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GDC 2013 adds key smartphone and tablet talks on virality, scalable cloud tech
GDC 2013 adds key smartphone and tablet talks on virality, scalable cloud tech
GDC 2013 organizers have highlighted Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit talks for its March conference, including talks on making players your biggest advocates and on building scalable cloud tech.
Feb. 25, 2013
UK retailer Game will soon offer cloud-based games
UK retailer Game will soon offer cloud-based games
Cloud gaming firm CiiNow has sealed a partnership with UK video game retailer Game, which will see the latter offering its customers instant gaming via its website.
Feb. 25, 2013
List of PS4 developers quietly shrinks
List of PS4 developers quietly shrinks
Days after Gamasutra reported discrepancies in the list of third-party developers that Sony said was working on PS4 games, the publisher has now updated the list, giving a clearer picture of the console's support.
Feb. 25, 2013
Ghost Recon Online's 5 pillars for a new free-to-play shooter
Ghost Recon Online's 5 pillars for a new free-to-play shooter
Players and developers of online first-person shooters are becoming more acclimated to free-to-play. We recently spoke with Ubisoft about the making of its free-to-play FPS, Ghost Recon Online.
Feb. 25, 2013
Hell Yeah! studio Arkedo goes on hiatus
Hell Yeah! studio Arkedo goes on hiatus
Hell Yeah! developer Arkedo Studio has gone on hiatus after seven years, with the co-founders moving on to different projects -- although they refused to say that the indie studio is completely dead.
Feb. 25, 2013
Valve's Gabe Newell honored with BAFTA Fellowship
Valve's Gabe Newell honored with BAFTA Fellowship
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts today announced that Valve co-founder Gabe Newell will be honored with a BAFTA Fellowship at this year's awards ceremony.
Feb. 25, 2013
The design challenge of Signal Ops' multi-perspective espionage
The design challenge of Signal Ops' multi-perspective espionage
Upcoming multi-perspective shooter Signal Ops throws multiple monitors onto the screen at the same time. Here, developer Josh Enes discusses the challenges that go hand-in-hand with the concept.
Feb. 25, 2013
Bleszinski to console makers: 'All that red tape needs to be stripped away'
Bleszinski to console makers: 'All that red tape needs to be stripped away'
A newly-independent Cliff Bleszinski explains why right now might not be the best time to be a console game developer, and why he's not jumping at the opportunity to get right back into it.
Feb. 25, 2013
How Valve hires, how it fires, and how much it pays
How Valve hires, how it fires, and how much it pays
Valve economist-in-residence Yanis Varoufakis offers a rare glimpse behind the curtain of what may be the most unique management structure in video game development today, in which projects thrive with zero management.
Feb. 25, 2013
Zynga shuts down Baltimore studio, disbands Civ dream team
Zynga shuts down Baltimore studio, disbands Civ dream team
The Baltimore area studio that Zynga staffed with senior developers from Civilization maker Firaxis has been shut down for good, following the closure of its CityVille 2 and the departure of head Brian Reynolds.
Feb. 25, 2013
Latest (ISC)2 Workforce Study Shows Lack of Skilled Infosec Professionals and Developers
Latest (ISC)2 Workforce Study Shows Lack of Skilled Infosec Professionals and Developers
The problem is that not enough skilled people actually get into the profession; and all too often security is deemed to be separate from software development. These are the key findings of the sixth and latest study among the existing global security workforce conducted by (ISC)2, Booz Allen Hamilton and Frost and Sullivan.
Feb. 25, 2013
NBC hack serves Citadel malware to visitors
NBC hack serves Citadel malware to visitors
NBC has become the latest high-profile target for a cyber-attack, with its website, NBC.com, becoming compromised by the Citadel financial malware kit long enough to start serving malware to visitors before being corrected.
Feb. 25, 2013