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UK Fraud in excess of £2bn per annum
UK Fraud in excess of £2bn per annum
Reported fraud in the UK during 2011 increased by 50% to stand at more than £2bn. Both the number and average value of reported cases also rose.
Jan. 12, 2012
Gamasutra member blogs: From checkpoints to story-centric design
Gamasutra member blogs: From checkpoints to story-centric design
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, such as implementing checkpoints in games, story-centric design approaches, and more.
Jan. 11, 2012
CES: Can Softkinetic speed up evolution of gesture-based games?
CES: Can Softkinetic speed up evolution of gesture-based games?
Microsoft's Kinect has the market cornered on gesture-based games, but Softkinetic's business-facing strategy could do more to push gesture gaming to meet a true mass market.
Jan. 11, 2012
CES: Two cloud gaming firms, two different visions
CES: Two cloud gaming firms, two different visions
They’re often considered direct competitors, but cloud gaming firms Gaikai and OnLive have different visions of the streaming future. Gamasutra speaks with OnLive’s Steve Perlman and Gaikai’s David Perry.
Jan. 11, 2012
Critical Reception: EA Tiburon's NFL Blitz
Critical Reception: EA Tiburon's NFL Blitz
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to EA's downloadable franchise reboot NFL Blitz, which reviewers describe as "a digestible version of football that even the biggest sports cynic can enjoy."
Jan. 11, 2012
Updated Where's My Water? tops paid Android charts
Updated Where's My Water? tops paid Android charts
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free gaming applications on the Android Market as of today, with Where's My Water?, Cut the Rope, and UNO currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
Jan. 11, 2012
Temple Run tops iPhone revenue charts
Temple Run tops iPhone revenue charts
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Temple Run and Tiny Tower earning top iPhone sales, while Battle Nations and DragonVale emerge as big sellers on the iPad.
Jan. 11, 2012
Xaitment's popular AI modules' source code is now free to licensees
Xaitment's popular AI modules' source code is now free to licensees
German middleware developer Xaitment released the source code for two of its AI software modules, XaitMap and XaitControl, to its U.S. and European licensees at no extra charge.
Jan. 11, 2012
UK adds computer science to national curriculum
UK adds computer science to national curriculum
The UK will overhaul its widely criticized ICT (information and communications technology) curriculum in schools, adding "rigorous computer science courses" that could better meet game industry standards.
Jan. 11, 2012
League of Legends goes to Russia
League of Legends goes to Russia
Developer and publisher Riot Games will bring its free-to-play online RTS game League of Legends to Russian-speaking territories with a localized version, dedicated servers, and support.
Jan. 11, 2012
Call of Duty remains UK's top-selling franchise for third year in a row
Call of Duty remains UK's top-selling franchise for third year in a row
Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was the best-selling game in the UK across all platforms in 2011, followed by Electronic Arts' popular FIFA 12 and Battlefield 3 releases.
Jan. 11, 2012
EverQuest II's free-to-play switch spurs 300% jump in new players
EverQuest II's free-to-play switch spurs 300% jump in new players
New player registrations for EverQuest II have increased by around 300 percent since Sony Online Entertainment switched the game to an entirely free-to-play model in early December.
Jan. 11, 2012