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Zynga's COO steps down after being pushed to the sidelines
Zynga's COO steps down after being pushed to the sidelines
After being stripped of his responsibilities just last week, Zynga COO John Schappert has stepped down from the company and its board of directors, effective immediately.
Aug. 8, 2012
Social games keeping Disney Interactive alive
Social games keeping Disney Interactive alive
Disney Interactive continued to reduce its losses last quarter, thanks to its shift away from retail games and into social titles.
Aug. 8, 2012
The little VR headset that could
The little VR headset that could
As virtual reality headset Oculus Rift approaches $1.5 million in crowd-funding, Gamasutra contributor Colin Campbell talks to inventor Palmer Luckey about where VR technology and games are headed.
Aug. 8, 2012
Layoffs beat down NCsoft profits
Layoffs beat down NCsoft profits
South Korean publisher NCsoft has posted its first losses since 2006, due to hefty one-off labor costs that came as a result of the company's restructing efforts during the quarter.
Aug. 8, 2012
GDC Europe 2012 details the top sessions for next week's show
GDC Europe 2012 details the top sessions for next week's show
With less than a week to go before GDC Europe 2012 in Cologne, show organizers have highlighted the event's must-see sessions, its top events, and more.
Aug. 8, 2012
Wooly spaceships, new frontiers: Launching an indie career with Voyager
Wooly spaceships, new frontiers: Launching an indie career with Voyager
One-man show Ken Amarit talks to Gamasutra about making his game dev debut on iOS with the felted wool-animated Voyager, offering inspiration on broad interests and big ideas.
Aug. 8, 2012
Reuters got caught up in a Syrian war of disinformation
Reuters got caught up in a Syrian war of disinformation
Reuters has finally come clean on its hack – “a now closed vulnerability in the WordPress software” – but indicates that it is a small part of a widespread war of disinformation being waged between the two sides in Syria.
Aug. 8, 2012
South Korea leads nations in PC infections
South Korea leads nations in PC infections
South Korea surged to first place, vaulting past China and Taiwan, in PandaLabs’ quarterly ranking of countries with the highest percentage of infected PCs.
Aug. 8, 2012
Piracy is a fact of life, so why not just have fun with it?
Piracy is a fact of life, so why not just have fun with it?
One indie studio recently took a different approach to video game piracy, and ended up being accused by a number of other developers for actually advocating it.
Aug. 7, 2012
Facebook officially enters online gambling market
Facebook officially enters online gambling market
Facebook took a big step into the world of online gambling today, with the launch of the first ever real-money gambling game on the social network website in the UK, and more apparently to follow.
Aug. 7, 2012
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From elitism to sexual harassment
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From elitism to sexual harassment
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Katie Williams on topics including the elitism around geekdom, sexual harassment in online games, and defining game accessibility.
Aug. 7, 2012
Steve Wozniak fears the cloud
Steve Wozniak fears the cloud
"I really worry about everything going to the cloud. I think it's going to be horrendous. I think there are going to be a lot of horrible problems in the next five years." - Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Aug. 7, 2012