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Report: Video Streaming On Consoles Increases In 2011
Report: Video Streaming On Consoles Increases In 2011
A new survey of console owners reveals that time spent using video streaming services like Netflix and Hulu on game consoles has increased across the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii.
Dec. 14, 2011
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Unsocial To Unrealistic Minecraft
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Unsocial To Unrealistic Minecraft
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, such as why the "social" labe is inaccurate, how Minecraft is "unrealistic and unethical", and more.
Dec. 14, 2011
How And Why Social Games Hide Failure
How And Why Social Games Hide Failure
In today's Gamasutra feature, Badgeville's Tony Ventrice looks at how social games offer competition to players but also try to hide their failures and allow th
Dec. 14, 2011
IGF 2012 Reveals Design, Technical Excellence, Nuovo Jury Panels
IGF 2012 Reveals Design, Technical Excellence, Nuovo Jury Panels
Organizers of the 2012 Independent Games Festival are pleased to announce the first discipline-specific jury panels that will determine the finalists and winner of its various awards.
Dec. 14, 2011
Game Developer Magazine Reveals New Subscription Offers
Game Developer Magazine Reveals New Subscription Offers
Game Developer magazine reveals its new subscription model for digital and print editions, including iPad and digital PDF versions, as well as a brand new Best of Postmortems special edition.
Dec. 14, 2011
Gamasutra's Best Of 2011: Top 5 Controversies
Gamasutra's Best Of 2011: Top 5 Controversies
Gamasutra editor-at-large Leigh Alexander continues our 2011 retrospective with a look at the top 5 biggest controversies of 2011, rounding up the stories that got the industry talking this year.
Dec. 14, 2011
MMO Aion Goes Free-To-Play
MMO Aion Goes Free-To-Play
NCSoft's MMORPG Aion will be distributed under a free-to-play model in Europe starting in February.
Dec. 14, 2011
Symantec discovers another 11 malicious Android apps
Symantec discovers another 11 malicious Android apps
Malware in Android apps is a growing concern among security researchers. Now Symantec has discovered 11 more malicious apps. We ask what Google should be doing.
Dec. 14, 2011
Popularity breeds malware for Android
Popularity breeds malware for Android
The recent explosion in Android malware is due to the popularity of the mobile operating system and the shift in malware distribution methods from worms to applications, according to a recent white paper by security firm McAfee.
Dec. 14, 2011
NIST issues revised Electronic Authentication Guideline
NIST issues revised Electronic Authentication Guideline
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a revised version of its Electronic Authentication Guideline (now NIST SP 800-63-1), originally published in 2006 as NIST SP 800-63.
Dec. 14, 2011
FCC asked to investigate Verizon Wireless over Google Wallet flap
FCC asked to investigate Verizon Wireless over Google Wallet flap
Nonprofit advocacy group Free Press is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate Verizon Wireless for blocking the Google Wallet application on the Android-powered Galaxy Nexus smartphone allegedly over security concerns.
Dec. 14, 2011
'Vietnam Can't Make Multiplayer Games' - A Reaction
'Vietnam Can't Make Multiplayer Games' - A Reaction
Last week a press release claimed Vietnam cannot develop multiplayer games. Game Developer magazine's Brandon Sheffield takes this, and other falsehoods about the Vietnamese game industry, to task.
Dec. 13, 2011