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Erin Robinson Swink tapped as creative director of UC Santa Cruz game masters program
Erin Robinson Swink tapped as creative director of UC Santa Cruz game masters program
The independent developer (Gravity Ghost, Puzzle Bots) joins the faculty of the respected Northern California video game program at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Dec. 15, 2015
Patent owner sues EA, Activision, Zynga, and more over sports games
Patent owner sues EA, Activision, Zynga, and more over sports games
Reports suggest that Virtual Gaming Technologies, LLC is aggressively pursuing a number of publishers over patents relating to realtime data reporting in games.
Dec. 15, 2015
Alibaba.com Hit with Widespread Phishing Campaign
Alibaba.com Hit with Widespread Phishing Campaign
The primary method of attack is a random phishing campaign that employs well-crafted spoofing methods.
Dec. 14, 2015
Symantec Tells Google to 'Distrust' Root Cert
Symantec Tells Google to 'Distrust' Root Cert
Symantec Tells Google to Distrust Root Cert. Protective measures needed after legacy root falls out of compliance
Dec. 14, 2015
NCA Leads International Cybercrime Exercise
NCA Leads International Cybercrime Exercise
NCA Leads International Cybercrime Exercises. Foreign Office sponsored program featured FBI and Eastern European agencies
Dec. 14, 2015
Researchers Find Major Security Flaws in Parking Apps
Researchers Find Major Security Flaws in Parking Apps
Researchers Find Major Security Flaws in Parking Apps. Many developers not getting basics right, says NCC Group
Dec. 14, 2015
Malware stealing gigabytes of your data as seen by Cognitive Threat Analytics
Malware stealing gigabytes of your data as seen by Cognitive Threat Analytics
This post is authored by Gayan de Silva and Martin Pospisil. Overview Recently, about 50 users across 20 companies were alarmed by the Cisco Cognitive Threat Analytics (CTA) about...
Dec. 14, 2015
7 combat systems that every game designer should study
7 combat systems that every game designer should study
We reached out to several designers for their take on the games that introduced truly memorable innovations to hand-to-hand combat systems.
Dec. 14, 2015
Get a job: Roblox is hiring an experienced Engineer
Get a job: Roblox is hiring an experienced Engineer
The outfit responsible for game creation/publishing platform Roblox is looking to hire an experienced C++ coder to serve as a senior engineer on Roblox Studio at the company's San Mateo, CA HQ.
Dec. 14, 2015
Here are your Design, Nuovo and Student award juries for IGF 2016
Here are your Design, Nuovo and Student award juries for IGF 2016
The juries behind the GDC 2016 Independent Games Festival come together as a diverse lineup of lauded developers and industry professionals sign on to decide the finalists for the March awards.
Dec. 14, 2015
Video: Balancing the metagame in eSports and fighting game design
Video: Balancing the metagame in eSports and fighting game design
At GDC 2015 Spry Fox's Alex Jaffe shares a practical approach for using game theory and matchup charts to suss out the imbalances in competitive games, so you can take steps to balance their metagame.
Dec. 14, 2015
Star Citizen has now raised $100 million through crowdfunding
Star Citizen has now raised $100 million through crowdfunding
Chris Roberts' upcoming persistent space exploration title, Star Citizen, has now raised over $100 million through crowdfunding.
Dec. 14, 2015