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Malvertising Push Infects 288 Popular Websites
Malvertising Push Infects 288 Popular Websites
The effort is affecting most of the popular Dutch websites, with potentially hundreds of thousands exposed to ransomware.
April 13, 2016
Another Bitcoin Trader Quits Operation Due to Cyber Attack
Another Bitcoin Trader Quits Operation Due to Cyber Attack
This is the Fourth Bitcoin platform in the past month to get knocked out by a cyber-attack in a row, and the fourth one to shut down operations. Last
April 13, 2016
Making a battle royale for players and viewers alike in The Culling
Making a battle royale for players and viewers alike in The Culling
"Games have always been watchable--not just playable--entertainment," says Josh Van Veld of Xaviant Games. "Twitch and YouTube capture that same vibe of sleepovers with friends, up late playing video games."
April 13, 2016
Sega's hardware boss on the frontier of play and its console history
Sega's hardware boss on the frontier of play and its console history
"I think it may be enough just to create an online space for players, and the rest will sort itself out. That may only be a slight exaggeration." - Sega R&D head Hideki Sato, writing in 1998
April 13, 2016
Rubber bands and chewing gum: How practical effects shaped Doom
Rubber bands and chewing gum: How practical effects shaped Doom
"It was what I like to call a little bit rubber band and chewing gum effects. The spider creature was made out of parts I had literally just found at hardware and hobby stores, pieces of tupperware and PVC pipes."
April 13, 2016
Diablo III designer and Fallout art director Leonard Boyarsky joins Obsidian
Diablo III designer and Fallout art director Leonard Boyarsky joins Obsidian
Veteran game designer and artist Leonard Boyarsky has left Blizzard to take on an unspecified role at Fallout: New Vegas and Alpha Protocol developer, Obsidian.
April 13, 2016
Outsourcing and localization companies ink $20 million acquisition deal
Outsourcing and localization companies ink $20 million acquisition deal
"We are confident that the integration of the Synthesis Group within Keywords will lead to an even stronger services business shaped around the very best talent in the industry."
April 13, 2016
Gree launches $12 million virtual reality investment fund
Gree launches $12 million virtual reality investment fund
"We not only see ourselves as a content developer but as an investor as well. We want to create same values we successfully did in the past through investments in companies when the mobile platform took off."
April 13, 2016
Charting the course of a multiplayer game's fall from grace
Charting the course of a multiplayer game's fall from grace
No multiplayer game lasts forever, but some last longer than most. So why does the community for a game like Guns of Icarus Online fade, and what can game developers learn from the process?
April 13, 2016
Console fans are marching toward mobile devices, but they don't spend much
Console fans are marching toward mobile devices, but they don't spend much
New research from Nielsen suggests that while two-thirds of console fans now also play mobile games, they don't spend much at all on the games.
April 13, 2016
NYU Game Center Incubator opens up to all devs
NYU Game Center Incubator opens up to all devs
A $450,000 grant has enabled the program, formerly open only to NYU student devs, means that the program is now accepting open applications.
April 13, 2016
Rust dev Garry Newman defends game's randomly assigned race and gender
Rust dev Garry Newman defends game's randomly assigned race and gender
"Ultimately the decision comes down to gameplay. We don’t believe that letting you choose your race and gender would improve the game." - Rust dev Garry Newman
April 13, 2016