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Layoffs reach Sony Online Entertainment
Layoffs reach Sony Online Entertainment
Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is undergoing a workforce reduction in order to focus resources on its current title lineup, a representative for the company announced today via the DC Universe Online forums.
Aug. 28, 2013
Steam Greenlights 100 new titles -- but is the system working?
Steam Greenlights 100 new titles -- but is the system working?
100 new Steam Greenlight games and software are inbound for distribution on Valve's Steam platform, including Paranautical Activity and (interestingly) Shadow of the Eternals.
Aug. 28, 2013
Wii U Deluxe Edition dropping to $299 in the U.S.
Wii U Deluxe Edition dropping to $299 in the U.S.
Faced with disappointing sales, Nintendo announced today that it will be cutting the price of the Wii U Deluxe Edition in North America, to $299 U.S..
Aug. 28, 2013
Final Fantasy XIV sales halted as servers take a hit
Final Fantasy XIV sales halted as servers take a hit
Final Fantasy XIV cannot catch a break. After the game relaunched yesterday, Square Enix has now halted sales as the servers are unable to accommodate the number of players signing up.
Aug. 28, 2013
Opinion: Nintendo's 2DS is brand confusion in a box
Opinion: Nintendo's 2DS is brand confusion in a box
Game developer and Gamasutra senior contributor Brandon Sheffield argues that while the 2DS could move a lot of units, it will be confusing for consumers and developers.
Aug. 28, 2013
Unity introduces new 2D tools
Unity introduces new 2D tools
The Unity engine is best known for its 3D capabilities. Now Unity Technologies wants to better serve 2D game development with the introduction of new "2D first" tools and workflows.
Aug. 28, 2013
Facebook and Unity's joint-SDK aims for easy cross-platform deployment
Facebook and Unity's joint-SDK aims for easy cross-platform deployment
Facebook and Unity have been working together on a joint-SDK that intends to let developers build once, then deploy across web, iOS and Android platforms.
Aug. 28, 2013
Nintendo's new '2DS' is a 3DS, minus one dimension
Nintendo's new '2DS' is a 3DS, minus one dimension
Nintendo made the surprise announcement today that it will be releasing the Nintendo 2DS in October. Yes, '2DS'.
Aug. 28, 2013
Unity jumping into ad network space with Unity Cloud
Unity jumping into ad network space with Unity Cloud
Engine maker Unity Technologies is adding a suite of online services that aims to help mobile game developers promote and monetize their apps.
Aug. 28, 2013
Video: Building Star Wars: The Old Republic's scalable platform
Video: Building Star Wars: The Old Republic's scalable platform
BioWare's Dave Moore discusses how he and his team built a robust and scalable platform environment and how they anticipated the massive launch for Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Aug. 28, 2013
Twitter Scanning DMs to Help Profile its Users
Twitter Scanning DMs to Help Profile its Users
A European privacy activist is warning that Twitter monitors users' Direct Message private tweets, even to the extent of visiting URLs contained and copying the content of the web pages concerned – most likely for behavioral profiling.
Aug. 27, 2013
NSA Revealed Spying on the UN and EU Embassies
NSA Revealed Spying on the UN and EU Embassies
The latest revelations from Edward Snowden published by Der Spiegel and Laura Poitras, the American film maker based in Berlin and visited by David Miranda before his detention at Heathrow, shows extensive and sophisticated NSA surveillance of both the EU and UN organizations in the US.
Aug. 27, 2013