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Russian Site Deer.io is ‘One-Stop Shop’ for Cybercrime
Russian Site Deer.io is ‘One-Stop Shop’ for Cybercrime
Site offers first 'all in one' criminal service of its kind
July 27, 2016
DDoS Reflection Attacks Soar 80% in Q2
DDoS Reflection Attacks Soar 80% in Q2
DDoS Reflection Attacks Soar 80% in Q2. Nexusguard points to growing hacktivist threat
July 27, 2016
Study: Sexualized female characters in games down over last decade
Study: Sexualized female characters in games down over last decade
A study from researchers at Indiana University says that the number of sexualized female characters in video games has declined over the last decade.
July 27, 2016
Apple has now sold over a billion iPhones
Apple has now sold over a billion iPhones
Following the somewhat negative results of Apple's third quarter in 2016, the company announces it has now sold over one billion iPhones worldwide.
July 27, 2016
Get a job: Double Fine Productions is hiring a Lead Animator
Get a job: Double Fine Productions is hiring a Lead Animator
Double Fine, the studio responsible for Headlander, is looking for an experienced game animator to take a lead role at its San Francisco HQ and contribute to development of Psychonauts 2.
July 27, 2016
At GDC Europe you'll see how The Witcher's living world was built
At GDC Europe you'll see how The Witcher's living world was built
At GDC Europe CD Projekt Red's Matthew Steinke will walk you through how the studio designed and developed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's remarkable open world.
July 27, 2016
Video: Designing Sunset Overdrive for diverse protagonist genders/body types
Video: Designing Sunset Overdrive for diverse protagonist genders/body types
At GDC 2015, Insomniac's Adalbert Kinsey speaks to the tools Insomniac used to create a diverse array of character creation options in Sunset Overdrive, and the lessons they learned in the process.
July 27, 2016
Epic launches public bug tracker for Unreal Engine
Epic launches public bug tracker for Unreal Engine
"No longer will you have to wait, wonder or ask about the status of an issue whenever one of our support staff or engineers reference a JIRA ticket number on the forums or Answerhub."
July 27, 2016
My experience with Unity in creating an arcade style game
My experience with Unity in creating an arcade style game
My experience as a solo dev on using Unity for my arcade style game SpiritSphere.
July 27, 2016
When Randomized Game Design goes too Far
When Randomized Game Design goes too Far
Randomly generated content is a popular feature to add replayability, but today's post looks at when it does more harm than good.
July 27, 2016
Unprecedented raw footage of the Japanese games industry
Unprecedented raw footage of the Japanese games industry
A collection of short videos documenting the history of Japanese console and computer games.
July 27, 2016
The purpose of metrics in a game
The purpose of metrics in a game
Metrics were discussed by MMO developers, but it was the social game developers who took the idea and ran with it. How should a modern game designer work with metrics?
July 27, 2016