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Steam service users must now disclose paid endorsements
Steam service users must now disclose paid endorsements
Valve has added a new clause to the Steam User Agreement requiring users to disclose when they are using a Steam service to promote something in exchange for money, free games or other rewards.
March 16, 2015
Famous Games Hijacked for Ransom Through TeslaCrypt Ransomware
Famous Games Hijacked for Ransom Through TeslaCrypt Ransomware
Hackers recently hijacked famous games such as Call of Duty, Star Craft 2 WarCraft 3 and Assassin’s Creed etcthrough TeslaCrypt Ransomware.
March 15, 2015
Sony PlayStation User Accounts are Getting Hacked, Change Your Password
Sony PlayStation User Accounts are Getting Hacked, Change Your Password
Do you use Sony PlayStation? Do you purchase related products or gaming content from Sony's online store? Well, if you do we warn you to change your login
March 14, 2015
An App that Helps Blind People Traverse London’s Tube via Sound
An App that Helps Blind People Traverse London’s Tube via Sound
The app is called Wayfindr and it is currently being tested at Pimlico Station, London.
March 13, 2015
Facebook To Face Class Action Court Case Over Unrefunded Purchases Made by Kids
Facebook To Face Class Action Court Case Over Unrefunded Purchases Made by Kids
Facebook is in the news again but this time for all the wrong reasons. Reportedly, the social networking giant will be defending itself in a class action case
March 13, 2015
CryptoLocker Variant Targets 20+ Online Games
CryptoLocker Variant Targets 20+ Online Games
The TeslaCrypt ransomware is taking aim at a virtual who’s who of online gaming, from Call of Duty, to Skyrim to Minecraft.
March 13, 2015
Get a job: Demiurge Studios seeks a Game Director
Get a job: Demiurge Studios seeks a Game Director
Following its acquisition by SEGA Networks, Cambridge-based F2P studio Demiurge is looking for someone with production experience to serve as a Game Director on a new mobile/PC F2P title.
March 13, 2015
Video: Building the touchy-feely world of Tearaway
Video: Building the touchy-feely world of Tearaway
At GDC 2013, Tearaway creative lead Rex Crowle described the challenges of designing and building a world that can flex, fold, tear and crumple under the fingertips of players.
March 13, 2015
Murder school: Crafting Danganronpa to surprise players 2
Murder school: Crafting Danganronpa to surprise players 2
The series' writer/director Kazutaka Kodaka dives into his approach to game writing and development in this extensive new interview on the award-winning, cult-hit franchise.
March 13, 2015
Obituary: Play research pioneer Brian Sutton-Smith
Obituary: Play research pioneer Brian Sutton-Smith
The influential educator and researcher, often cited by those doing work in the field of play, passed away at the age of 90 late last week.
March 13, 2015
Marvelous acquires G-mode, owner of classic Data East game catalog
Marvelous acquires G-mode, owner of classic Data East game catalog
Marvelous, best-known in the West for the Harvest Moon games, has acquired Japanese mobile studio G-mode -- which happens to own a lot of classic studio Data East's IP.
March 13, 2015
10 seminal game postmortems every developer should read
10 seminal game postmortems every developer should read
A few timeless game postmortems, written by pioneering designers like Warren Spector and Dr. Ray Muzyka, that detail the trials and triumphs of developing games like Deus Ex and System Shock 2.
March 13, 2015