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GDC 2013 adds localization talks on Diablo III, Resistance franchise
GDC 2013 adds localization talks on Diablo III, Resistance franchise
GDC 2013 organizers are highlighting high-profile Localization Summit sessions on Diablo III, Resistance Burning Skies, and Western games succeeding in China, along with a robust set of microtalks.
March 7, 2013
Boy Scouts can now earn a Game Design merit badge
Boy Scouts can now earn a Game Design merit badge
The new merit badge, making its debut at SXSW on Friday, requires that Scouts design a game from scratch in a game design notebook, then prototype their creation and playtest it at official Scout outings.
March 7, 2013
Video: Where video games' 'damsel in distress' trope came from
Video: Where video games' 'damsel in distress' trope came from
The first entry in Anita Sarkessian's Kickstarter-funded Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series explores how "damsels in distress" became one of the most highly-used clichés in games.
March 7, 2013
The tools and engines available now for PlayStation 4 developers
The tools and engines available now for PlayStation 4 developers
Several tool-makers are shipping their products to PlayStation 4 developers today. We've rounded up all of the announcements we could find in one convenient spot.
March 7, 2013
Raspberry Pi got DDoS’d
Raspberry Pi got DDoS’d
Starting late on Tuesday the Raspberry Pi Foundation was taken down by a massive SYN flood attack. The Foundation is behind the credit card-sized Raspberry Pi computer, originally designed to promote the teaching of computer basics in schools.
March 7, 2013
Phase 3 of the Op Ababil DDoS attacks on US banks commences
Phase 3 of the Op Ababil DDoS attacks on US banks commences
al-Qassam Cyber Fighters announced the resumption on Tuesday. By Wednesday, customers of PNC Bank, Wells Fargo, Citibank, Bank of America and a number of other major banks were reporting difficulties to the sitedown.co website.
March 7, 2013
RSA 2013: White Hats Need to Play a More Intelligent Game
RSA 2013: White Hats Need to Play a More Intelligent Game
The information security community must stop giving away the roadmap to its defense, said Art Gilliland, HP, at the RSA conference in San Francisco, February 28 2013.
March 7, 2013
Android malware blossoms as PC attacks fade
Android malware blossoms as PC attacks fade
If there were any doubt that Android malware is becoming an epidemic, look no further than a study showing that the number of new malware programs for the mobile operating system has increased five-fold since the first half of 2012. PC threats, meanwhile, are waning.
March 7, 2013
DARPA says goodbye to hacker-friendly Cyber Fast Track program
DARPA says goodbye to hacker-friendly Cyber Fast Track program
The Department of Defense is pulling the plug on Cyber Fast Track, a program aimed at tapping reformed hackers and other security hotshots to solve cyber-defense problems quickly.
March 7, 2013
VDI “The Missing Questions” #6: What do you really gain from a 2vCPU virtual desktop?
VDI “The Missing Questions” #6: What do you really gain from a 2vCPU virtual desktop?
So you've decided you are going to run 2vCPU VMs in one, or all (GHAST!) of your VDI pools. Why did you decide this? Because your application is
March 7, 2013
Cisco’s Chief Futurist Shares Top 5 Predictions for 2013 and Beyond #IoE
Cisco’s Chief Futurist Shares Top 5 Predictions for 2013 and Beyond #IoE
The future intrigues us all, especially when every now and then we’re able to catch a glimpse of what’s to come. At Cisco, one of the ways we build our
March 7, 2013
EA backtracks on recent microtransactions comments
EA backtracks on recent microtransactions comments
Electronic Arts CFO Blake J. Jorgensen has backtracked on comments he made last week, stating that all future EA games will in fact not always include microtransactions.
March 6, 2013