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The Delivery Experiment: My Week of Living Digitally
The Delivery Experiment: My Week of Living Digitally
One of the hottest topics at NRF this week has been delivery systems. Recent research by Cisco Consulting has found that delivery is one of the top
Jan. 13, 2015
Someone Hacked Glorious Leader, Kim Jong-un Game and Destroyed it
Someone Hacked Glorious Leader, Kim Jong-un Game and Destroyed it
The Glorious Leader game which lets you control North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has been hacked, according to its developers.
Jan. 13, 2015
This Week in Video Game Criticism: Ludocentricism and the 'Age of Games'
This Week in Video Game Criticism: Ludocentricism and the 'Age of Games'
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Mark Filipowich on topics ranging from the 'ludocentrism' of games discourse to a different take on Eric Zimmerman's 'Ludic Century.'
Jan. 13, 2015
Great Firewall Upgrade Redirects Users to Adult Sites
Great Firewall Upgrade Redirects Users to Adult Sites
Great Firewall Upgrade Redirects Users to Adult Sites. Chinese censors tweak their tactics to counter anti-DNS poisoning tools
Jan. 12, 2015
In Retail, Insight Is Currency, and Context Is King
In Retail, Insight Is Currency, and Context Is King
Today’s retailers face a rising tide of change, disruption, and challenges, all driven by technology. As their business landscape is upended, many are struggling to adapt to changing consumer behaviors,...
Jan. 12, 2015
Could Big Data and Cloud go together?
Could Big Data and Cloud go together?
In today’s era of increasing connectivity, data is getting generated in vast proportions.  Moreover, it is also important to be able to generate insights
Jan. 12, 2015
Sponsored: Go Procedural - A Better Way to Make Better Games
Sponsored: Go Procedural - A Better Way to Make Better Games
In this sponsored feature, Kim Davidson, President and CEO of Side Effects Software discusses the role procedural software can play in the creation and deployment of game art.
Jan. 12, 2015
Video: How Halfbrick rebooted a 4-year-old game into a top seller
Video: How Halfbrick rebooted a 4-year-old game into a top seller
As our industry evolves to embrace games with long lifespans, devs have to solve a hard problem: how do you make an old game feel like new? Learn how Halfbrick pulled it off in this GDC talk.
Jan. 12, 2015
Design by constraints: Hitman Go postmortem comes to GDC 2015
Design by constraints: Hitman Go postmortem comes to GDC 2015
Square Enix Montreal's Daniel Lutz, the Game Director behind Hitman GO, will deliver a design postmortem on the game and its unorthodox design concept at GDC 2015 in March.
Jan. 12, 2015
Make time to check out these excellent GDC 2015 Advocacy talks
Make time to check out these excellent GDC 2015 Advocacy talks
GDC officials highlight more great Advocacy track sessions in advance of the deadline for discounted early registration. Once again, Advocacy track talks are open to all GDC 2015 passholders.
Jan. 12, 2015
Get a job: Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet seeks a Character Artist
Get a job: Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet seeks a Character Artist
The developers of Guild Wars 2 are looking for an experienced artist to join the team as a character artist at ArenaNet's Bellevue, WA studio.
Jan. 12, 2015
Telltale putting 'a lot of energy' into creating new, original IP
Telltale putting 'a lot of energy' into creating new, original IP
The studio behind The Walking Dead is moving into creating its own original IP, newly installed CEO Kevin Bruner confirms to Gamasutra.
Jan. 12, 2015