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GDC 2012: Capcom says over 50% of revs will come from digital by 2017
GDC 2012: Capcom says over 50% of revs will come from digital by 2017
Within five years, “well north” of 50 percent of Capcom’s revenue will come from digital sales instead of packaged retail, said Capcom Entertainment SVP Christian Svensson in an interview with Gamasutra during GDC 2012.
March 5, 2012
GDC 2012: Bogost shows off newsgame concepting with Game-o-Matic
GDC 2012: Bogost shows off newsgame concepting with Game-o-Matic
At GDC 2012, Georgia Tech professor, lecturer and developer of newsgames Ian Bogost unveiled a simple new tool for concepting newsgames within seconds.
March 5, 2012
GDC 2012: Die Gute Fabrik's Wilson on how simple tech enhances folk play
GDC 2012: Die Gute Fabrik's Wilson on how simple tech enhances folk play
At the Indie Game Summit, Die Gute Fabrik's Doug Wilson (Johann Sebastian Joust) talks about folk games -- and the opportunities for whimsy and player empowerment that tech limitations create.
March 5, 2012
Cable modem hacker convicted of defrauding cable firms out of $1 million
Cable modem hacker convicted of defrauding cable firms out of $1 million
Ryan Harris, known as the cable modem hacker, was convicted on seven counts of wire fraud by a federal court in Boston for helping users steal internet access that cost cable companies $1 million in lost revenues.
March 5, 2012
Twitter complies with court order – hands over account details
Twitter complies with court order – hands over account details
Guido Fawkes in the UK is the pseudonym of an award-winning anti-establishment blog operated by Paul Staines. In the US it is a name associated with a Twitter account handed over to law enforcement. Around the world is has become associated with the Anonymous movement.
March 5, 2012
Cyber churn at DHS: And Schaffer makes six
Cyber churn at DHS: And Schaffer makes six
Greg Schaffer is leaving his post as head of the US Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, marking the sixth high-ranking cyber official to leave the agency since June 2011.
March 5, 2012
GDC 2012, Iam8bit remind on 'Super Magnetic Game-O-Matic', detail featured artists
GDC 2012, Iam8bit remind on 'Super Magnetic Game-O-Matic', detail featured artists
Ahead of Monday's Game Developers Conference, show organizers have revealed select artists sketching at "Super Magnetic Game-O-Matic", including notables from Double Fine, Weta, Insomniac, and Blizzard.
March 4, 2012
Pentagon and Mexican Presidential Servers Hacked by Yei zeta and Database leaked
Pentagon and Mexican Presidential Servers Hacked by Yei zeta and Database leaked
The Pentagon’s military based server l, Mexican Presidential server www.presidencia.gob.mx , University of Washington and  Cambridge CEEDS Society servers
March 3, 2012
Microsoft promises biggest year yet for Xbox 360
Microsoft promises biggest year yet for Xbox 360
2011 was Microsoft's biggest year for the Xbox 360, and in a new interview, company executive Steve Beinner tells Gamasutra that "without a doubt," 2012 will be even bigger.
March 2, 2012
Social startup Idle Games poaches CityVille lead designer
Social startup Idle Games poaches CityVille lead designer
San Francisco-based startup Idle Games has hired industry veteran Michael McCormick away from Zynga, where he was the lead designer for CityVille, to serve as its game design director.
March 2, 2012
FaceFX hooks up with Rocketbox for realistic talking characters
FaceFX hooks up with Rocketbox for realistic talking characters
OC3 Entertainment has combined its FaceFX facial animation technology with Rocketbox's Complete Characters HD, allowing developers to generate animated dialogue sequences with stock 3D models.
March 2, 2012
Your game industry in your words: Week of March 2
Your game industry in your words: Week of March 2
Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from industry figures such as Thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen, Insomniac Games' Ted Price, Zynga's John Schappert, and many others in this new weekly roundup.
March 2, 2012