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Get a job: Never Alone studio E-Line Media seeks a UX Designer
Get a job: Never Alone studio E-Line Media seeks a UX Designer
Never Alone developer E-Line Media is looking to hire an experienced PC/console game UX designer to work alongside the rest of the team at the company's Seattle studio on an upcoming game project.
Sept. 22, 2015
Video: How fast iteration tools made The Talos Principle possible
Video: How fast iteration tools made The Talos Principle possible
Using examples from The Talos Principle's production, Croteam CTO Alen Ladavec offers advice at GDC Europe 2015 on designing fast iteration tools to develop big games as a tiny indie team.
Sept. 22, 2015
Ian Livingstone CBE and Codemasters exec Kats Sato join Sumo Digital
Ian Livingstone CBE and Codemasters exec Kats Sato join Sumo Digital
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed and LittleBigPlanet 3 developer Sumo Digital has made some new hires, with the studio bringing in Ian Livingstone CBE and Kats Sato.
Sept. 22, 2015
PS4 is getting its first Early Access game next week
PS4 is getting its first Early Access game next week
Sony's first meaningful foray into offering paid early access to games in development is Dungeon Defenders II, an Early Access game that will be sold on PlayStation 4 in a "Pre-Alpha" state next week.
Sept. 22, 2015
Nintendo joins graphics standards body Khronos Group
Nintendo joins graphics standards body Khronos Group
With little fanfare, Nintendo has joined the not-for-profit consortium of academics and media companies dedicated to managing open-standard graphics APIs like OpenGL and its successor, Vulkan.
Sept. 22, 2015
High-profile premium game falters in F2P-dominated mobile market
High-profile premium game falters in F2P-dominated mobile market
"Our expectation is about 1/3 the return of the original Spider for 5 times the man-hours," Tiger Style's David Kalina tells PocketGamer in a new interview about the studio's latest release.
Sept. 22, 2015
Obituary: BioWare, Junction Point, Origin veteran Peter Shelus
Obituary: BioWare, Junction Point, Origin veteran Peter Shelus
Gamasutra has learned that the veteran, whose career spanned more than two decades and big-name projects like Wing Commander and Deus Ex, has passed away.
Sept. 22, 2015
When artificial intelligence in video games becomes...artificially intelligent
When artificial intelligence in video games becomes...artificially intelligent
The broader field of artificial intelligence holds potential for smarter games, and smarter game development. But using advanced AI techniques in games isn't so simple.
Sept. 22, 2015
Getting the audience involved in Until Dawn's story
Getting the audience involved in Until Dawn's story
"You’re no longer laughing at the choices the characters make, you’re actually making them. It almost subverts the subversion by making you responsible for the choices."
Sept. 22, 2015
New Sharking Trojan Targets Online Poker Players
New Sharking Trojan Targets Online Poker Players
New Sharking Trojan Targets Online Poker Players.Malware designed to sneak a peek at your hand
Sept. 21, 2015
Danish Post Office Spam Scam Delivers Cryptolocker 2
Danish Post Office Spam Scam Delivers Cryptolocker 2
The campaign is part of a long list of cyber-attacks that target one country at a time, at different time intervals, and use the same tactic.
Sept. 21, 2015
BrainTest Malware Gets Smart in Google Play Store
BrainTest Malware Gets Smart in Google Play Store
It has an arsenal of privilege escalation exploits, which is used to install a rootkit on the device so it can persist even after the user uninstalls it.
Sept. 21, 2015