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BioWare and the catch-22 of using player feedback
BioWare and the catch-22 of using player feedback
In Gamasutra's latest feature interview, Mass Effect 3 executive producer Casey Hudson admits that while the company values feedback, listening to the fans can present some amusing contradictions.
March 2, 2012
Road to the IGF: Coco & Co's Way
Road to the IGF: Coco & Co's Way
As part of Gamasutra's Road to the IGF series, we talk with Coco & Co's Chris Bell about Way, the wordless, co-op puzzle-platformer nominated for IGF's Nuovo award and selected as a Student Showcase finalist.
March 2, 2012
Opinion: Why you should be using Construct 2
Opinion: Why you should be using Construct 2
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday opinion piece, game design student Rob Braun explains why game developers, especially those just starting out, should give HTML5 game engine Construct 2 a try.
March 2, 2012
GDC 2012 details hiring opportunities at show
GDC 2012 details hiring opportunities at show
With just a couple of days to go until the Game Developers Conference 2012, show organizers have released a full set of companies hiring at its Career Pavilion, from Kojima Productions to Facebook and beyond.
March 2, 2012
Gamasutra prepares for unprecedented 16th year of live GDC coverage
Gamasutra prepares for unprecedented 16th year of live GDC coverage
All those tweets about San Francisco on your feed can only mean one thing: it's time for the annual Game Developers Conference, and as always, Gamasutra will be there with more coverage than anyone.
March 2, 2012
Opinion: The generous and the stingy - a growing trend in game direction
Opinion: The generous and the stingy - a growing trend in game direction
Gamasutra senior contributing editor and Game Developer magazine editor-in-chief Brandon Sheffield discusses how stingy some freemium games are becoming, such as the recent Tetris subscription game.
March 2, 2012
The ten most important security events and issues from 2011, and what they presage for the future
The ten most important security events and issues from 2011, and what they presage for the future
Kaspersky Lab’s analysis of the ‘evolution of malware’ during 2011, from the rise of hacktivism to the emergence of Mac malware; and the consequent lessons for the future.
March 2, 2012
Compromised websites leading to banking malware
Compromised websites leading to banking malware
M86 Security is warning that recent spam campaigns are luring victims to compromised websites that redirect to malicious Phoenix-hosting sites, which in turn seek to infect the visitor with the Cridex trojan.
March 2, 2012
“ACTA’s harm greatly exceeds its potential benefits...”
“ACTA’s harm greatly exceeds its potential benefits...”
Yesterday the Directorate General for External Policies at the European Parliament held a workshop on the The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
March 2, 2012
Infosec professionals unsure about abilities to stop cyber attacks
Infosec professionals unsure about abilities to stop cyber attacks
Three-fourths of information security professionals lack confidence in their ability to address cybersecurity threats, according to a survey by LogRhythm.
March 2, 2012
RSA 2012: Top G-Man says Anonymous, not Al-Qaeda, will be top security threat
RSA 2012: Top G-Man says Anonymous, not Al-Qaeda, will be top security threat
Cybersecurity threats will overtake terrorism as the top US national security concern, FBI Director Robert Mueller told the RSA Conference on Thursday.
March 2, 2012
Mojang, take 2: Scrolls
Mojang, take 2: Scrolls
Will Scrolls be the Minecraft studio's second hit? Lead developer Jakob Porser tells Gamasutra that he's not quite sure, but that the studio wants to "focus on making a game that we ourselves want to play."
March 1, 2012