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Report: Growth of mobile game usage slowed significantly in 2014
Report: Growth of mobile game usage slowed significantly in 2014
Mobile game usage by smartphone and tablet owners isn't growing as quickly as the rest of the mobile app market, but it's still showing signs of steady growth year-over-year as the category matures.
Jan. 6, 2015
Riot rewards League of Legends players for not being jerks
Riot rewards League of Legends players for not being jerks
If you're looking for new ways to reward positive players in your community, Riot has added a new strategy to its playbook.
Jan. 6, 2015
Monument Valley Android piracy dust-up: Ustwo sticks to its guns
Monument Valley Android piracy dust-up: Ustwo sticks to its guns
"We're confident we can make premium games work in the future, and we're confident we can outdo what we did with Monument Valley next year and the year after that."
Jan. 6, 2015
Robot snags Borderlands 2 creative director Paul Hellquist
Robot snags Borderlands 2 creative director Paul Hellquist
The Borderlands 2 creative director and BioShock lead designer jumps over to the Dallas-area studio to work on Orcs Must Die! Unchained.
Jan. 6, 2015
Google Slammed for Disclosing Windows 8.1 Flaw
Google Slammed for Disclosing Windows 8.1 Flaw
Google Slammed for Disclosing Windows 8.1 Flaw. Project Zero’s strict 90-day deadline branded ‘irresponsible'
Jan. 5, 2015
South Korea Plays Down Worm Infection at Nuke Plant
South Korea Plays Down Worm Infection at Nuke Plant
South Korea Plays Down Worm Infection at Nuke Plant. USBs likely to have introduced “low risk” worm, says energy minister
Jan. 5, 2015
'Muslim Hackers' Strike Little-Known Bus and Train Timetable Site
'Muslim Hackers' Strike Little-Known Bus and Train Timetable Site
Muslim Hacktivists Strike Little-Known Bus and Train Timetable Site. Bristolians miffed by incongruous web defacement
Jan. 5, 2015
Wifiphisher Cleverly Captures WPA Credentials
Wifiphisher Cleverly Captures WPA Credentials
The automated tool mounts a social engineering campaign and a man-in-the-middle attack to capture credentials.
Jan. 5, 2015
Cisco Virtualized Video Processing makes it easy to whip up a full menu of multiscreen services
Cisco Virtualized Video Processing makes it easy to whip up a full menu of multiscreen services
What if cooking worked like video processing? By that I mean, what if every dish you made required separate, dedicated tools and processes just for that
Jan. 5, 2015
This Year in Video Game Criticism: The Games That Shaped 2014
This Year in Video Game Criticism: The Games That Shaped 2014
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Eric Swain from the entirety of 2014. From the year's biggest releases to social and cultural issues affecting games, let's see what had the critics talking!
Jan. 5, 2015
Adaptive music solution Psai launches on Unity Asset Store
Adaptive music solution Psai launches on Unity Asset Store
An 'interactive music engine', audio tool Psai has launched on the Unity asset store, providing developers with a way to create interactive music scores that adapt automatically to gameplay.
Jan. 5, 2015
Get a job: Be a Gameplay Engineer for Oculus VR
Get a job: Be a Gameplay Engineer for Oculus VR
VR-curious developers, take note: Oculus VR is looking for an experienced engineer to join the team in its Seattle, WA office and work on creating "game-like experiences" for the Oculus Rift.
Jan. 5, 2015