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Fraudster Made £100K from Online Banking Bug
Fraudster Made £100K from Online Banking Bug
Fraudster Made £100K from Online Banking Bug. Bridlington man jailed for 16 months
June 22, 2017
3 months after launch, Playerunknown's Battlegrounds sells 4M copies
3 months after launch, Playerunknown's Battlegrounds sells 4M copies
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, a game which is still in Early Access, has now sold over four million copies, according to lead developer Brendan Greene.
June 22, 2017
Q&A: How Microsoft is pitching the Xbox One X to devs (and consumers)
Q&A: How Microsoft is pitching the Xbox One X to devs (and consumers)
Microsoft’s senior director of product management and planning for Xbox, Albert Penello, told Gamasutra about how the company is positioning the Xbox One X hardware to both developers and consumers.
June 22, 2017
Blizzard announces major changes to loot systems in Overwatch & Hearthstone
Blizzard announces major changes to loot systems in Overwatch & Hearthstone
In one day, Blizzard announced notable changes to the IAP-based loot systems to both Overwatch and Hearthstone.
June 22, 2017
Paradox undoes global price increase in the name of transparency
Paradox undoes global price increase in the name of transparency
Game publisher Paradox Interactive recently implemented a global price change on its games and DLC without much warning to players, now its CEO says it's rolling back those changes.
June 22, 2017
Valve details SteamVR Knuckles controllers in new setup guide
Valve details SteamVR Knuckles controllers in new setup guide
Initially displayed during the company's Steam Dev Days conference last October, Valve has released a guide detailing the specs of the new SteamVR Knuckles motion controllers.
June 22, 2017
It's a me, M-AR-io recreated in AR
It's a me, M-AR-io recreated in AR
Developer Abhishek Singh recreated a life-size Super Mario Bros. level for Microsoft’s Hololens, and took to New York’s Central Park dressed as the plumber himself in order to test out how the 2D platformer fared in AR.
June 22, 2017
Get a job: Naughty Dog is hiring a Character Shading TD
Get a job: Naughty Dog is hiring a Character Shading TD
Naughty Dog is looking for a Character Shading TD to take charge and make sure the surface materials of its characters look fantastic.
June 22, 2017
New VRDC VR/AR Innovation Report reveals the HTC Vive is devs' top target
New VRDC VR/AR Innovation Report reveals the HTC Vive is devs' top target
This data-rich survey of VR/AR/MR professionals suggests that the HTC Vive is still the most popular headset to develop for, and that interest in platform-exclusive experiences is rising.
June 22, 2017
Improving a game on the Xbox One X helps boost its One S performance, says Xbox exec
Improving a game on the Xbox One X helps boost its One S performance, says Xbox exec
Microsoft's Albert Penello addresses concerns that developing Xbox One games with both the Xbox One X and Xbox One S in mind could result in one console variant holding the other back.
June 22, 2017
How Naughty Dog broke Sony's hardware rules to create Crash Bandicoot
How Naughty Dog broke Sony's hardware rules to create Crash Bandicoot
'They were very worried that if they shipped this game, all the PlayStations in the world would break because their CD drives would melt.'
June 22, 2017
Video: Peek at the programming that made the personalities in The Sims 3
Video: Peek at the programming that made the personalities in The Sims 3
Take a look at the design and programming that built the character personalities behind The Sims 3.
June 22, 2017