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Drawing talent to your indie studio when salaries aren't an option
Drawing talent to your indie studio when salaries aren't an option
"When you can’t pay people up front, you need to be able to convince them that you’re a good bet," writes Guillaume Boucher-Vidal, founder of independent studio Nine Dots.
Sept. 11, 2014
EA Mobile boss Gibeau: iPhone 6 'on par with next-generation consoles'
EA Mobile boss Gibeau: iPhone 6 'on par with next-generation consoles'
And his company is already prototyping a game made in its Frostbite engine for the device -- the same tech that powers its next-gen titles.
Sept. 11, 2014
Why Super Evil Megacorp built a proprietary mobile MOBA engine
Why Super Evil Megacorp built a proprietary mobile MOBA engine
The E.V.I.L. engine was built from scratch to power a mobile MOBA, making it of interest to devs sorting out how to deliver multiplayer team-based real-time combat experiences on mobile devices.
Sept. 11, 2014
Atari games from that landfill are headed to museums -- and eBay
Atari games from that landfill are headed to museums -- and eBay
The Alamagordo city council has greenlit a plan to distribute the Atari cartridges dug out of a local landfill earlier this year: roughly half will be sold at auction, and the rest sent to museums.
Sept. 11, 2014
Get a job: Heavy Iron Studios seeks a Gameplay/Engine Programmer
Get a job: Heavy Iron Studios seeks a Gameplay/Engine Programmer
L.A.-based Heavy Iron Studios (Disney Infinity for Wii U) is hiring an experienced coder to work on graphics programming, extending its game engine and tuning gameplay features.
Sept. 11, 2014
Reminder: GDC Next's ADC 'Best in Apps' contest closes next month
Reminder: GDC Next's ADC 'Best in Apps' contest closes next month
Developers have until 10/15 to submit their app to the Best in Apps free contest at GDC Next 2014 featuring ADC and earn a free ADC pass.
Sept. 11, 2014
Peter Pan Pegged for Pernicious Panto Phish
Peter Pan Pegged for Pernicious Panto Phish
Peter Pan Pegged for Pernicious Panto Phish. Netizens warned not to open dodgy attachments after pantomime ticket scam
Sept. 10, 2014
SaaS Security Success Needs Board Buy-in – Gartner
SaaS Security Success Needs Board Buy-in – Gartner
SaaS Security Success Needs Board Buy-in – Gartner. IT security teams also need to transition teams to a more hands-off role, analyst claims
Sept. 10, 2014
Five Million Gmail Credentials Leaked to Russian Forum
Five Million Gmail Credentials Leaked to Russian Forum
Phishing gambits and scams have quickly followed the leak.
Sept. 10, 2014
Machine Learning Platform Slices and Dices Human Chatter for Insider Threat Detection
Machine Learning Platform Slices and Dices Human Chatter for Insider Threat Detection
Big Data analytics engine can ferret out worrying language and activities at scale.
Sept. 10, 2014
Stealth multiplayer game Monaco sells 1 million
Stealth multiplayer game Monaco sells 1 million
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine, the stealth action game from Pocketwatch games that launched last year, has sold over 1 million copies.
Sept. 10, 2014
Game Design Deep Dive: The digging mechanic in SteamWorld Dig
Game Design Deep Dive: The digging mechanic in SteamWorld Dig
Image & Form released SteamWorld Dig in August 2013. Here, the team describes the process it went through in designing the main mechanic of the game, which (as you may have guessed) is the digging.
Sept. 10, 2014