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Papers, Please leads Games for Change 2014 nominees
Papers, Please leads Games for Change 2014 nominees
Games for Change, the New York City festival focused on the positive social impact of games, today announced the nominees for its 2014 awards.
March 27, 2014
AIAS opens submissions for 2014 scholarships aimed at game makers
AIAS opens submissions for 2014 scholarships aimed at game makers
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, perhaps best known for hosting the annual DICE Awards, has begun accepting applications for the organization's Randy Pausch and Mark Beaumont scholarships.
March 27, 2014
GameStop gives up on building game-streaming tech to focus on retail
GameStop gives up on building game-streaming tech to focus on retail
The retail chain is shutting down Spawn Labs, the internal R&D division working on a digital game streaming service, in favor of selling physical goods for existing digital distribution services.
March 27, 2014
Uncharted director Richmond leaves Naughty Dog for Riot Games
Uncharted director Richmond leaves Naughty Dog for Riot Games
Naughty Dog's Justin Richmond, who served as game director on both Uncharted 3 and the studio's upcoming PlayStation 4 game Uncharted 4, has announced that he has left the company to join up with Riot Games.
March 27, 2014
EA gets serious about game discounts with new Origin promotion
EA gets serious about game discounts with new Origin promotion
Electronic Arts launched its On The House initiative today in an attempt to garner goodwill by making select Origin games free for a limited time, starting with Dead Space.
March 27, 2014
Double Helix relinquishes Killer Instinct to Iron Galaxy
Double Helix relinquishes Killer Instinct to Iron Galaxy
Chicago's own Iron Galaxy Studios, the developers of Divekick, will continue to support and update Killer Instinct in the wake of original developer Double Helix Games' acquisition by Amazon.
March 27, 2014
Understanding Threes: Developers release design archives
Understanding Threes: Developers release design archives
The developers of popular iOS and Android puzzler Threes are conflicted about copies of their game -- and clearly spell that out, alongside a new archive of development materials.
March 27, 2014
How the Vita led PlayStation's fight for relevance
How the Vita led PlayStation's fight for relevance
PlayStation's Shahid Ahmad tells us about his work in giving the PS Vita its own identity, and how in some ways acts as a testbed for wider PlayStation development initiatives.
March 27, 2014
Apple Mac Ebay Scam Gang Busted
Apple Mac Ebay Scam Gang Busted
EC3, the cyber branch of Europol, has dismantled a Polish gang involved in online auction fraud. The gang would offer electronic items such as Apple computers, but deliver anything from a brick to items of fruit and vegetables. The scam involved Ebay and Polish auction sites, and was busted through the cooperation of the Polish National Police, Europol and Ebay.
March 26, 2014
Snoopy: A Non-NSA Flying Stingray
Snoopy: A Non-NSA Flying Stingray
Stingray is a US law enforcement spoof cell tower used to track the location of mobile phones. Snoopy is a project conducted by London-based Sensepost Research Labs that does similar and much more with any WIFI-enabled device. Now Snoopy has gone airborne – mounted on a drone it can hover above a target area and trick mobile devices into connecting: a form of flying MITM attack.
March 26, 2014
Beyond BYOD to Workspace Mobility
Beyond BYOD to Workspace Mobility
Today I’d like to share some thoughts on Cisco’s approach to Business-to-Employee (B2E) mobility and draw attention to today’s mobility announcements.
March 26, 2014
Increasing Demand for Higher Location Data Resolution
Increasing Demand for Higher Location Data Resolution
Cisco has been playing a critical part for retail, healthcare, hospitality and transportation organizations to gain an understanding of how end-users move throughout an organization’s physical location. This is done...
March 26, 2014