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GDC 2012: Inside the making of Alone in the Dark
GDC 2012: Inside the making of Alone in the Dark
In a GDC classic postmortem, Alone in the Dark creator Frederick Raynal takes us inside the considerable technical and storytelling innovations that frightened a generation and birthed a genre.
March 9, 2012
GDC 2012: How Vector Unit made the leap from console to mobile games
GDC 2012: How Vector Unit made the leap from console to mobile games
Matt Small, creative director at Hydro Thunder: Hurricane developer Vector Unit, gave 10 tips on how to make the leap from console to mobile game development at GDC on Friday.
March 9, 2012
GDC Podcast: IGF, kilts, and game dev rockstars
GDC Podcast: IGF, kilts, and game dev rockstars
One Life Left's third evening broadcast from GDC 2012 brings you a smart, chatty, focused, drained group of industry experts from Makielabs, Pocket Gamer and Independent Games Festival.
March 9, 2012
Today's #FFF hack by Anonymous is a police equipment store
Today's #FFF hack by Anonymous is a police equipment store
Anonymous has vowed to do a hack every Friday, calling it the #FFF campaign. Today AntiSec defaced the New York Ironworks, a police equipment supplier that describes itself as ‘NYC's finest police equipment & tactical op’s gear store.’
March 9, 2012
Rogue anti-virus up and Kelihos botnet is back
Rogue anti-virus up and Kelihos botnet is back
GFI Software’s report for February highlights two main issues: the incidence of rogue anti-virus is continuing to increase; and the Kelihos botnet ‘taken down’ last year is resurgent.
March 9, 2012
McGill shuts down website that published confidential donor data
McGill shuts down website that published confidential donor data
Canada’s McGill University has shut down a website that published confidential data on school donors, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and the amount they donated.
March 9, 2012
SFIA Foundation maps ISACA certifications to IT skills framework
SFIA Foundation maps ISACA certifications to IT skills framework
The Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) Foundation has recognized two ISACA information security certifications as part of its IT skills framework.
March 9, 2012
Vupen strikes again: French team cracks IE 9 in Pwn2Own hack contest
Vupen strikes again: French team cracks IE 9 in Pwn2Own hack contest
A team from the French security firm Vupen has cracked a second browser during the Pwn2Own hacking contest at CanSecWest – Internet Explorer 9 – after compromising Chrome on the first day of the competition.
March 9, 2012
Police Equipment Supplier New York Iron Works hacked and defaced by Anonymous for #FFF
Police Equipment Supplier New York Iron Works hacked and defaced by Anonymous for #FFF
Anonymous hackers angry over LulzSec disaster have taken down  official website of  Police and other Law enforcement supply contractor and database leaked
March 9, 2012
SEA publishing Wargaming.net's World of Tanks in Southeast Asia
SEA publishing Wargaming.net's World of Tanks in Southeast Asia
Wargaming.net has signed an agreement with new online game publisher SEA Gaming to release its free-to-play online title World of Tanks in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand.
March 8, 2012
Former BioWare CEO helping 3D holographic company attract game developers
Former BioWare CEO helping 3D holographic company attract game developers
Infinite Z, which specializes in virtual holographic 3D imagery technology, has announced that it's entering the game market, and has brought in former BioWare CEO Greg Richardson as a strategic advisor to assist with its move.
March 8, 2012
Final Fantasy XIII-2 led sagging February for UK game sales
Final Fantasy XIII-2 led sagging February for UK game sales
Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII-2 was the top-selling title in the UK last month, though software revenues and unit sales were both significantly down in the country, according to Chart-Track.
March 8, 2012