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Create an All-channel Retail Shopping Experience
Create an All-channel Retail Shopping Experience
I always feel the rush of excitement when it comes to shopping. Whether it’s that something special to enhance my home’s interior. Or my annual vacation
Oct. 28, 2015
Hackers Target Video Gamers with Sophisticated Phishing Scam
Hackers Target Video Gamers with Sophisticated Phishing Scam
Video gamers have found themselves the target of a new type of scam. No malware or hacking into the games rather a simple phishing scam which is filling
Oct. 28, 2015
Video: Analyzing the turning tide of indie game sales in 2015
Video: Analyzing the turning tide of indie game sales in 2015
At GDC 2015 TinyBuild staffer and one-time Gamasutra editor Mike Rose breaks down sales data for indie games across various platforms to try and shed light on the state of the market now vs. in 2009.
Oct. 28, 2015
Get a job: Loot Crate is looking to hire a Game Designer
Get a job: Loot Crate is looking to hire a Game Designer
Loot Crate, the Los Angeles-based company that ships monthly boxes of tchotchkes to subscribers, is now looking to hire a game designer to lead its newly-established game development efforts.
Oct. 28, 2015
Designing Cryptark to let players dig their own grave
Designing Cryptark to let players dig their own grave
Alien Trap art director Jesse McGibney explains how their roguelike Cryptark lets players choose greater risks for greater rewards, making them feel more complicit in their frequent failures.
Oct. 28, 2015
Sales are up but profits are down in latest Nintendo financials
Sales are up but profits are down in latest Nintendo financials
Nintendo has posted new financials for the six-month period ending September 30, and it's something of a mixed-bag for the Kyoto-based company.
Oct. 28, 2015
Nintendo boosted by strong software sales as first-party titles continue to shine
Nintendo boosted by strong software sales as first-party titles continue to shine
As well as letting us take a peek at its fluctuating profit margins, Nintendo's latest financials provided some insight as to how well the company's hardware and software has been selling of late.
Oct. 28, 2015
Google caters to YouTubers with new Android gameplay recording tech
Google caters to YouTubers with new Android gameplay recording tech
Mobile game YouTubers get fresh tools to play with this week as Google rolls out support for Android users to record themselves playing games, then edit and post those videos to YouTube.
Oct. 28, 2015
After a four-month suspension, Batman: Arkham Knight is back on Steam
After a four-month suspension, Batman: Arkham Knight is back on Steam
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment republished Batman: Arkham Knight on Steam today after abruptly suspending sales of the PC version of the game this summer due to serious performance problems.
Oct. 28, 2015
How Riot optimizes the League of Legends codebase
How Riot optimizes the League of Legends codebase
There's an interesting rundown on Riot's techblog of how coders optimize the League of Legends codebase -- specifically, the particle system -- that game programmers may appreciate.
Oct. 28, 2015
Improbable: How a team of 15 builds a physics-based MMO
Improbable: How a team of 15 builds a physics-based MMO
Why a small team at Surgeon Simulator dev Bossa Studios is using Unity to build a persistent, physics-based, high-flying online world -- with the help of a mysterious tech startup.
Oct. 28, 2015
21 million Amiibos shipped so far
21 million Amiibos shipped so far
Nintendo's toys-to-life gambit appears to be paying off, as the little plastic figurines have been flying off shelves.
Oct. 28, 2015