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Second Annual Canadian Video Game Awards Announces Call For Nominations
Second Annual Canadian Video Game Awards Announces Call For Nominations
Nominations are now being accepted for the second annual Canadian Video Game Awards, which have seen some significant category changes since last year's show.
Dec. 3, 2010
Microsoft Offers Cross-Game Content For Holiday Promotion Purchasers
Microsoft Offers Cross-Game Content For Holiday Promotion Purchasers
Microsoft is throwing its marketing weight behind a trio of Xbox Live Arcade games as part of a "Games for the Holidays" promotion, and offering free cross-promotional in-game content for those that buy all three.
Dec. 3, 2010
Harrison Sees Open, Browser-Based Future For Gaming
Harrison Sees Open, Browser-Based Future For Gaming
Former Sony and Atari executive Phil Harrison says gaming's future will be dominated by high-quality games delivered through web browsers and open platforms, rather than dedicated game consoles.
Dec. 3, 2010
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of December 3
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of December 3
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles across the world and in every major discipline, including opportunities at Digital Extremes, Snowblind Studios, Tellta
Dec. 3, 2010
Schell: Many People Looking At Gamification In 'Foolish Way'
Schell: Many People Looking At Gamification In 'Foolish Way'
Schell Games head Jesse Schell has helped to popularize the 'gamification' movement, but talking to Gamasutra, warns against "looking at [gamification] in a foolish
Dec. 3, 2010
GDC 2011 Debuts Initial, Wide-Ranging Summit Line-Up
GDC 2011 Debuts Initial, Wide-Ranging Summit Line-Up
Organizers of the 2011 Game Developers Conference have announced initial line-ups for the show's Summits, including notables from Zynga, Area/Code, Google, Klei Entertainment, MIT, and more.
Dec. 3, 2010
Blizzard's Pardo: WoW, Long-Running TV Series Face Similar Challenges
Blizzard's Pardo: WoW, Long-Running TV Series Face Similar Challenges
Running an MMO as big as WoW for many years is like "running a TV series," says Blizzard's Rob Pardo, discussing the challenge of keeping fans engaged as graphics and experience innovation march on.
Dec. 3, 2010
Visa taps cardholder's mobile location to tackle fraud
Visa taps cardholder's mobile location to tackle fraud
Visa Europe has announced plans to use the location of a cardholder's mobile phone to better detect fraud using its payment cards. The card company has reportedly contracted with ValidSoft, part of the ElephantTalk telecoms group, for the service.
Dec. 3, 2010
FBI identifies major Russian spam oligarch
FBI identifies major Russian spam oligarch
Reports are coming in that the FBI has identified a 23-year-old Russian as the lynchpin behind the infamous Mega-D botnet, which has been responsible for as much as a third of all spam generated around the world.
Dec. 3, 2010
AVG update crashes 64-bit Windows 7 systems
AVG update crashes 64-bit Windows 7 systems
The latest software update from security supplier AVG Technologies has caused problems with many users running Microsoft's 64-bit Windows 7 operating system.
Dec. 3, 2010
New website tackles challenges of intelligent whitelisting technology
New website tackles challenges of intelligent whitelisting technology
Lumension is sponsoring a new website to share insights into intelligent whitelisting technology to improve organizations’ information security.
Dec. 3, 2010
VMware provides minor security fixes for Fusion
VMware provides minor security fixes for Fusion
The Mac OS virtualization product has been updated by VMware to address three minor security vulnerabilities and a host of known bugs.
Dec. 3, 2010