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Musicians union cuts a deal with Microsoft, breaking two-year hiatus
Musicians union cuts a deal with Microsoft, breaking two-year hiatus
Microsoft has agreed to the terms of an agreement with the American Federation of Musicians that may allow members to compose new game soundtracks for the first time in two years.
June 13, 2014
Evolve studio Turtle Rock eyes Early Access development
Evolve studio Turtle Rock eyes Early Access development
Turtle Rock Studios' creative director and studio cofounder Phil Robb sees the benefits in pulling the veil back on game development.
June 13, 2014
Get a job: Blizzard is hiring an Environment Artist
Get a job: Blizzard is hiring an Environment Artist
Blizzard is looking to bring on an experienced artist to do environmental design on an unannounced title currently in production at the company's Irvine, CA headquarters.
June 13, 2014
Extrasolar postmortem: Game design at 0.0003 FPS
Extrasolar postmortem: Game design at 0.0003 FPS
Lazy 8 Studios founder Dr. Rob Jagnow speaks frankly about the design of Extrasolar and the value of turning your technical constraints into strengths during GDC 2014.
June 13, 2014
Zeus Used to Mastermind DDoS and Attacks on Cloud Apps
Zeus Used to Mastermind DDoS and Attacks on Cloud Apps
Prolexic warns that infamous crimeware kit is being customized for use in variety of scenarios.
June 12, 2014
TweetDeck Taken Offline After XSS Flaw Hits Users
TweetDeck Taken Offline After XSS Flaw Hits Users
Problems seem to have stemmed from a 19-year-old Austrian who wanted to tweet a heart symbol.
June 12, 2014
Plan Now For Europe’s NIS Cyber Security Directive, Firms Warned
Plan Now For Europe’s NIS Cyber Security Directive, Firms Warned
Experts urge EEMA conference attendees to get ready, even though requirements are vague.
June 12, 2014
#SmartConnectedCity Series: Tackling City Challenges and Creating Opportunity with IoE and Smart+Connected Communities
#SmartConnectedCity Series: Tackling City Challenges and Creating Opportunity with IoE and Smart+Connected Communities
What If… …You have access to unlimited computing power at a reasonable price… …You have access to unlimited storage and bandwidth at a reasonable price…
June 12, 2014
Ubisoft's trouble with Uplay, love for companion apps and microtransactions
Ubisoft's trouble with Uplay, love for companion apps and microtransactions
Gamasutra speaks to Ubisoft vice president of digital publishing Chris Early about the botched Watch Dogs PC launch and Uplay's image problem.
June 12, 2014
Recreating the feeling of flight using Oculus Rift
Recreating the feeling of flight using Oculus Rift
There have been tons of great demos and prototypes showing off what can be achieved with the Oculus Rift VR hardware, but Birdly may be the most imaginative we've seen to date.
June 12, 2014
Valve bans Steam Community creators following infringement notice
Valve bans Steam Community creators following infringement notice
Valve has banned a couple of contributors and released a candid statement to its CS:GO creators, after discovering that the artwork for one of the popular user-created weapons in the game was infringed upon.
June 12, 2014
30 percent of Twitch viewers are watching on mobile
30 percent of Twitch viewers are watching on mobile
Video game broadcasting giant Twitch has told Polygon that nearly a third of all Twitch viewers are watching broadcasts via mobile devices.
June 12, 2014