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Video game inventor demonstrates multimedia box...in 1973
Video game inventor demonstrates multimedia box...in 1973
Home video game inventor Ralph Baer demonstrates the "All Purpose Box" in this rare video from nearly forty years ago, showing how even in the 1970s, video game consoles were thought to have potential beyond games.
Aug. 7, 2012
Could players abandon consoles if the next generation continues its delay?
Could players abandon consoles if the next generation continues its delay?
"The longer we wait for the next generation of consoles, the higher the likelihood that they could fall behind tablets in terms of being the first thing people reach for when the time comes to play games." - Crytek's Cevat Yerli.
Aug. 7, 2012
ISACA uncovers hidden security costs of cloud migration
ISACA uncovers hidden security costs of cloud migration
In a recent white paper, global IT association ISACA identified five hidden costs of cloud migration, including a number of security-related costs.
Aug. 7, 2012
Microsoft releases internal attack surface analyzer tool
Microsoft releases internal attack surface analyzer tool
Microsoft has released to the public its internal attack surface analyzer tool, which catalogs changes made to an operating system attack surface by the installation of new software.
Aug. 7, 2012
GameStop to game devs: Please love us
GameStop to game devs: Please love us
GameStop has begun angling itself as an organic part of our industry, rather than just an adjunct. Gamasutra contributor Colin Campbell talks to the company as it seeks to become a good guy in the eyes of the biz.
Aug. 6, 2012
Release This: Sound Shapes, Persona 4 Arena premiere stateside
Release This: Sound Shapes, Persona 4 Arena premiere stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Sound Shapes and Persona 4 Arena to North America, while Sniper Elite V2 and Orgarhythm ship in Japan.
Aug. 6, 2012
Your game industry in your words, week of August 3
Your game industry in your words, week of August 3
Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from industry figures from the past week, including Ngmoco's Neil Young, Team Meat's Edmund McMillen, thechineseroom's Dan Pinchbeck, and many others in this weekly roundup.
Aug. 6, 2012
Amazon is making video games now
Amazon is making video games now
It seems Amazon isn't satisfied with just selling video games -- it also wants to create them, and the retailer announced today that it's launched a brand new division to help it do just that.
Aug. 6, 2012
THQ abandons Guillermo del Toro's InSane
THQ abandons Guillermo del Toro's InSane
Struggling publisher THQ has announced that it has cancelled pre-production on inSane, the ambitious horror game project created in partnership with film director Guillermo del Toro.
Aug. 6, 2012
Jason Rubin's new THQ off to a better-than-expected start
Jason Rubin's new THQ off to a better-than-expected start
Naughty Dog co-founder Jason Rubin has been working hard to help THQ overcome its numerous financial issues, and things began to look up today as it posted better-than-expected revenues for its first fiscal quarter.
Aug. 6, 2012
Olympics fever leads the way in UK charts
Olympics fever leads the way in UK charts
With the 2012 London Olympic Games at the halfway point, the official video game for the event held on to the top spot in the UK top-selling charts last week, with an 88 percent boost in sales week-over-week.
Aug. 6, 2012
The case against Zynga: What if EA wins?
The case against Zynga: What if EA wins?
"EA has a pretty strong case" in its game-copying suit against Zynga, Rutgers law professor Greg Lastowka tells Gamasutra. Here's how the social and mobile game space could change if EA wins.
Aug. 6, 2012