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Your game industry in your words, week of August 17
Your game industry in your words, week of August 17
Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from industry figures from the past week, including Quantic Dream's David Cage, DayZ's Dean Hall, DeNA's Neil Young, and many others in this weekly roundup.
Aug. 17, 2012
OnLive lays off all employees, assets sold to new company
OnLive lays off all employees, assets sold to new company
OnLive, one of the most prominent services and proponents for cloud-based video game streaming, has laid off its entire staff, Gamasutra can confirm. [UPDATE: Assets sold to unnamed backers, who may re-hire some employees.]
Aug. 17, 2012
Gasketball highlights this week's Best of Indie Games
Gasketball highlights this week's Best of Indie Games
Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including a sports-themed iPad puzzler similar in concept to the playground basketball game H-O-R-S-E.
Aug. 17, 2012
IGF China seeking indie game submissions for 2012 event
IGF China seeking indie game submissions for 2012 event
The Independent Games Festival China – which will take place alongside GDC China – is accepting indie game entries from the pan-Pacific area from now through September 10.
Aug. 17, 2012
Will politics kill Vancouver's video game industry?
Will politics kill Vancouver's video game industry?
"Politics could mismanage [Vancouver's game industry] into the Stone Age... We have to stop these guys, and really try to turn things around." - Vancouver game industry veteran and advocate Matt Toner.
Aug. 17, 2012
Can Final Fantasy XIV really be 'reborn'?
Can Final Fantasy XIV really be 'reborn'?
Gamasutra talks to producer Naoki Yoshida about his plans to rescue the troubled MMO with an entirely new game -- dubbed A Realm Reborn -- which scraps everything in favor of an entirely new base to build from.
Aug. 17, 2012
Disttrack/Shamoon: a new targeted and destructive virus
Disttrack/Shamoon: a new targeted and destructive virus
Anti-virus companies and researchers are warning about a new targeted and destructive virus variously known as Shamoon and Disttrack. It seems to be targeted at the oil industry – and it wipes PCs.
Aug. 17, 2012
Cyber Security Challenge UK launches new summer Cyber Camp
Cyber Security Challenge UK launches new summer Cyber Camp
The task faced by Cyber Security Challenge UK is to fill the skills gap – there are simply not enough security specialists coming through the system. The organization’s latest innovation is a new 5-day summer camp to be held at Lancaster university next month.
Aug. 17, 2012
Mistwalker's The Last Story: What the critics are saying
Mistwalker's The Last Story: What the critics are saying
"It's a familiar tale, but The Last Story is far from a familiar game. It's a deep, fast-paced JRPG, that evolves the genre in ways that enhance its existing tropes, without stripping away at its soul."
Aug. 16, 2012
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Ouya to family vs. crunch
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Ouya to family vs. crunch
In highlights from Gamasutra's Expert Blogs, industry notables write about diverse topics, including three threats that Ouya has to overcome, having a family while facing the realities of crunch, and more.
Aug. 16, 2012
Ubisoft debuts its own Origin-like platform
Ubisoft debuts its own Origin-like platform
Ubisoft is pushing its way into the digital distribution platform space, launching Uplay PC, a new service similar to the game shops/communities of Valve's Steam and Electronic Arts' Origin.
Aug. 16, 2012
Sony won't cut price on beleaguered PS Vita in 2012
Sony won't cut price on beleaguered PS Vita in 2012
Despite floundering sales for PS Vita -- and a drastically reduced forecast for the company's handhelds this fiscal year -- Sony remains determined to not lower the portable's price in the near future.
Aug. 16, 2012