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Dungeon Defenders and DLC Quest highlight this week's Best of Indie Games
Dungeon Defenders and DLC Quest highlight 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 percussion-focused rhythm title, and free Flash game from Pippin Barr called Hot Coffee.
May 18, 2012
How a mod put three-year-old Arma 2 on top of Steam's charts
How a mod put three-year-old Arma 2 on top of Steam's charts
Arma 2 developer Bohemia Interactive has seen "a tenfold increase in Arma 2 sales" this month, thanks to the launch of the Day Z zombie mod. Bohemia's Marek Spanel discusses why mod support is so important.
May 18, 2012
What Jenova Chen doesn't like about video games
What Jenova Chen doesn't like about video games
In a new Gamasutra interview, Thatgamecompany co-founder and Journey creative director Jenova Chen shares the major weakness he sees in the industry's approach to its audience.
May 18, 2012
Gamasutra Classics: Behind the scenes of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Gamasutra Classics: Behind the scenes of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
The Red Storm-developed Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six may have sparked a new line of big-budget tactical shooters following its launch in 1998, but that initial title came from some very modest roots.
May 18, 2012
BYOD threatens job security at HP
BYOD threatens job security at HP
BYOD isn’t simply a security issue – it’s a job issue. Sales of multi-function smartphones and tablets are reducing demand for traditional PCs; and this is hitting Hewlett Packard.
May 18, 2012
Who attacked WikiLeaks and The Pirate Bay?
Who attacked WikiLeaks and The Pirate Bay?
This week both the The Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks have been ‘taken down’ by sustained DDoS attacks: TPB for over 24 hours, and Wikileaks for 72. What isn’t known is who is behind the attacks.
May 18, 2012
Understanding the legal problems with DPA
Understanding the legal problems with DPA
We have known for many years that the EU is not happy with the UK’s implementation of the Data Protection Directive – what we haven’t known is why. This may now change thanks to the persistence of Amberhawk Training Ltd.
May 18, 2012
China's ZTE admits to backdoor in mobile phone model
China's ZTE admits to backdoor in mobile phone model
China mobile phone maker ZTE admitted that one of its mobile phone models sold in the US contains a backdoor that could enable someone to take control of the device.
May 18, 2012
Opfake malware being disguised in Android games
Opfake malware being disguised in Android games
Symantec researchers recently discovered several dummy sites being used to peddle the Android.Opfake malware, which is being disguised as games such as Temple Run and Cut the Rope.
May 18, 2012
In-depth: Channel API
In-depth: Channel API
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, freelance senior programmer Noel Austin, shares his results after testing the performance of Channel API with Google App Engine.
May 17, 2012
Gamasutra expert blogs: From Nintendo's backstage performance to survival horror
Gamasutra expert blogs: From Nintendo's backstage performance to survival horror
In highlights from Gamasutra's Expert Blogs, industry notables write about diverse topics, including why survival horror is still a viable genre, Nintendo's backstage performance, making multiplayer XBLIG titles, and more.
May 17, 2012
GameSalad's mobile and web game engine adds Windows support
GameSalad's mobile and web game engine adds Windows support
GameSalad Creator, a drag-and-drop game engine for mobile and web titles, has launched a closed beta test that now allows developers to build games with the platform on Windows systems.
May 17, 2012