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Australia's new age ratings program sees hundreds of games banned
Australia's new age ratings program sees hundreds of games banned
Heads up, devs: if your game has been refused classification by the International Age Ratings Coalition, it may be banned from sale in Australia on Google Play/Firefox as part of a new pilot program.
June 30, 2015
Fallout 4, Star Wars Battlefront lead Game Critics' E3 award noms
Fallout 4, Star Wars Battlefront lead Game Critics' E3 award noms
In the wake of E3 2015, its interesting to note that Bethesda's Fallout 4 and Electronic Arts' Star Wars Battlefront picked up multiple nominations for this year's Game Critics Best of E3 Awards.
June 30, 2015
Elder Scrolls Online creative chief steps down to join Gearbox
Elder Scrolls Online creative chief steps down to join Gearbox
Longtime designer Paul Sage recently stepped down as creative director of Zenimax Online Studios' Elder Scrolls Online MMORPG and returned home to Texas to take on a similar role at Gearbox.
June 30, 2015
Stealthy Stegoloader Trojan in US Healthcare Blitz
Stealthy Stegoloader Trojan in US Healthcare Blitz
Stealthy Stegoloader Trojan in US Healthcare Blitz.Victims are concentrated in North America, claims Trend Micro
June 29, 2015
Security Alert as Flash Flaw Found in Popular Exploit Kit
Security Alert as Flash Flaw Found in Popular Exploit Kit
Security Alert as Flash Flaw Found in Popular Exploit Kit. CVE-2015-3113 has been used to drop CryptoWall onto PCs
June 29, 2015
This Week in Video Game Criticism: What's old is Shenmue again
This Week in Video Game Criticism: What's old is Shenmue again
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Johnny Kilhefner on topics ranging from reactions to Shenmue 3's Kickstarter to Tale of Tales' decision to take a break from game development.
June 29, 2015
Get a job: Red 5 is hiring an experienced Audio Programmer
Get a job: Red 5 is hiring an experienced Audio Programmer
Firefall developer Red 5 Studios is on the hunt for a senior audio programmer to join the team at the studios' Irvine, CA offices and work on designing, implementing and debugging audio systems.
June 29, 2015
Video: The physics of proper pole control in Super Pole Riders
Video: The physics of proper pole control in Super Pole Riders
At GDC 2015, Bennett Foddy talks about the problems he faced in designing the physics of the pole-vaulting and ball-kicking mechanics in his fiendish multiplayer game Super Pole Riders.
June 29, 2015
Q&A: How your games can find players, on recommendation site Product Hunt
Q&A: How your games can find players, on recommendation site Product Hunt
Gamasutra speaks to Russ Frushtick, head of the Product Hunt games category, which is currently in beta -- about the site's hopes to connect developers to players.
June 29, 2015
Shigeru Miyamoto isn't deeply involved in the Nintendo NX's design
Shigeru Miyamoto isn't deeply involved in the Nintendo NX's design
"I’ve pulled myself back out of some of the hardware section... Of course I am observing and looking at the hardware, but I am not actively participating and making decisions."
June 29, 2015
Nvidia deconstructs its VR game rendering tech for developers
Nvidia deconstructs its VR game rendering tech for developers
Nvidia continues to pitch devs on its VR tech with a technical deep dive into its "Gameworks VR" suite of virtual reality rendering tools written by a former Sucker Punch graphics programmer.
June 29, 2015
Mojang closes the book on Scrolls
Mojang closes the book on Scrolls
Minecraft developer Mojang is wrapping up work on its strategic digital card game Scrolls, noting in a farewell post that the game's servers will be kept online through at least July of next year.
June 29, 2015