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From Gardener To Game-Maker: Charlie Knight On Reaching Scoregasm
From Gardener To Game-Maker: Charlie Knight On Reaching Scoregasm
Gamasutra's Simon Parkin caught up with Charlie Knight, who left his job as a gardener in 2006 to make games for a living, just as his fourth and most ambitious title, shoot 'em up Scoregasm nears completion.
Feb. 11, 2011
Game Developers Choice Awards Honor Yu Suzuki, Brengle/MacKenzie
Game Developers Choice Awards Honor Yu Suzuki, Brengle/MacKenzie
The Game Developers Choice Awards have revealed Sega legend Yu Suzuki -- also giving a special GDC 2011 lecture -- as Pioneer Award winner, and GDC CA managers Tim Brengle and Ian MacKenzie as Ambassadors.
Feb. 11, 2011
Double Fine's Schafer: Expressive Games Come From Individual Vision
Double Fine's Schafer: Expressive Games Come From Individual Vision
If games are to be viewed as art, they should be "an expression of the people who make them," says Double Fine's Tim Schafer, who talks Stacking's unique creative approach in
Feb. 11, 2011
Full-Fledged Cave Story Remake Announced For 3DS
Full-Fledged Cave Story Remake Announced For 3DS
Popular indie adventure title Cave Story will get a fully-fledged remake for the 3DS, publisher NIS America revealed at an event attended by Gamasutra, where creator Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya was on hand for the big announcement.
Feb. 11, 2011
Activision Brings Back Spyro For Toy, Game Hybrid
Activision Brings Back Spyro For Toy, Game Hybrid
Activision's bringing back the Spyro franchise, and by blending the world of toys and games, the company thinks the little purple dragon can lead it to a "breakthrough" union of the real and the virtual.
Feb. 11, 2011
DHS tells IT forensics investigators to go CyberFETCH
DHS tells IT forensics investigators to go CyberFETCH
The Department of Homeland Security is setting up an IT forensics clearinghouse called CyberFETCH to provide a secure collaborative environment for law enforcement, private industry, and academia.
Feb. 11, 2011
German researchers crack iPhone security in 360 seconds
German researchers crack iPhone security in 360 seconds
Reports are coming in that a team of German researchers have successfully shown how to crack the security of a stolen iPhone in under six minutes.
Feb. 11, 2011
DICE 2011: EA's Boatman Busts Five Mobile Gaming Myths
DICE 2011: EA's Boatman Busts Five Mobile Gaming Myths
"The video game industry is widely misunderstood," according to EA Mobile VP of Worldwide Studios Travis Boatman, who sought to bust what he called five myths of the burgeoning mobile game sector at DICE 2011.
Feb. 10, 2011
Sony Denied Subpoena For Google, Twitter and PayPal In PS3 Hackers Case
Sony Denied Subpoena For Google, Twitter and PayPal In PS3 Hackers Case
Sony has been denied its attempt to subpoena YouTube, Twitter, Google, PayPal and other sites into providing information regarding details of the Fail0verflow PS3 hackers team.
Feb. 10, 2011
Obituary: Game Production Veteran Heather Thompson
Obituary: Game Production Veteran Heather Thompson
Heather Thompson, a veteran producer and project manager in the game industry, passed away on February 2nd due to complications from a nearly eight-year-long battle with breast cancer. She was 42.
Feb. 10, 2011
Apple Pulls Counterfeit Lugaru From Mac App Store
Apple Pulls Counterfeit Lugaru From Mac App Store
A week after developer and Humble Indie Bundle organizer Wolfire Games publicly complained about a Mac App Store game using its _Luga
Feb. 10, 2011
Mindspark Buys VoxPop Game Platform, Trivia Engine
Mindspark Buys VoxPop Game Platform, Trivia Engine
IAC business unit and iWon owner Mindspark Interactive Network announced that it has purchased VoxPop, a "pop culture gaming platform", as well as its trivia game engine.
Feb. 10, 2011