"As a publisher, you just live with it," says Deep Silver CEO Klemens Kundratitz, saying the company's policy with successes such as Saints Row IV has been to look beyond piracy concerns.

"We are seeking rock star programmers who want to work in one of the toughest game disciplines: MMO development. We can teach you the ropes, but you must come with strong programming chops."

Today marks the beginning of another themed week on Gamasutra – this time focusing on the advanced video game input/output systems of the future.

One of the most familiar names in sports will be dropping out of EA Sports' video game portfolio, the company announced Monday.

Many design trends emerge out of a desire to fulfill a fantasy like virtual reality, but without proven forethought, they risk becoming expensive fads.

LinkedIn has released a new product called Intro, which shows users' LinkedIn profiles from inside the native iPhone mail client. Members can, at-a-glance, see the profile picture of the person who’s emailing, learn more about their background, and connect on LinkedIn. It sounds like another step in the march to hyper-connected convenience, but at least one research group has raised security concerns over the functionality.

Google's Safe Browsing Tool, used by Chrome, Firefox and Safari to protect users from sites serving malware, yesterday blocked php.net, home of the hugely popular open-source PHP programming language.

More than two in five Americans (44%) have chosen not to sign the back of their credit or debit cards, instead writing “see ID” or leaving it blank. However, the tactic is not achieving its intended outcome, as 87% of respondents report that majority of the time they make a purchase with their cards, they are not asked to present proof of ID.

On October 22, 2013, Cisco TRAC Threat Researcher Martin Lee wrote about Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that leverage the Domain Name System