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BAFTA Young Game Designers Competition 2012 adds development award
BAFTA Young Game Designers Competition 2012 adds development award
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has launched its Young Game Designers 2012 competition, with the aim to inspire young people to consider a future profession in game creation.
May 1, 2012
Activision confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for November
Activision confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for November
Activision has confirmed that the next title in the popular Call of Duty franchise is a sequel to 2010's Black Ops, as previously rumored, with a release date of October 13 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC.
May 1, 2012
Opinion: Once upon a time...
Opinion: Once upon a time...
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday opinion piece, former Microsoft software design engineer Poya Manouchehri shares some advice for writing the story of your game.
May 1, 2012
Gree expands portfolio, staff with $210M Modern War developer acquisition
Gree expands portfolio, staff with $210M Modern War developer acquisition
San Francisco's Funzio (Modern War, Crime City) has been acquired by global mobile game company Gree, as it puts the final touches on its much-lauded international platform.
May 1, 2012
Want crunch to go better? Pay for it
Want crunch to go better? Pay for it
In a new feature which lists the top 10 things game development can learn from film production, producer Tess Jones notes that the movie biz's "golden time" means producers avoid overtime.
May 1, 2012
New combined home firewall & anti-virus is free
New combined home firewall & anti-virus is free
Home computer users do not, in general, pay for security. They rely instead on free software offered with little or no support. This can cause problems when different free products conflict with each other.
May 1, 2012
Welsh board first NHS organization to be fined for data breach
Welsh board first NHS organization to be fined for data breach
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Aneurin Bevan Health Board in South Wales £70,000 for a “serious breach” of the Data Protection Act, the first National Health Service (NHS) organization to receive a data breach fine.
May 1, 2012
Oracle fixes zero-day database vulnerability that was already ‘fixed’
Oracle fixes zero-day database vulnerability that was already ‘fixed’
After being outed by security researcher Joxean Koret, Oracle has issued a fix for a zero-day database vulnerability that can be remotely exploited. It's a flaw that was supposedly “fixed” in the company’s quarterly security update.
May 1, 2012
Number of vulnerabilities down, malicious attacks up
Number of vulnerabilities down, malicious attacks up
While the number of vulnerabilities decreased by 20%, the number of malicious attacks continued to skyrocket by 81% in 2011, according to Symantec’s annual 'Internet Security Threat Report'.
May 1, 2012
Gree secures CrowdStar, iWin deals for upcoming global mobile platform
Gree secures CrowdStar, iWin deals for upcoming global mobile platform
Mobile social game developer and network operator Gree has secured exclusive partnerships with two major casual game studios, CrowdStar and iWin, for its upcoming global platform.
April 30, 2012
UK ISPs ordered to block The Pirate Bay
UK ISPs ordered to block The Pirate Bay
The UK's High Court has ordered local internet service providers to block popular filesharing site The Pirate Bay, which would prevent users in the country from accessing the piracy hub.
April 30, 2012
BioShock veterans form Fullbright Company
BioShock veterans form Fullbright Company
Former BioShock designer Steve Gaynor and two other 2K Marin/Games veterans have formed a new independent developer called The Fullbright Company in Portland, Oregon.
April 30, 2012