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Empires & Allies Conquers Popular Facebook Games
Empires & Allies Conquers Popular Facebook Games
Less than three weeks after the turn-based strategy title debuted, Zynga's Empires & Allies has become the fourth most popular social game on Facebook, amassing almost 33 million monthly users.
June 20, 2011
Opinion: It Must Be The Compiler
Opinion: It Must Be The Compiler
Often mistakenly blamed for code problems, sometimes the compiler really is the culprit -- Q-Games' Kalin Houston shares some advice on what to look out for, in this #altdevblogaday-reprinted opinion piece.
June 20, 2011
GDC Europe 2011 Adds Playdom Talk, Unity Day
GDC Europe 2011 Adds Playdom Talk, Unity Day
GDC Europe organizers have revealed new Main Conference talks for the August show, including Playdom on the aesthetics of social games, and a full day of Unity lectures and tutorials.
June 20, 2011
Grasshopper's Guarini On Expanding For Shadows Of The Damned And Beyond
Grasshopper's Guarini On Expanding For Shadows Of The Damned And Beyond
Shadows of the Damned director Massimo Guarini explains how the Suda51-fronted Grasshopper Manufacture studio is expanding, using international talent to crea
June 20, 2011
PlayStation 3 Hardware Revision Reduces Weight, Power Consumption
PlayStation 3 Hardware Revision Reduces Weight, Power Consumption
Sony will introduce a new revision to its PlayStation 3 hardware in Japan later this month that reduces the system's weight and power output, according to the company.
June 20, 2011
Sony's Tretton: PlayStation 4 Timing Not Affected By Wii U Announcement
Sony's Tretton: PlayStation 4 Timing Not Affected By Wii U Announcement
Though Sony is watching its competition closely, the announcement of Nintendo's Wii U will not speed up the release of its next PlayStation platform, according to SCEA head Jack Tretton, who says the PS3 is "just hitting its stride."
June 20, 2011
Analyst: Mass Effect 3 'Most Promising' Retail Game Of E3
Analyst: Mass Effect 3 'Most Promising' Retail Game Of E3
Video game research firm EEDAR has named EA and BioWare's upcoming Mass Effect 3 as the "most promising" retail game shown at this month's E3 expo, citing purchase intent and online media consumption.
June 20, 2011
Report: Second New Studio Formed By Laid-Off Split/Second Developers
Report: Second New Studio Formed By Laid-Off Split/Second Developers
Former employees of Disney-owned Black Rock Studios consisting of veterans from Split/Second and the Burnout series have formed a new small studio called ShortRound Games, according to a report.
June 20, 2011
Report: Portal's Valve Creating Free-To-Play Game
Report: Portal's Valve Creating Free-To-Play Game
Following up on last week's news that microtransaction-based free-to-play games will be coming to its Steam service, Valve has confirmed that it, too, will release it
June 20, 2011
G4C: Al Gore Says 'Games Have Clearly Arrived As A Mass Medium'
G4C: Al Gore Says 'Games Have Clearly Arrived As A Mass Medium'
At the Gamasutra-attended 2011 Games For Change event at New York University, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore offered his vote of confidence for games' potential to engender global good.
June 20, 2011
Many small businesses lack basic information security practices
Many small businesses lack basic information security practices
Many US small businesses do not regularly review information security processes, conduct security audits, or train employees on information security practices, according to a survey sponsored by document destruction services company Shred-it.
June 20, 2011
Potentially major Android WiFi security loophole revealed
Potentially major Android WiFi security loophole revealed
A security researcher claims to have discovered a potentially major security loophole in the way Google Android stores WiFi passwords.
June 20, 2011