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Report: Xbox Entertainment Studios is no more
Report: Xbox Entertainment Studios is no more
The team hired to turn the Xbox One into a mass-market entertainment device with TV programming has exited the company, as promised in July -- but earlier than expected.
Oct. 29, 2014
Take-Two remains optimistic in the face of expected revenue slump
Take-Two remains optimistic in the face of expected revenue slump
Take-Two Interactive reports lukewarm revenue and a small net loss this quarter, but bets on strong sales of catalog titles this holiday as it raises earnings expectations for the fiscal year.
Oct. 29, 2014
Prince of Persia creator donates dev archive to Museum of Play
Prince of Persia creator donates dev archive to Museum of Play
Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner has donated a wealth of materials documenting the game's development to The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York.
Oct. 29, 2014
Building Runbow, the first nine-player Wii U platformer
Building Runbow, the first nine-player Wii U platformer
13AM Games in Toronto has figured out how to make a 9-player competitive platformer for the Wii U. But how do they solve the design challenges of fitting that many players on a single screen?
Oct. 29, 2014
Stardock strikes publishing deal with indie team it helped create
Stardock strikes publishing deal with indie team it helped create
Stardock has locked down the publishing rights to newly-minted Austin studio Mothership Entertainment's debut title, a PC strategy game built on Unreal Engine 4 that's expected to launch in 2015.
Oct. 29, 2014
Intel's Kinect competitor comes to market in new HP desktops
Intel's Kinect competitor comes to market in new HP desktops
Intel has been pushing its RealSense sensor technology on developers for months, and now it's finally coming to market as part of HP's new line of sensor-ridden desktop PCs.
Oct. 29, 2014
How can public Steam data inform game devs? Find out at GDC 2015
How can public Steam data inform game devs? Find out at GDC 2015
Ars Technica senior gaming editor Kyle Orland is coming to GDC 2015 in March to share useful takeaways from his research data-mining thousands of public Steam profiles.
Oct. 29, 2014
Get a job: Blizzard seeks a UNIX Systems Engineer
Get a job: Blizzard seeks a UNIX Systems Engineer
The house responsible for Hearthstone needs a UNIX-versed systems engineer to join the network operations engineering team at Blizzard's Irvine, CA headquarters.
Oct. 29, 2014
Video: Mastering the art of killing your games
Video: Mastering the art of killing your games
Adam Telfer is a product lead at Wooga who had failed on at least seven projects when he spoke at GDC Europe 2014 earlier this year about Wooga's "hit filter" approach to game design and killing your darlings.
Oct. 29, 2014
Hackers Used Online Video Site to Smuggle Data Out of Firm
Hackers Used Online Video Site to Smuggle Data Out of Firm
Hackers Used Online Video Site to Smuggle Data Out of Firm. Skyhigh Networks spots unusual activity at victim organization
Oct. 28, 2014
Anti-Government Surveillance Think Tank Code Red Announced
Anti-Government Surveillance Think Tank Code Red Announced
Anti-Government Surveillance Think Tank Code Red Announced. Schneier, Diffie and Privacy International founder Simon Davies are all on board
Oct. 28, 2014
BYOD Security Incident Costs Exceed $250,000
BYOD Security Incident Costs Exceed $250,000
BYOD Security Incident Costs Exceed $250,000. Check Point report says personal device use is soaring, and so are breaches
Oct. 28, 2014