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MIGS 2010: A Meeting Of The Minds Among New Montreal Studio Heads
MIGS 2010: A Meeting Of The Minds Among New Montreal Studio Heads
The closing keynote of MIGS 2010 was a spirited panel discussion between the heads of four new Montreal studios -- BioWare Montreal, Funcom Montreal, WB Interactive Montreal, and Trapdoor.
Nov. 10, 2010
Report: Surging Growth Coming For Southeast Asian Game Markets
Report: Surging Growth Coming For Southeast Asian Game Markets
A new report by the Asian game market analysts at Niko Partners suggests the combined market for video games in seven Southeast Asian game markets could be worth $1.7 billion by 2014.
Nov. 10, 2010
Sony Offers New Hardware Bundles, First PlayStation Ads For Latin America
Sony Offers New Hardware Bundles, First PlayStation Ads For Latin America
Sony Computer Entertainment America today announced new soccer-based PS3, PSP and PS2 hardware bundles for Latin America, also unveiling the first ever advertising campaign specifically targeted at the region.
Nov. 10, 2010
Climax Studios Using Mixamo Animation For Unnamed Project
Climax Studios Using Mixamo Animation For Unnamed Project
Porstmouth-based Rocket Knight Adventures developer Climax Studios announced today it will be using Mixamo's 3D animation middleware for an as-yet-unnamed 2011 game project.
Nov. 10, 2010
Krome's Davis Offers Tips For Your Next Game Pitch
Krome's Davis Offers Tips For Your Next Game Pitch
In a new Gamasutra feature, former Krome Studios employee and experienced pitchman Cameron Davis offers a variety of tips for developers trying to pitch a game idea
Nov. 10, 2010
Sonic 4 Tops October's PlayStation Network Sales
Sonic 4 Tops October's PlayStation Network Sales
Sega's Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 topped the list of best-selling downloadable games for the PS3 and PSP last month, with Deadliest Warrior and Lara Croft making strong debuts in second and third place.
Nov. 10, 2010
Tapjoy Buys AppStrip For Social Game Cross-Promotion
Tapjoy Buys AppStrip For Social Game Cross-Promotion
Offer-based ads and mobile app distribution/monetization firm Tapjoy, formerly Offerpal, has purchased AppStrip, a cross-promotion bar designed to drive traffic to participating social games.
Nov. 10, 2010
Viximo Opens San Francisco Office, Hires Game Industry Vet Sutton Trout
Viximo Opens San Francisco Office, Hires Game Industry Vet Sutton Trout
Viximo, a Cambridge, MA-based company that specializes in distributing social games beyond Facebook, has opened a new office in San Francisco and hired game industry veteran Sutton Trout to its management team.
Nov. 10, 2010
Bleszinski Defends Use Of Violence In Gears Of War As 'Slapstick'
Bleszinski Defends Use Of Violence In Gears Of War As 'Slapstick'
Epic Games lead designer Cliff Bleszinski has defended the use of violence in the Gears Of War series, describing it as "slapstick", and saying players are "morally inclined to smile and giggle rather than be revolted."
Nov. 10, 2010
Trend Micro's Rik Ferguson reports on a new Facebook phishing vector
Trend Micro's Rik Ferguson reports on a new Facebook phishing vector
The fact that social networking portal has more than 500 million members attracts attacks like moths to a flame. Trend Micro's Rik Ferguson has seen an interesting new twist to phishing this week on the site.
Nov. 10, 2010
Computer virus sparks bizarre $6 million fraud case
Computer virus sparks bizarre $6 million fraud case
Composer Roger Davidson was scammed out of millions of dollars after he brought his laptop into a computer repair shop in Westchester County, New York, in 2004 to get rid of a virus.
Nov. 10, 2010
Forrester zero trust model design to make entire network secure
Forrester zero trust model design to make entire network secure
Forrester said that it has developed a “zero trust” model designed to make security ubiquitous through the network, not just at the perimeter.
Nov. 10, 2010