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Bithumb Hack Leads to Millions in Bitcoin Losses
Bithumb Hack Leads to Millions in Bitcoin Losses
Personal details on 30,000 people have been stolen from the crypto-currency exchange, leading to the theft of funds.
July 5, 2017
Composer and director of Rakuen on crafting an evocative soundtrack
Composer and director of Rakuen on crafting an evocative soundtrack
"Being both the composer and game developer helped a lot. Music wasn't an afterthought; I was able to take it into account from the very beginning of development.”
July 5, 2017
Brexit Britain: League of Legends in-game currency gets UK price hike
Brexit Britain: League of Legends in-game currency gets UK price hike
League of Legends players in the UK will soon have to pay more for their Riot Points as a result of Brexit.
July 5, 2017
Nintendo dismisses idea of entering resurgent PC market
Nintendo dismisses idea of entering resurgent PC market
Nintendo has no interest in entering the PC market. It's a message that came through loud and clear during the company's latest shareholder Q&A in Tokyo.
July 5, 2017
Chinese outfit NetDragon acquires Neopets owner JumpStart
Chinese outfit NetDragon acquires Neopets owner JumpStart
Chinese online game developer and operator NetDragon Websoft has acquired L.A.-based educational game specialist, JumpStart.
July 5, 2017
Former Nonstop Games devs form new studio Mighty Bear Games
Former Nonstop Games devs form new studio Mighty Bear Games
A new studio has risen from the ashes of Heroes of Honor developer Nonstop Games, which was shut down by King in October last year.
July 5, 2017
Super Mario Odyssey will never be 'Game Over', according to devs
Super Mario Odyssey will never be 'Game Over', according to devs
It's interesting given the Mario franchise has long been a popular example of how to effectively design platformers around concepts like lives, 1-UPs, and the looming threat of a "Game Over."
July 5, 2017
Why Final Fantasy IV was key to FFXII's AI-driven Gambit system
Why Final Fantasy IV was key to FFXII's AI-driven Gambit system
"Maybe Gambits were a little more complicated, but basically that {FFIV] precedent allowed us to manage the party without micromanaging the characters," Square Enix's Takashi Katano tells Polygon.
July 5, 2017
PlayerUnknown: A lack of typical dev experience 'gives me a lot of freedom'
PlayerUnknown: A lack of typical dev experience 'gives me a lot of freedom'
"It lets me dream a little bigger, I guess, because I’m not tied down by knowing too much about it," Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene told RPS recently about his leap from modder to creative director.
July 5, 2017
Get expert advice on mixed-reality game design at VRDC Fall 2017!
Get expert advice on mixed-reality game design at VRDC Fall 2017!
Virtual Reality Developers Conference officials highlight a pair of great VRDC Fall 2017 talks, one with practical tips on making better MR games and the other on VR/AR's growing uses in healthcare.
July 5, 2017
Watch and learn: What these game devs learned from failure
Watch and learn: What these game devs learned from failure
Game developers Adriaan de Jongh, Michael Molinari and Tim Rogers run through the mistakes made and lessons learned from creating games that would eventually flop in some way.
July 5, 2017
How Super Mario Run's lackluster sales are changing Nintendo's mobile strategy
How Super Mario Run's lackluster sales are changing Nintendo's mobile strategy
While the company is slowly becoming more open to different payment models, Nintendo hasn't fully written off the one-time-fee method favored by the inaugural mobile Mario title.
July 5, 2017