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Nintendo offering more support to Wii U indies?
Nintendo offering more support to Wii U indies?
In a new Gamasutra feature, indies speak out about developing games for the Wii U, suggesting that the company may be playing ball with them more than it has in the past.
July 9, 2012
High tech car thief jailed
High tech car thief jailed
The high tech theft of motor vehicles is likely to rise as their computer content increases. In an early case, Alan Watkins was last week jailed for car theft that involved hacking, GPS tracking and motor car identity theft.
July 9, 2012
Venture capital group pumps $22.4 million into SIEM provider AlienVault
Venture capital group pumps $22.4 million into SIEM provider AlienVault
AlienVault, a San Mateo, Calif.-based security information and event management (SIEM) provider, has received $22.4 million in funding from a venture capital group led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Sigma.
July 9, 2012
Growing pains for EA Sports' microtransaction future
Growing pains for EA Sports' microtransaction future
Clearly the future of Electronic Arts' EA Sports label is in microtransaction-based DLC, but the critics -- and the players -- are still hesitant. EA Sports' Andrew Wilson fills us in on just why the company's so confident.
July 6, 2012
Thomas Was Alone highlights this week's Best of Indie Games
Thomas Was Alone 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 an old school beat 'em up of sorts for iOS, and the latest offering from Tiny Tower creator Nimblebit.
July 6, 2012
Get a job: Telltale and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
Get a job: Telltale and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Telltale Games, Turtle Rock Studios, Tencent Boston, and others.
July 6, 2012
iPhone growth spurs iOS programming language's popularity
iPhone growth spurs iOS programming language's popularity
Underlining the popularity of the iPhone and its software, the programming language used primarily by Mac/iOS applications and games, Objective-C, is now one of the most popular programming languages.
July 6, 2012
As Moai picks up steam with devs, Zipline raises cash for crossplatform tools
As Moai picks up steam with devs, Zipline raises cash for crossplatform tools
Developer and tools maker Zipline Games has secured new funding to build up Moai, its crossplatform framework that more high-profile developers are starting to use and pay attention to.
July 6, 2012
Your game industry in your words: Week of July 6
Your game industry in your words: Week of July 6
Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from industry figures from the past week, including Harvest Moon creator Yasuhiro wada, THQ's Brian Farrell, Unity's David Helgason and many others in this weekly roundup.
July 6, 2012
Top iPad game apps: Disney apps claim top three chart spots
Top iPad game apps: Disney apps claim top three chart spots
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Where's My Perry?, Temple Run: Brave, and Angry Birds Seasons HD currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
July 6, 2012
In-depth: Matrices, rotation, scale and drifting
In-depth: Matrices, rotation, scale and drifting
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, BitSquid co-founder Niklas Frykholm explains the problem of drifting when using Matrix4x4s to store node transforms, and examines several possible solutions.
July 6, 2012
Printer Bomb infects through .htaccess redirection web attack
Printer Bomb infects through .htaccess redirection web attack
Symantec researchers have determined that the Milicenso trojan (also known as the Printer Bomb) is downloaded by an .htaccess redirection web attack that has infected at least 4,000 websites.
July 6, 2012