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#ISC2Congress: FBI Calls for a Rational Non-Emotional Approach to Risk and Security
#ISC2Congress: FBI Calls for a Rational Non-Emotional Approach to Risk and Security
#ISC2Congress: FBI Calls for a Rational Approach to Security
Sept. 25, 2017
Rich Vogel departs BattleCry Studios to join Certain Affinity
Rich Vogel departs BattleCry Studios to join Certain Affinity
Vogel departs his position as president at BattleCry Studios to join Certain Affinity as vice president of technology and services.
Sept. 25, 2017
A look at WeFly: The Wii Pilotwings game that never came to be
A look at WeFly: The Wii Pilotwings game that never came to be
Factor 5 founder Julian Eggebrecht has released never-before-seen footage of WeFly: the open-world Pilotwings game that never saw the light of day.
Sept. 25, 2017
Razer is getting into the smartphone business before year-end
Razer is getting into the smartphone business before year-end
Just ahead of its IPO in Hong Kong, the video game peripheral and hardware manufacturer has announced that it is working on its own smartphone “specifically geared toward gamers and entertainment.”
Sept. 25, 2017
Postmortem: Greater accessibility through audio in Killer Instinct
Postmortem: Greater accessibility through audio in Killer Instinct
"A main directive was to make sure each character/game mode was identifiable enough that someone would be able to tell what was going on even if they weren’t in the same room that the game was being played in."
Sept. 25, 2017
Gamescom 2017 indie roundup, part 2
Gamescom 2017 indie roundup, part 2
Part two of IndieGame.com's roundup of some of the most striking independent titles on display at the 2017 Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.
Sept. 25, 2017
Concept art shows Valve almost added women to Team Fortress 2
Concept art shows Valve almost added women to Team Fortress 2
It looks like Valve contemplated adding women to the cast of Team Fortress 2 at one point, before ultimately deciding against the move.
Sept. 25, 2017
Layoffs at The Chinese Room as Dear Esther creator 'goes dark'
Layoffs at The Chinese Room as Dear Esther creator 'goes dark'
"Between financial pressures, trying to keep the lights on for the employed team, the stress of end-of-development, and health issues, it just wasn’t a tenable thing anymore."
Sept. 25, 2017
Multiplayer madness: How F-Zero inadvertently inspired Super Mario Kart
Multiplayer madness: How F-Zero inadvertently inspired Super Mario Kart
Nintendo has posted an interview with Super Mario Kart directors Tadashi Sugiyama and Hideki Konno to shed some light on how the SNES title took shape 25 years ago.
Sept. 25, 2017
New deal brings the voice actors' union strike to a (tentative) end
New deal brings the voice actors' union strike to a (tentative) end
On Saturday both sides reached a deal that brings the strike to a (tentative) end, though it does not include the royalty payments voice actors were pushing for.
Sept. 25, 2017
Video Game Deep Cuts: The Nex Shadow Of The Outsider
Video Game Deep Cuts: The Nex Shadow Of The Outsider
Some of this week's longform article/video highlights include pieces on Nex Machina's intense gameplay, Shadow Of War's Nemesis system, & the latest Dishonored game's choices.
Sept. 25, 2017
Bea The Bullet Dev Log #1 - Designing Interesting and Efficient Levels For a Time Trial Game
Bea The Bullet Dev Log #1 - Designing Interesting and Efficient Levels For a Time Trial Game
What does it take to create an environment that minimizes manpower needed to create it while still being varied for the player? In this dev-log I take an in-depth look at the design process behind Bea The Bullet and how we overcome some of these obstacles
Sept. 25, 2017