC Screen-space reflections are bugged in 4K resolutions
Horizon Zero Dawn PC Screen-space reflections are bugged in 4K resolutions
Aug. 13, 2020
Intel plans to unveil its new “XE-HPG” Gaming GPU architecture with hardware ray-tracing in 2021
Intel plans to unveil its new “XE-HPG” Gaming GPU architecture with hardware ray-tracing in 2021
Intel is expected to launch its first discrete gaming GPUs based on the XE-HPG GPU architecture in 2021.
Aug. 13, 2020