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Serious Play Awards Name Finalists
Serious Play Awards Name Finalists
The Serious Play Conference has announced 20 finalists in its debut Serious Play Award Competition, with winners to be announced at the conference this week.
Aug. 22, 2011
Gamescom 2011 Sees Record 275K Attendees
Gamescom 2011 Sees Record 275K Attendees
Cologne, Germany-based games convention Gamescom saw a record number of attendees last week, with over 275,000 people entering the exhibition over the course of five days, with 557 exhibitors in total.
Aug. 22, 2011
Rovio Nabs Fox Digital's Andrew Salbow As New American GM
Rovio Nabs Fox Digital's Andrew Salbow As New American GM
Following a successful collaboration on Angry Birds Rio, Fox Digital's mobile VP Andrew Salbow has jumped ship to Rovio to work on expanding the Angry Birds franchise in the U.S. market.
Aug. 22, 2011
Android Outpaces iPhone In 2011 U.S. Smartphone Sales
Android Outpaces iPhone In 2011 U.S. Smartphone Sales
A new report from market reserach company The NPD Group shows that 52 percent of the smartphones sold during the second quarter of 2011 had an a version of Android's OS embedded.
Aug. 22, 2011
id's John Carmack Chooses Framerate Over Graphical Fidelity
id's John Carmack Chooses Framerate Over Graphical Fidelity
Despite a history of leading the industry in graphic fidelity, id's upcoming Rage intentionally tones things down in favor of running at a constant 60 frames per second. id's John Carmack tells us why.
Aug. 22, 2011
Analysis: Anti-Social Game Design And The Sims Social
Analysis: Anti-Social Game Design And The Sims Social
Some "best practices" are undermining the evolution of Facebook game design -- Gamasutra's Leigh Alexander looks at the worst carryover adopted in The Sims Social.
Aug. 22, 2011
Deus Ex: Human Rev Art Lead: Art Direction 'Misunderstood'
Deus Ex: Human Rev Art Lead: Art Direction 'Misunderstood'
Jonathan Jacques-Bellêtete, art director on Eidos Montreal's Deus Ex: Human Revolution told Gamasutra that art direction is about "meanings," not making a game "v
Aug. 22, 2011
Gender Debate Dominates Australia's Freeplay Finale
Gender Debate Dominates Australia's Freeplay Finale
The last two panels at Australia's Freeplay independent games conference unexpectedly turned into a forum on gender inequality in the industry, with panelists and audience members clashing over the contentious issue.
Aug. 22, 2011
How cybercriminalscash in on latest Android malware
How cybercriminalscash in on latest Android malware
A Trend Micro senior threat researcher has detailed how cybercriminals can now make money from Android malware and the security fallout the latest smartphone infections such as Nickispy can cause.
Aug. 22, 2011
Alleged hacker successfully penetrated Facebook's servers
Alleged hacker successfully penetrated Facebook's servers
In what observers are calling the first case of its kind – in the UK at least – a York-based senior student is being prosecuted for what officials are claiming was repeated attempts to illegally access Facebook.
Aug. 22, 2011
Top tips to protect against AET security threats published
Top tips to protect against AET security threats published
Stonesoft, the IT security vendor that caused a stir last October when it revealed the presence of a new type of security threat using AETs – Advanced Evasion Techniques – has published a set of recommendations for those organisations looking to better defend their IT resources against the problem.
Aug. 22, 2011
Security researcher reveals that pharma spam may no longer be profitable for scammers
Security researcher reveals that pharma spam may no longer be profitable for scammers
Here's a spot of good news: a leading security researcher has asserted that his research suggests that so-called pharma spam – which promotes pharmacy offerings via unwanted emails – may no longer be as profitable as it once was, and may even be a loss generator.
Aug. 22, 2011