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Fake AT&T bills being used to deliver malware
Fake AT&T bills being used to deliver malware
Cybercriminals are sending spam to AT&T Wireless customers with huge bills in order to trick recipients into clicking on a link to malicious websites, according to Commtouch.
April 9, 2012
Best of Indie Games: From Rotten Tangerines to Epic Sax Game
Best of Indie Games: From Rotten Tangerines to Epic Sax Game
Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including an iOS game featuring rotting tangerines and pixelated baddies, and a rather epic sax game.
April 6, 2012
Your game industry in your words: Week of April 6
Your game industry in your words: Week of April 6
Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from industry figures such as Hello Games' Sean Murray, Ubisoft's Tony Key, Grasshopper Manuacture's Suda51, and many others in this new weekly roundup.
April 6, 2012
Mass Effect iOS dev's careful approach to expanding EA's biggest franchises
Mass Effect iOS dev's careful approach to expanding EA's biggest franchises
Melbourne, Australia-based Dead Space and Mass Effect: Infiltrator iOS developer IronMonkey tells Gamasutra how simply aping the console version of a video game is not enough.
April 6, 2012
Make a better game: Limit the player
Make a better game: Limit the player
Stardock producer and former Civilization lead designer Jon Shafer explains the benefits of keeping limits in your game, pulling examples from his own design decisions with Firaxis' strategy series.
April 6, 2012
Top iPad game apps: Skylanders Cloud Patrol reports strong first-week sales
Top iPad game apps: Skylanders Cloud Patrol reports strong first-week sales
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Angry Birds Space, Skylanders Cloud Patrol, and Bike Race Free currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
April 6, 2012
Rockstar bringing original Max Payne to iOS, Android
Rockstar bringing original Max Payne to iOS, Android
Rockstar Games will port the first Max Payne game, which originally released for Windows nearly eleven years ago, to iOS and Android devices later this month.
April 6, 2012
Sponsored survey: Blackberry asks developers for feedback on game platforms
Sponsored survey: Blackberry asks developers for feedback on game platforms
Research In Motion has launched a sponsored survey with Gamasutra asking about keys to mobile game development, and offering up BlackBerry PlayBooks as daily prizes.
April 6, 2012
Grasshopper's Suda on Lollipop Chainsaw and the new media landscape
Grasshopper's Suda on Lollipop Chainsaw and the new media landscape
Grasshopper Manufacture's Goichi "Suda51" Suda talks to Gamasutra about Lollipop Chainsaw, the increasing fluidity between games and film, and his hope to work with smaller teams on mobile and social titles in the future.
April 6, 2012
Evolve or perish: Darkshell DDoS is adapting
Evolve or perish: Darkshell DDoS is adapting
New variants of Darkshell, a distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet targeting Chinese websites, have been detected by McAfee Labs.
April 6, 2012
Court rules that Sony was within its rights to change PSN's Terms of Service
Court rules that Sony was within its rights to change PSN's Terms of Service
A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit against Sony, and ruled that the platform holder was free to change the terms of service for users accessing PlayStation Network last September.
April 5, 2012
'Ghost Recon Network' Ubisoft's free take on Call of Duty Elite
'Ghost Recon Network' Ubisoft's free take on Call of Duty Elite
Ubisoft has announced Ghost Recon Network, a free companion service allowing players to interact with Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and the series' other games on their smartphones, tablets, and web browsers.
April 5, 2012