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Opinion: Video game detractors becoming weaker, weirder
Opinion: Video game detractors becoming weaker, weirder
Are we witnessing the last desperate gasps of the anti-video games agenda? Gamasutra contributor Colin Campbell says for the most part, that might be the case.
May 31, 2012
Upcoming 'mid-core' Zynga titles will help shares gain traction - analyst
Upcoming 'mid-core' Zynga titles will help shares gain traction - analyst
Despite Zynga's shares dropping 37.6 percent since the beginning of 2012, analyst firm Baird Equity Research still believes that the stock will bounce back thanks to upcoming game releases and its relationship with Facebook.
May 31, 2012
First arrest made in Japan under new game piracy laws
First arrest made in Japan under new game piracy laws
Nintendo said this week that the first arrest has been made in Japan under the country's amended Unfair Competition Prevention Act, which was revised last year to combat piracy-enabling devices.
May 31, 2012
Strategy game company Kixeye opens Australian studio
Strategy game company Kixeye opens Australian studio
Strategy game developer Kixeye has opened a new studio in Brisbane, Australia, with the aim to expand the company's international presence and increase production speeds of its upcoming titles.
May 31, 2012
The Journey Down HD hopes to float in a sea of big adventure game titles
The Journey Down HD hopes to float in a sea of big adventure game titles
SkyGoblin has released the first chapter of adventure game The Journey Down HD, two years after the original freeware version. Creator Theodor Waern discusses why he chose to go full-time indie.
May 31, 2012
Activision, Infinity Ward trial ends with last minute settlement
Activision, Infinity Ward trial ends with last minute settlement
The ongoing legal battle between Activision and Infinity Ward founders Vince Zampella and Jason West may end in a last minute settlement. [Update: The case has been resolved and will not go to trial.]
May 31, 2012
Ex-Doublesix staffers form Strike Suit Zero studio
Ex-Doublesix staffers form Strike Suit Zero studio
Staffers at Burn Zombie Burn developer DoubleSix have split off from the studio and are now working on Strike Suit Zero, one of Doublesix's previous in-development titles, with consent from parent Catalis SE.
May 31, 2012
When breaking the rules can be good for players
When breaking the rules can be good for players
In Gamasutra's latest feature, Josh Bycer explains that breaking the rules of the game is a sin against players -- but when you let the player do it, it makes for a better game.
May 31, 2012
GDC Europe 2012 debuts Total War, MMO design, rendering sessions
GDC Europe 2012 debuts Total War, MMO design, rendering sessions
GDC Europe show organizers have debuted new talks for August's show in Cologne, including in-depth presentations on the Total War franchise, the essentials of MMO design, and forward rendering pipelines.
May 31, 2012
Military grade chips may not be as secure as we think
Military grade chips may not be as secure as we think
Sergei Skorobogatov and Chris Woods have discovered a backdoor into a military grade chip, permitting ‘a new and disturbing possibility of a large scale Stuxnet-type attack via a network or the Internet on the silicon itself’.
May 31, 2012
Majority of firms plan to institute employee monitoring for social media use
Majority of firms plan to institute employee monitoring for social media use
Around 60% of corporations said they plan to implement a formal security monitoring plan for employee use of social media by 2015, according to a survey by Gartner.
May 31, 2012
US government drags its feet on declassifying documents
US government drags its feet on declassifying documents
The number of US government documents that were declassified, as well as the number reviewed for declassification, dropped in fiscal year (FY) 2011. This was compared with the previous fiscal year, according to an annual report by the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO).
May 31, 2012