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This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Pokemon to David Cage
This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Pokemon to David Cage
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Lana Polansky on topics including the lasting pull of Pokemon and Beyond: Two Souls's sophistication.
Nov. 4, 2013
GDC Next 10: SWERY on the new Kinect and D4's inspiration
GDC Next 10: SWERY on the new Kinect and D4's inspiration
In advance of D4 creator Hidetaka "SWERY" Suehiro's GDC Next 10 talk this week, GDC briefly chatted with about D4's creative inspiration, and working with the new Kinect.
Nov. 4, 2013
Call of Duty resolutions were the result of 'a long process'
Call of Duty resolutions were the result of 'a long process'
Speaking with Eurogamer concerning Call of Duty: Ghosts's disparate native resolutions on next-gen hardware, Infinity Ward's Mark Rubin contends that this was not a simple matter of console power.
Nov. 4, 2013
Get a job: Vicarious Visions is looking for an art director
Get a job: Vicarious Visions is looking for an art director
"Vicarious Visions is looking for a talented and creative Art Director to join our studio and lead our teams in creating the next generation of award-winning games for console and mobile markets."
Nov. 4, 2013
Machinima teaming up with Twitch
Machinima teaming up with Twitch
Youtube juggernaut Machinima has announced a partnership with foremost streaming service Twitch, with goals to produce and distribute ongoing and original content through the platform.
Nov. 4, 2013
EA expecting 10 million next-gen consoles sold through by April
EA expecting 10 million next-gen consoles sold through by April
Electronic Arts is bullish in its predictions of consumers' next-gen hardware adoption, predicting Sony's and Microsoft's next-generation consoles to move a combined 10 million units by April 2014.
Nov. 4, 2013
First Steam Machines to show at CES in 2014
First Steam Machines to show at CES in 2014
The Verge has confirmed that the first consumer-tailored Steam Machines will be on display at Las Vegas's Consumer Electronics Show in January 2014, with boxes reaching retail by middle of next year.
Nov. 4, 2013
Angry Birds's Rovio in cross-promo with Puzzle & Dragons's GungHo
Angry Birds's Rovio in cross-promo with Puzzle & Dragons's GungHo
Finnish mobile developer Rovio is partnering with Japanese mobile giant GungHo for a cross-promotion event, in which Rovio's Angry Birds characters will appear in GungHo's Puzzle & Dragons.
Nov. 4, 2013
Twitch to bring video livestreaming functionality to Minecraft
Twitch to bring video livestreaming functionality to Minecraft
Popular livestreaming service Twitch announced today that it would soon be integrating its services with Mojang's Minecraft, enabling players to stream their play sessions easily from within the game.
Nov. 2, 2013
Using a “Playbook” Model to Organize Your Information Security Monitoring Strategy
Using a “Playbook” Model to Organize Your Information Security Monitoring Strategy
CSIRT, I have a project for you. We have a big network and we're definitely getting hacked constantly. Your group needs to develop and implement security
Nov. 1, 2013
Deep Dive: Mobility Services APIs (with Sample Code!)
Deep Dive: Mobility Services APIs (with Sample Code!)
Last week, my colleague Rajiv walked you through an overview of how our Mobility Services API now supports REST based APIs. As a developer for the Mobility Services Engine...
Nov. 1, 2013
If we pitched food the same way we pitched games
If we pitched food the same way we pitched games
In this humor column reprinted from the October 2011 issue of Game Developer magazine, Matthew Wasteland shares how sometimes a very simple core concept can become lost.
Nov. 1, 2013