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EU Commission still delaying UK video game tax breaks
EU Commission still delaying UK video game tax breaks
Nearly a year after tax breaks were meant to be established for video game companies in the UK, Tiga says the EU Commission delay is damaging the UK's game industry.
Feb. 4, 2014
'Flappy Bird is a game that accepts that it is stupid to be a game'
'Flappy Bird is a game that accepts that it is stupid to be a game'
Designer, educator and critic Ian Bogost shares his thoughts on why Flappy Bird is such an oddly alluring game in a recent essay published by The Atlantic.
Feb. 4, 2014
Road to the IGF: Lucas Pope's Papers, Please
Road to the IGF: Lucas Pope's Papers, Please
Continuing our series of Road to the IGF interviews with nominees, we talk to Lucas Pope about Papers, Please, the piquant border control simulator nominated for multiple accolades.
Feb. 4, 2014
GungHo reaps over $1 billion in Puzzle & Dragons revenue
GungHo reaps over $1 billion in Puzzle & Dragons revenue
GungHo Online saw a 530 percent increase in sales last year, mostly from Puzzle & Dragons games, according to financial reports released by the Japanese company yesterday.
Feb. 4, 2014
John Carmack explains why he left id for Oculus
John Carmack explains why he left id for Oculus
John Carmack explains how his failure to arrange a deal between ZeniMax and Oculus VR led to his decision to leave id Software in a new interview published by USA Today.
Feb. 4, 2014
Iwata outlines plans for mobile and more in Nintendo Q&A
Iwata outlines plans for mobile and more in Nintendo Q&A
Today, Nintendo published its shareholder Q&A with company president Iwata, addressing its plans for 2014, including its character licensing business and its intent to enter the mobile market in some fashion.
Feb. 4, 2014
NSA/GCHQ Hacking Gets Personal: Belgian Cryptographer Targeted
NSA/GCHQ Hacking Gets Personal: Belgian Cryptographer Targeted
Belgian newspaper De Standaard reported Saturday that the federal prosecutor is investigating the hacking of Jean-Jacques Quisquater, a renowned cryptographer and professor at the Université catholique de Louvain, close to Brussels. The hack was discovered while the authorities were investigating the breach at Belgacom.
Feb. 3, 2014
Bell Canada Hacked by NullCrew
Bell Canada Hacked by NullCrew
Bell Canada announced Sunday that
Feb. 3, 2014
Cisco ACI adds New Security and Application Delivery Vendors to Ecosystem: A10 Networks and Catbird
Cisco ACI adds New Security and Application Delivery Vendors to Ecosystem: A10 Networks and Catbird
Cisco announced last week that its rapidly expanding ACI ecosystem now includes the A10 Networks aCloud Services Architecture...
Feb. 3, 2014
Introducing Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.2
Introducing Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.2
The Cisco Prime Network Services Controller team is pleased to announce the availability of 3.2 release. This release incorporates a number of new
Feb. 3, 2014
Toronto's Hand Eye Society gears up to celebrate Canadian game devs
Toronto's Hand Eye Society gears up to celebrate Canadian game devs
Gamasutra speaks with Toronto-based dev Jim Munroe (Unmanned) about Hand Eye Society's upcoming Fancy Video Game Party -- an event honoring the work of local Canadian game developers.
Feb. 3, 2014
Yamauchi family selling shares in Nintendo back to the company
Yamauchi family selling shares in Nintendo back to the company
The family of former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi, who sadly passed away late last year, will sell all of its inherited shares back to the Japanese video game giant later this week.
Feb. 3, 2014