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Torchlight 2 Delayed, Now Set For July Release
Torchlight 2 Delayed, Now Set For July Release
Runic Games has revealed that upcoming Torchlight II has been delayed by a couple of months, mainly due to development on the Xbox Live Arcade version of the original Torchlight.
Feb. 10, 2011
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Interactive Storytelling To Games As Painkillers
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Interactive Storytelling To Games As Painkillers
In highlights from Gamasutra's Expert Blogs, industry notables write about diverse topics, including the balance between story and gameplay, and how games can help reduce physical pain.
Feb. 10, 2011
Analysis: High Aspirations for High Scores - Bulletstorm and How Points Change Play
Analysis: High Aspirations for High Scores - Bulletstorm and How Points Change Play
Gamasutra contributor Andrew Vanden Bossche looks at how high scores can be used to engage the player, and how People Can Fly's Bulletstorm uses unique scoring methods to encourage replayability.
Feb. 10, 2011
Feature: The Game Preservation Crisis, Part 2
Feature: The Game Preservation Crisis, Part 2
Continuing a Gamasutra feature series, today's in-depth piece examines how video games can be protected by natural disasters and elements, and why many games ar
Feb. 10, 2011
Take-Two Leads Metacritic's 2010 Game Publisher Rankings
Take-Two Leads Metacritic's 2010 Game Publisher Rankings
Reviews aggregator Metacritic has released a list of the best-reviewed game publishers during 2010, finding Take-Two had the best overall ranking of the year -- with not one badly-reviewed game on its slate.
Feb. 10, 2011
Trinigy To Add Support For Mobile, Handheld To Vision Engine
Trinigy To Add Support For Mobile, Handheld To Vision Engine
Trinigy's multiplatform Vision Engine will add support for mobile and handheld games, the company announced today, with development of an iOS version already in the works.
Feb. 10, 2011
Freestyle Games 'Actively Working With Activision' On Studio's Future
Freestyle Games 'Actively Working With Activision' On Studio's Future
Amid unclear specifics for individual Activision studios amid 500 planned layoffs, DJ Hero developer Freestyle Games says it's "wo
Feb. 10, 2011
Report: 7 Studios To Close As Activision Realigns
Report: 7 Studios To Close As Activision Realigns
Staff of 7 Studios say the LA developer will be shuttered in the wake of Activision's decision to disband its peripheral-based music game business, an unfortunate close to a difficult few years for the studio.
Feb. 10, 2011
Raptr Passes 6 Million Users, Scores $15M In New Funding
Raptr Passes 6 Million Users, Scores $15M In New Funding
Gaming social network Raptr says it's now brought in over six million registered users -- and closed a new $15 million financing round, bringing its funding to a total $27 million to date.
Feb. 10, 2011
UK public sector hampered by email size restrictions
UK public sector hampered by email size restrictions
Research just released claims that the limitations on what can – and cannot – be sent via email, due to message size considerations, is hampering the efficiency of the public sector in the UK. And as a result, some workers are now using file-sharing services to send their large files.
Feb. 10, 2011
European organisations living on borrowed time if they fail at data breach notification, says insurer
European organisations living on borrowed time if they fail at data breach notification, says insurer
A white paper just published claims that organisations that choose not to notify on data breaches are living on borrowed time.
Feb. 10, 2011
Visa offers program encouraging merchants to adopt chip-enabled terminals
Visa offers program encouraging merchants to adopt chip-enabled terminals
Visa is encouraging merchants to adopt EMV-compatible chip terminals capable of processing either contact or both contact and contactless payments as part of a Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance program.
Feb. 10, 2011