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Unite 11: Massive Black Brings High-End Art To Unity Asset Store
Unite 11: Massive Black Brings High-End Art To Unity Asset Store
At the Unity-centric Unite 11 conference in San Francisco Thursday, art studio and developer Massive Black announced that its line of art assets will be available on the Unity Asset Store.
Sept. 29, 2011
Unite 11: Gazillion's Brevik Asks 'What Would Nintendo Do?'
Unite 11: Gazillion's Brevik Asks 'What Would Nintendo Do?'
At Unity's Gamasutra-attended Unite 11 conference in San Francisco, Gazillion president and COO David Brevik urged developers to prepare for the next "golden age" in games -- and that Nintendo is a good model to follow.
Sept. 29, 2011
Interview: Float Hybrid Plugs Into The Matrix With Kinect
Interview: Float Hybrid Plugs Into The Matrix With Kinect
Academy Award-winning visual effects designer John Gaeta tells Gamasutra how tech like Microsoft's Kinect is just a hint at a Matrix-like level of immersion for interactive media consumers.
Sept. 29, 2011
Opinion: Team Audio vs. The Milestone
Opinion: Team Audio vs. The Milestone
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Volition's senior audio designer Ariel Gross describes the unique challenges that audio teams often face when trying to meet milestone deadlines for game projects.
Sept. 29, 2011
GDC 2012 Announces Two New Summits, Opens Call For Submissions
GDC 2012 Announces Two New Summits, Opens Call For Submissions
GDC 2012 organizers have opened the call for submissions through October 31 for the show's specialized Summits, revealing new Games For Change and Game IT Summits for the March 2012 event.
Sept. 29, 2011
Opinion: Guild Wars 2 Fights The Subscription Racket
Opinion: Guild Wars 2 Fights The Subscription Racket
Gamasutra contributor Phill Cameron examines Guild Wars 2's subscription-free model, as an ArenaNet lead content designer flatly asks, "If you're paying a monthly fee for a game, what are you getting for your money?"
Sept. 29, 2011
Moshi Monsters Creator Mind Candy Expands To U.S. For Online Video Platform
Moshi Monsters Creator Mind Candy Expands To U.S. For Online Video Platform
Moshi Monsters creator Mind Candy is expanding from its London headquarters to a new Los Angeles office which will focus on producing video content for the game's young playerbase.
Sept. 29, 2011
Adventures of Shuggy's Creator On The Importance of Pre-Release Publicity
Adventures of Shuggy's Creator On The Importance of Pre-Release Publicity
The Adventures of Shuggy for Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade wasn't a big hit for several reasons, though a lack of promotion seems to have been its biggest, says creator David Johnston.
Sept. 29, 2011
Report: Xbox 360 To Add Comcast, Verizon Live TV
Report: Xbox 360 To Add Comcast, Verizon Live TV
Following a string of rumors, reports have come in that Microsoft will offer pay TV from both Comcast and Verizon through Xbox Live, with an announcement coming as soon as next week.
Sept. 29, 2011
Nielsen: MW3, GoW 3 Top Holiday Wish Lists
Nielsen: MW3, GoW 3 Top Holiday Wish Lists
Ahead of the Holiday shopping season, tracking firm Nielsen has named its "Top 20 Games to Watch," saying that Modern Warfare 3 leads desirability at 27 percent, followed by Gears Of War 3.
Sept. 29, 2011
Elcomsoft enhances password recovery software to crack encrypted BlackBerry media cards
Elcomsoft enhances password recovery software to crack encrypted BlackBerry media cards
Russian password recovery specialist has enhanced its Phone Password Breaker software to crack encrypted media cards for the BlackBerry smartphone. The password recovery specialist claims the software's password recovery rate on the BlackBerry is in the order of millions passwords per second.
Sept. 29, 2011
ISF issues major update on Standard of Good Practice for IT security professionals
ISF issues major update on Standard of Good Practice for IT security professionals
The Information Security Forum (ISF) has published a major update on its Standard of Good Practice for IT security professionals, which is billed as the industry’s most business-focused, all-in-one guide to information security assurance.
Sept. 29, 2011