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Zynga backs sports-betting game Sports Casino
Zynga backs sports-betting game Sports Casino
Zynga made its move into the social gambling market a couple of months ago. With today's announcement that it has partnered with sports-betting game company RocketPlay, the social giant is looking to turn it up a notch.
Sept. 5, 2012
Minecraft as a tool for urban improvement
Minecraft as a tool for urban improvement
Following the success of Minecraft developer Mojang's Mina Kvarter project, by which the popular game's community is helping in the reconstruction process of their own neighborhoods, the studio has now teamed up with the United Nations in a similar scheme.
Sept. 5, 2012
In-depth: A new way of organizing header files
In-depth: A new way of organizing header files
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, BitSquid co-founder Niklas Frykholm explains his problems with how headers are usually organized, and shares a new way for handling them.
Sept. 5, 2012
Capcom's plan for profit: Shorter dev cycles, smaller teams
Capcom's plan for profit: Shorter dev cycles, smaller teams
Capcom saw revenues and profits fall year-over-year for the last fiscal year -- but it has big plans to turn its fortunes around and create a more stable title portfolio for this year.
Sept. 5, 2012
Does Zynga really need a FarmVille 2? You bet
Does Zynga really need a FarmVille 2? You bet
We ask Visceral Games' former creative director Wright Bagwell (Dead Space 2), now FarmVille 2's design director, the hard questions about how to fix Zynga-endemic design issues.
Sept. 5, 2012
The first crowd-designed video game has frogs, lasers and hats
The first crowd-designed video game has frogs, lasers and hats
After a successful $10,000 Kickstarter campaign, Schell Games has successfully launched the first in a series of games where everything from the character names to the core mechanics is contributed and voted on by a community.
Sept. 5, 2012
Can Ubisoft shed its DRM bad guy image?
Can Ubisoft shed its DRM bad guy image?
Ubisoft has a terrible reputation when it comes to anti-piracy and digital rights management policies. And let's face it: that terrible reputation was absolutely well-earned.
Sept. 5, 2012
Steam Greenlight: Big boost for indies, or popularity contest?
Steam Greenlight: Big boost for indies, or popularity contest?
"Greenlight is scary as hell. Great games not getting the attention they should is always a problem, and asking the crowd what's good usually results in 'that thing everyone else likes'!" - Incredipede developer Colin Northway.
Sept. 5, 2012
What the Anonymous attacks on MI5 and MI6 tell us
What the Anonymous attacks on MI5 and MI6 tell us
As Infosecurity reported yesterday, both the MI5 and MI6 websites were attacked by Anonymous in the name of OpFreeAssange. Both sites were down for about an hour, demonstrating that few sites can withstand a concerted DDoS attack.
Sept. 5, 2012
Rovio follows up Angry Birds with Bad Piggies
Rovio follows up Angry Birds with Bad Piggies
Angry Birds developer Rovio isn't done with the behemoth franchise just yet. Today the company announced a sequel to the original game that looks to focus on the story from the prespective of the pigs.
Sept. 4, 2012
Eufloria Adventures bringing procedural fun to PlayStation Mobile
Eufloria Adventures bringing procedural fun to PlayStation Mobile
Rudolf Kremers isn't ready to let go of Eufloria's universe just yet. He's now collaborating with the Tuna studio on a brand new spin-off title in the series, Eufloria Adventures for PlayStation Mobile.
Sept. 4, 2012
Why Indie Fund is backing an XBLA flop
Why Indie Fund is backing an XBLA flop
Indie Fund has decided to take a risk and invest money in the home computer ports of The Splatters, an unusual, but failed puzzle game that launched on XBLA in April.
Sept. 4, 2012