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GDC 2013 Day 2: F2P problems and solutions
GDC 2013 Day 2: F2P problems and solutions
The second day of GDC 2013 included notable talks from QWOP developer Bennett Foddy on F2P problems, Kongregate COO Emily Greer on successful F2P strategies, and Subset Games on FTL's postmortem.
March 27, 2013
BioWare, Telltale, Revolution and important life lessons
BioWare, Telltale, Revolution and important life lessons
An introduction to One Life Left and Gamasutra's conference-capturing adventure, recorded live at a small gathering on Tuesday evening on the 34th floor of the Marriott Marquis.
March 27, 2013
FOX engine brings Kojima Productions one step closer to photo-reality
FOX engine brings Kojima Productions one step closer to photo-reality
At GDC 2013, Kojima Productions revealed Metal Gear Solid 5, showed off its photorealistic FOX engine, and confirmed a brand-new game development office in Los Angeles.
March 27, 2013
How can game music feel as meaningful as a live experience?
How can game music feel as meaningful as a live experience?
Games can do more with musical elements to prevent loss of intimacy that happens with looping tracks, argues Rich "Disasterpeace" Vreeland, who'd like more of live music's unpreditability in games.
March 27, 2013
Ministry of Justice consultation on compulsory DPA audits for NHS bodies
Ministry of Justice consultation on compulsory DPA audits for NHS bodies
The UK Ministry of Justice has issued a new consultation paper aimed at NHS data controllers asking for views on whether the ICO should be able to impose a data protection audit on NHS bodies without their consent.
March 26, 2013
Identifying individuals through mobile tracking
Identifying individuals through mobile tracking
A new report published in Nature's Scientific Reports section shows how the location data available from mobile devices can be used as a virtual fingerprint to identify individual people regardless of whether the data is 'anonymized'.
March 26, 2013
Trojans, RATs and Slovenian money gang involved in $2.5 million bank fraud
Trojans, RATs and Slovenian money gang involved in $2.5 million bank fraud
Slovenian Police have detained five citizens in a $2.5 million, highly targeted bank fraud campaign. The criminal group was found to be using 25 money mules to electronically transfer funds out of the accounts of smaller companies.
March 26, 2013
Cisco at HIMSS13 Recap
Cisco at HIMSS13 Recap
Now that HIMSS13 is behind us, we want to say thank you to everyone who attended the Sixth Annual Connected Health Summit and to all of our customers and
March 26, 2013
Project Anarchy: Free mobile development tools from Havok
Project Anarchy: Free mobile development tools from Havok
Intel-owned middleware company Havok today revealed a new and complete end-to-end mobile 3D game production engine at the Game Developers Conference, coming for free later this spring.
March 26, 2013
New GamesAnalytics service offers analytic tools for free-to-play games
New GamesAnalytics service offers analytic tools for free-to-play games
Monetization firm GamesAnalytics has launched a new monthly subscription service called Measure, aimed at providing publishers and developers with access to self-serve analytic tools for free-to-play games.
March 26, 2013
Japan's SoftBank acquires Puzzle & Dragons publisher GungHo
Japan's SoftBank acquires Puzzle & Dragons publisher GungHo
Japanese telecommunications company SoftBank is once again dipping its toes into the video game pool, acquiring Puzzle & Dragons publisher GungHo Online Entertainment.
March 26, 2013
Square Enix president steps down following terrible year for the company
Square Enix president steps down following terrible year for the company
As Square Enix revises its full fiscal year forecasts, now predicting a swing to losses from the previously estimated profits, the company's president Yoichi Wada has resigned.
March 26, 2013