Organizers of GDC 2013 have announced talks on Diablo III translation, a game education manifesto, and writing for moral games, which is part of a new Game Narrative Summit.

When we think back on 2012, which games will we be able to say left their mark on the industry? Gamasutra and Game Developer magazine staff wrap up this examination of the games that defined the year.

While some companies are predicting new and esoteric threats for the new year, nCircle says remember the existing threats: they’re alive and kicking and the bad guys won’t abandon them while they still work.

As anyone knows who spends time watching the History Channel’s H2 network, which has a full slate of apocalypse-focused programming in heavy rotation, Dec. 21, 2012, marks the end of the Mayan Long Count calendar and is the focus of end-of-days devotees worldwide. Always alert to a social engineering opportunity, hackers have, in the spirit of Armageddon, created a booby-trapped PowerPoint presentation entitled,

“As the end of the year approaches and things calm down around the office, what better way to while away a few minutes than with a harmless Sudoku?” ask Sophos researchers Peter Szabo and Richard Wang. Apparently, there are plenty of better options: the two have discovered malware disguised as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet used to generate Sudoku puzzles.

Hunger reveals itself in different ways in different corners of the globe: In India, where 43 percent of the country’s children are underweight, students

Welcome to a tour of Cisco's Social Media Listening Center! Welcome to the Social Media Listening Center (SMLC). We’ve developed this exhibit to show our

A studio recently founded by former Epic Games staff teamed up with Coca-Cola to develop an iOS game that intends to raise funds to eradicate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

Embattled game publisher THQ has filed for bankruptcy, and despite assurances that current operations will be supported for the time being, make no mistake -- THQ as we've known it is no more.

Capcom has been forced to lower its financial forecast for the current fiscal year, cutting 3.3 billion yen ($39 million) from its estimated profits for the year, thanks to weakened Resident Evil 6 sales.

Dave Lebling and Marc Blank, co-founders of 1980s Zork studio Infocom, will be honored with the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Pioneer Award at the D.I.C.E. Awards in February.