News

US Government Agencies Outline Security Strategy for 2020 Election
US Government Agencies Outline Security Strategy for 2020 Election
Agencies share collaborative plans to tackle interference in presidential election
Oct. 23, 2019
Cash-back Websites Expose 2 TB of Sensitive Information
Cash-back Websites Expose 2 TB of Sensitive Information
Bank details of over 3.5 million users laid bare in double data breach
Oct. 23, 2019
Bedside Robots May Have Been Used to Spy on Hotel Guests in Japan
Bedside Robots May Have Been Used to Spy on Hotel Guests in Japan
Hotel owners apologize for ignoring bedside robot spying vulnerability
Oct. 23, 2019
Xbox software and services revenue remains flat as hardware continues to slow
Xbox software and services revenue remains flat as hardware continues to slow
Microsoft's Q1 earnings report sheds some light on how the company's video game business is faring as a new console generation looms on the horizon.
Oct. 23, 2019
Tencent now owns 51.2% of Supercell-controlling consortium
Tencent now owns 51.2% of Supercell-controlling consortium
Tencent has raised its stake in Halti S.A.. the consortium that owns a majority Clash of Clans developer Supercell, bringing its ownership of the firm from 50 percent to 51.2 percent.
Oct. 23, 2019
Fallout 76 is offering premium features through a paid monthly membership
Fallout 76 is offering premium features through a paid monthly membership
Bethesda has announced an optional premium membership for its online game Fallout 76, offering the player-requested private server feature and a handful of other perks behind a $12.99 membership.
Oct. 23, 2019
Game Design Deep Dive: The creative camaraderie behind Wilmot's Warehouse
Game Design Deep Dive: The creative camaraderie behind Wilmot's Warehouse
In this deep dive, Wilmot's Warehouse designer and artist Richard Hogg serves up a meandering and delightfully insightful look at how the emergent puzzler came to be.Â
Oct. 23, 2019
Get a job: Sucker Punch Productions is hiring a QA Manager
Get a job: Sucker Punch Productions is hiring a QA Manager
Here at Sucker Punch we’re hard at work on Ghost of Tsushima, and we’re looking for an experienced manager for our QA Team.
Oct. 23, 2019
Video: Curating the Victoria & Albert Museum's video game exhibition
Video: Curating the Victoria & Albert Museum's video game exhibition
In this 2019 GDC talk Marie Foulston discusses the conception and execution of a novel museum exhibition aimed at defining a new curatorial language for the video game medium.
Oct. 23, 2019
Designing Investigate Conversations
Designing Investigate Conversations
Conversations should be dramatic, but maybe the player wants to just get some answers. How do you design a scene to balance both character and gameplay?
Oct. 23, 2019
Miniclip's 8 Ball Pool: A melting pot of skill & chance based gratification-Part 1
Miniclip's 8 Ball Pool: A melting pot of skill & chance based gratification-Part 1
Product and UX deconstruction of an all time favourite 8 Ball Pool along with a deep dive into the psychology of skill and chance-based gratification loops and how they affect player perception.
Oct. 23, 2019
Steam Remote Play Together now available in beta, allows you to play all local MP games over the Internet
Steam Remote Play Together now available in beta, allows you to play all local MP games over the Internet
Today, we are happy to report that Steam Remote Play Together is available in beta.
Oct. 22, 2019