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Student Hit Octodad's Developers Crowdfunding Sequel
Student Hit Octodad's Developers Crowdfunding Sequel
The DePaul Game Dev students behind last year's indie hit Octodad have incorporated a new studio, called Young Horses, and are crowdfunding a sequal to the game via Kickstarter.
July 11, 2011
Game Developer Debuts Free 2011 Game Career Guide Issue
Game Developer Debuts Free 2011 Game Career Guide Issue
For the fourth year running, Game Developer magazine is giving away for free its annual Game Career Guide issue, including an Octodad postmortem, salary survey detai
July 11, 2011
GDC Europe 2011 Debuts Thatgamecompany, Glu, Digital Chocolate Talks
GDC Europe 2011 Debuts Thatgamecompany, Glu, Digital Chocolate Talks
GDC Europe has revealed a selection of new lectures from the show's Summits, including Thatgamecompany on reaching out to new audiences and Digital Chocolate on making social games with hardcore gameplay.
July 11, 2011
Treyarch: 12 To 16 Months Development For Black Ops Anti-Cheating Measures
Treyarch: 12 To 16 Months Development For Black Ops Anti-Cheating Measures
In a new feature interview with Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer lead Dan Bunting, he tells Gamasutra that experiences on prior series titles mandated a "bi
July 11, 2011
Google+ users hit by spam glitch as social network announces business feature
Google+ users hit by spam glitch as social network announces business feature
Early adopters of Google+ have been hit by an avalanche of e-mail notifications, due to a glitch in the system.
July 11, 2011
Fortinet reveals Android SMS-stealing malware methodology
Fortinet reveals Android SMS-stealing malware methodology
A Fortinet IT security researcher has revealed the methodology being used by Zitmo, one of the latest generations of SMS-interception and stealing malware infections seen on the Android platform.
July 11, 2011
President Obama's Blackberry security team develops Ultimate Armor app for smartphones.
President Obama's Blackberry security team develops Ultimate Armor app for smartphones.
The team that developed the secure BlackBerry smartphone for President Obama when he took office in 2009 has developed an anti phone hacking app for the Android and BlackBerry smartphone/tablet platforms.
July 11, 2011
Top iPad Game Apps: Updated Angry Birds Seasons Leads Platform Sales
Top iPad Game Apps: Updated Angry Birds Seasons Leads Platform Sales
Gamasutra rounds up top iPad games on the App Store as of today, with Angry Birds Seasons HD, Marathon, and Racing Penguin, Flying Free currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
July 8, 2011
Saling The World: Amazon Spurs Kinect Sales Stateside
Saling The World: Amazon Spurs Kinect Sales Stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled Amazon.com charts find Child of Eden, Kinect Sports, and Dance Central leading domestic multiplatform sales stateside, while L.A. Noire sees a successful debut week in Japan.
July 8, 2011
HTC Buys Controlling Share Of S3 Graphics
HTC Buys Controlling Share Of S3 Graphics
HTC Corporation will buy all outstanding shares in graphics card maker and gaming hardware provider company S3 Graphics from processor maker Via Corporation for $300 million, the companies announced today.
July 8, 2011
Zynga Acquires Toronto's Five Mobile
Zynga Acquires Toronto's Five Mobile
Toronto-based Five Mobile will now be known as Zynga Toronto, with the social gaming giant acquiring the mobile game specialists and "certain assets and IP" they have developed.
July 8, 2011
Indie Selections For 2011 'PAX 10' Showcase Announced
Indie Selections For 2011 'PAX 10' Showcase Announced
The organizers of the 2011 Penny Arcade Expo have once again selected ten indie games to be showcased on free booth space at the annual show in August, from a crop of over 100 entries.
July 8, 2011