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How to gain loyal fans: Show your players some respect
How to gain loyal fans: Show your players some respect
Stardock producer and former Civilization lead designer Jon Shafer shares his insight on why developers need to respect and trust their players if they want their games to succeed.
April 20, 2012
Jordan Weisman looks to the past for Shadowrun's return
Jordan Weisman looks to the past for Shadowrun's return
For Jordan Weisman, returning Shadowrun to its roots is crucial for his upcoming fan-funded revival, but as our world has changed in the last 20 years, his challenge is to adapt the series' grimy vision of the near-future.
April 20, 2012
My Life Is Yours and When Doves Cry highlight this week's Best of Indie Games
My Life Is Yours and When Doves Cry 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 freeware title described as "Halo meets Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing."
April 20, 2012
Reminder: GDC Europe 2012's call for submissions ends Monday, April 23
Reminder: GDC Europe 2012's call for submissions ends Monday, April 23
GDC Europe 2012 organizers are reminding that the call for lecture & panel submissions for this August's pre-eminent European game creation event ends on Monday, April 23rd.
April 20, 2012
Indies: Rolling your own engine can be more trouble than it's worth
Indies: Rolling your own engine can be more trouble than it's worth
In a new postmortem, Simon Oliver, founder of HandCircus (Rolando) writes that the creating the engine for the PlayStation 3 game Okabu "really led us to reflect on the effectiveness of our initial tech plan."
April 20, 2012
Trials Evolution breaks XBLA record with highest day-one sales, 100K downloads
Trials Evolution breaks XBLA record with highest day-one sales, 100K downloads
RedLynx's latest game Trials Evolution has set a new record for highest grossing day-one sales on Xbox Live Arcade, and has sold more than 100,000 copies in its first day after releasing.
April 20, 2012
The 'trial and error' development of Sound Shapes
The 'trial and error' development of Sound Shapes
We catch up with Queasy Games' Jon Mak and Shaw-Han Liem on the ongoing development of Sound Shapes, discussing the exciting potential Vita brought to a complex, occasionally "painful" concept refinement.
April 20, 2012
BSI updates standards for information security auditing
BSI updates standards for information security auditing
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has recently updated its standards for information security auditing, BSI officials told Infosecurity.
April 20, 2012
European Parliament approves the controversial EU/US PNR agreement
European Parliament approves the controversial EU/US PNR agreement
“The EU-US Passenger Name Record (PNR) agreement was adopted with 409 votes in favour, 226 against and 33 abstentions,” announced the EU yesterday. Opponents included “rapporteur Sophie in'T Veld, who withdrew her name from the report.”
April 20, 2012
Data breach hits 228,000 South Carolina Medicaid recipients
Data breach hits 228,000 South Carolina Medicaid recipients
The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that an employee stole personal data on 228,000 Medicaid recipients.
April 20, 2012
Opinion: Lessons learned from training interns
Opinion: Lessons learned from training interns
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday opinion piece, EEDAR's chief information officer Ted Spence offers some valuable advice for game developers interested in taking on and mentoring interns.
April 19, 2012
Marvelous AQL opens social, mobile games branch in Europe
Marvelous AQL opens social, mobile games branch in Europe
Japanese developer and publisher Marvelous AQL has expanded to Europe with a new office in the UK, which will focus on localizing social and mobile games for the region.
April 19, 2012