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XaitControl for Unity adds mobile support for character AI, game logic
XaitControl for Unity adds mobile support for character AI, game logic
Xaitment has added mobile support to XaitControl for Unity, allowing developers to create character behaviors and game logic for iOS, Android, and Unity Web Player titles.
May 8, 2012
Sony aims to rouse PS Vita's Japanese sales with Crystal White hardware
Sony aims to rouse PS Vita's Japanese sales with Crystal White hardware
Looking to energize PS Vita's dwindling hardware sales in Japan, Sony has announced a new Crystal White edition of the struggling portable that will release there next month.
May 8, 2012
Maximum creativity: Open and Closed Mode
Maximum creativity: Open and Closed Mode
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday opinion piece, Climax Games designer Claire Blackshaw looks at Closed and Open Modes in the context of game development, discussing the benefits of Open Mode.
May 8, 2012
Under threat of regulations, Gree announces plans to self-police its social games
Under threat of regulations, Gree announces plans to self-police its social games
Gree has announced plans to promote "proper use of social games" and to better address user concerns on its mobile social game network, as it faces impending crackdowns on its random virtual goods.
May 8, 2012
Best of iOS news: From Go Robo! to Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Best of iOS news: From Go Robo! to Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Gamasutra rounds up the latest news in the world of App Store gaming, featuring standout releases like Go Robo!, Bounce Box, DreamWorks Dragons, and Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7.
May 8, 2012
Zynga suing French publisher over PyramidVille
Zynga suing French publisher over PyramidVille
FarmVille maker Zynga has filed suit against another company over alleged trademark infringement, this time going after French publisher Kobojo for its social game PyramidVille.
May 8, 2012
Portal 2 has sold over 4M copies
Portal 2 has sold over 4M copies
Valve Corporation has announced that Portal 2 has sold more than 4 million copies across consoles and PCs since the first-person puzzle-platformer released a year ago.
May 8, 2012
Al Lowe is 'fleshing out' the Leisure Suit Larry remake
Al Lowe is 'fleshing out' the Leisure Suit Larry remake
Gamasutra talks to original Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe about Replay Games' crowdfunded remake: How does one revisit a classic and please fans old and new? Is there a place for Larry in today's world?
May 8, 2012
Understand the price you could pay for not owning the work in your game
Understand the price you could pay for not owning the work in your game
In a new feature on publisher contracts, attorney Jovan Johnson discusses a client who lost significant income because he failed to properly secure the rights to the work of contributors to his project.
May 8, 2012
Syrian activists targeted with RATs
Syrian activists targeted with RATs
There have been several recent examples of Syrian activists being tricked into downloading and installing remote access tools (RATs) that secretly hand control of their computers to a third party.
May 8, 2012
Natural gas pipelines targeted by cyber attack
Natural gas pipelines targeted by cyber attack
A spear-phishing campaign aimed at US natural gas pipeline companies has been underway since December of last year, according to the US Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT).
May 8, 2012
Japanese social game networks take a hit over regulation concerns
Japanese social game networks take a hit over regulation concerns
Reports of impending Japanese regulations for social game networks and their virtual goods practices have cast doubt over the futures of Gree and DeNA -- and their stock prices have tumbled as a result.
May 7, 2012