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Facebook sponsors cutting-edge XRDC talks on VR art and AR design
Facebook sponsors cutting-edge XRDC talks on VR art and AR design
From designing effects in Facebook's Spark AR platform to rendering work created with the VR art tool Quill on Oculus' standalone Quest headset, these are XRDC talks you won't want to miss!
Oct. 18, 2018
Sixth annual Day of the Devs line-up features over 70 games
Sixth annual Day of the Devs line-up features over 70 games
Double Fine and iam8bit announce the 70 games which will be present at the sixth annual Day of The Devs.
Oct. 18, 2018
SteamVR now supports motion smoothing in beta
SteamVR now supports motion smoothing in beta
The feature aims to help devs compensate for dropped frames in Steam-hosted VR games by anticipating frame jitter and masking those dropped frames.
Oct. 18, 2018
Alt.Ctrl.GDC Inspirations: The award-winning Puppet Pandemonium!
Alt.Ctrl.GDC Inspirations: The award-winning Puppet Pandemonium!
GDC 2019 seeks your great offbeat controller games for Alt.Ctrl.GDC! The submission deadline is November 30th, and to inspire you we're highlighting some prior standouts -- like Puppet Pandemonium!
Oct. 18, 2018
Six Foot lays off nearly one third of dev team following Dreadnought Steam launch
Six Foot lays off nearly one third of dev team following Dreadnought Steam launch
UPDATE: 45 developers, a third of the game dev team, have been offered the choice of either being laid off or taking unpaid leave until Dreadnaught becomes profitable.
Oct. 18, 2018
Get a job: Amnesia dev Frictional Games is hiring a Tools Programmer
Get a job: Amnesia dev Frictional Games is hiring a Tools Programmer
Frictional Games is expanding its tech team and looking for a tools programmer who will help make its HPL engine better, prettier, and more intuitive.
Oct. 18, 2018
Dota 2 now dynamically discloses loot box odds in-game
Dota 2 now dynamically discloses loot box odds in-game
Dota 2 players can now click on an arrow right next to one of the game’s purchasable “treasure” loot boxes to see the odds for rare, very rare, and extremely rare drops.
Oct. 18, 2018
How Yacht Club Games Created Shovel Knight's Tinker Knight Boss
How Yacht Club Games Created Shovel Knight's Tinker Knight Boss
In the third and final batch of exclusive material from David L. Craddock's "Shovel Knight" published by Boss Fight Books, the author discusses how developer Yacht Club Games designed Shovel Knight's Tinker Knight boss battle.
Oct. 18, 2018
Millions of US Voter Records for Sale
Millions of US Voter Records for Sale
Possible state insiders supplying dark web with info
Oct. 17, 2018
NCSC Tackles 10 Attacks on Government Per Week
NCSC Tackles 10 Attacks on Government Per Week
GCHQ body says Active Cyber Defence strategy is working
Oct. 17, 2018
Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap Reaches Three Million
Global Cybersecurity Skills Gap Reaches Three Million
New (ISC)² methodology reveals huge shortfall today
Oct. 17, 2018
9 in 10 Orgs Don't Have Desired Security Culture
9 in 10 Orgs Don't Have Desired Security Culture
Creating a cyber-secure culture requires an
Oct. 17, 2018