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TIGA Announces New Board Directors, Includes Lionhead and Crytek Bosses
TIGA Announces New Board Directors, Includes Lionhead and Crytek Bosses
UK video game industry trade group TIGA has announced the election of five new directors to its board, including key members from Lionhead and Crytek, with the aim to "represent different segments of the games industry."
May 3, 2011
Gears of War 3 Beta Invites Available From May 8
Gears of War 3 Beta Invites Available From May 8
Epic Games has revealed that participants of the Gears of War 3 beta will have the chance to invite their friends into the scheme via a "buddy token" system later this week.
May 3, 2011
Opinion: The Games Media Prepares For Major Changes
Opinion: The Games Media Prepares For Major Changes
Why is IGN acquiring smaller competitors, and what does this move tell us about the state of the games media today, and in the future? Gamasutra business editor Colin Campbell offers a view.
May 3, 2011
Feature: Gamification? No, Exploitationware
Feature: Gamification? No, Exploitationware
In Gamasutra's latest feature, noted academic and developer Ian Bogost delivers a scathing undercut of "gamification," suggesting a new way of looking at t
May 3, 2011
GDC Online 2011 Reminds On May 5th Talk Submission Deadline
GDC Online 2011 Reminds On May 5th Talk Submission Deadline
The organizers of Game Developers Conference Online 2011 is reminding that the event is accepting submissions through midnight PT on Thursday, May 5th
May 3, 2011
THQ Expanding uDraw Tablet Line To Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
THQ Expanding uDraw Tablet Line To Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
THQ has announced that it will expand its uDraw line of games -- along with its uDraw GameTablet accessories -- to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, according to the company, expanding on 1.7 million existing Wii tablets.
May 3, 2011
THQ Posts $136M Loss For Fiscal 2011
THQ Posts $136M Loss For Fiscal 2011
THQ has announced 2011 fiscal year results, posting a loss of $136.1 million, significantly more than the $9 million it lost in fiscal 2010. The company also attributed Q4 positives to Homefront and uDraw.
May 3, 2011
iOS Game Office Jerk Downloaded 1.6 Million Times In Four Days
iOS Game Office Jerk Downloaded 1.6 Million Times In Four Days
Fluik Entertainment's "side-splitting new game" Office Jerk has been downloaded from the iTunes App Store 1.6 million times in its first four days of availability, the company has said.
May 3, 2011
Interview: The Art Decisions Behind Infamous 2's Modern Superhero Story
Interview: The Art Decisions Behind Infamous 2's Modern Superhero Story
Free from word balloons and "kapows" and "blams," Sucker Punch tells Gamasutra how the studio's approach to superhero comics in Infamous 2 takes a "special and different" approach to an established genre of art.
May 3, 2011
Malicious spam back on the increase reports M86 researcher
Malicious spam back on the increase reports M86 researcher
After a quiet period since the takedown of the Rostock botnet servers at the start of the year, it looks like malicious spam is back on the increase again. According to Rodel Mendrez, a security researcher with M86 Security, whilst the industry had a distinctly quiet period from October 2010 to March 2011, the figures have been on the rise again during April.
May 3, 2011
Secunia updates free software update security utility
Secunia updates free software update security utility
Secunia has updated its free patch/update utility – Personal Software Inspector (PSI) – to v2.0, increasing the range of applications that are auto-updated to include web browser add-ins and a variety of other utilities.
May 3, 2011
Sony admits to second data breach affecting 24.6 million customers
Sony admits to second data breach affecting 24.6 million customers
Still reeling from the PlayStation Network data breach, Sony has admitted to a second security breach that may have resulted in the theft of personal information of 24.6 million Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) customers.
May 3, 2011