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A Molyjam game is getting backed by Indie Fund
A Molyjam game is getting backed by Indie Fund
Ben Esposito's Kachina, recently exhibited at GDC's Experimental Gameplay Workshop, is poised to receive support from Indie Fund.
April 17, 2013
Supercell's latest reported revenue figures are ridiculously huge
Supercell's latest reported revenue figures are ridiculously huge
Revenues for the Helsinki, Finland-based mobile game company are reportedly on track this year to be more than twice that of EA's mobile games division.
April 17, 2013
New documentary aims to expose sexual harassment in game industry
New documentary aims to expose sexual harassment in game industry
Following on the #1Reason movement, independent filmmaker Shannon Sun-Higginson hopes to use her documentary to further the conversation on industry sexism.
April 17, 2013
The Amazon Appstore is about to go global
The Amazon Appstore is about to go global
The Amazon Appstore will soon go global, with the Android-based marketplace due to launch in nearly 200 further countries later this year.
April 17, 2013
Social games' decline is holding digital market back - report
Social games' decline is holding digital market back - report
Although March saw strong sales of downloadable titles, DLC and mobile games in the U.S., the overall digital sales market was offset by the decline in social games and MMO subscribers.
April 17, 2013
Linode web hosting hack used Adobe ColdFusion zero-day
Linode web hosting hack used Adobe ColdFusion zero-day
Web hosting provider Linode has been hit with a zero-day attack that compromised its database, including credit card numbers, parts of the source code and passwords. In a security notice the company said that it has instigated a full password reset for all accounts in the wake of the hit.
April 16, 2013
Increase Profits by Making it Easy to Follow the Money
Increase Profits by Making it Easy to Follow the Money
Increase Profits by Making it Easy to Follow the Money Hundreds of cloud service providers around the world are seeing businesses connect into their
April 16, 2013
Here's what the UK gov't is asking parents about in-app purchases
Here's what the UK gov't is asking parents about in-app purchases
The UK-based Office of Fair Trading has released its complete survey, which is aimed at investigating in-app purchases in kids' games.
April 16, 2013
NYU and EVO team up for competitive game design scholarship
NYU and EVO team up for competitive game design scholarship
A new scholarship for NYU Game Center seeks to support game design students active in the fighting game community.
April 16, 2013
'If you respect your public, eventually it pays back'
'If you respect your public, eventually it pays back'
Dontnod creative director Jean-Maxime Moris comments on gender equality as a theme in the upcoming Capcom-published action-adventure game Remember Me.
April 16, 2013
Mayhem Triple: An indie's own personal Duke Nukem Forever
Mayhem Triple: An indie's own personal Duke Nukem Forever
Indie developer Dustin Gunn has released his new game Mayhem Triple, and it's a bit of a special one for the dev -- it's his own Duke Nukem Forever, 10 years in the making.
April 16, 2013
Yet another hurdle for UK's video game tax breaks
Yet another hurdle for UK's video game tax breaks
The proposed video game tax relief in the UK has been delayed yet again, as the EU Commission has launched an investigation into the case for such a relief program.
April 16, 2013