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Perfect World hires new business and communications executive
Perfect World hires new business and communications executive
Online game company Perfect World Entertainment has hired free to play gaming veteran John Young as its new VP of business development and corporate communications.
March 1, 2012
Kixeye wants some friendly competition in the core-focused social space
Kixeye wants some friendly competition in the core-focused social space
Kixeye CEO Will Harbin explains why he wants to see more core-focused competition on Facebook, noting particularly why a lack of quality content is holding back the market.
March 1, 2012
Autodesk to showcase new product updates at GDC 2012
Autodesk to showcase new product updates at GDC 2012
California-based software giant Autodesk has revealed that it will showcase new versions of its middleware products at GDC 2012 next week, spanning new sulutions for mobile development to refined tools for game AI.
March 1, 2012
Why precision isn't everything in motion-based gaming
Why precision isn't everything in motion-based gaming
As part of Gamasutra's latest feature, Blitz Games Studios' Nick Adams argues that motion controls don't need to be precise, as long as they make the player feel connected to their avatar.
March 1, 2012
Experimental Gameplay Sessions return for 10-year anniversary at GDC 2012
Experimental Gameplay Sessions return for 10-year anniversary at GDC 2012
GDC 2012 organizers have revealed the participants in the 2-hour Experimental Gameplay Sessions, which previously showed Katamari Damacy and Braid, and returns to GDC for its 10-year anniversary.
March 1, 2012
In-Depth: Journey's rare and magical success
In-Depth: Journey's rare and magical success
Gamasutra's Leigh Alexander talks to Thatgamecompany as she goes in-depth with the upcoming Journey, which she calls "the finest achievement yet" of the visionary studio.
March 1, 2012
Zynga is now a third-party publisher
Zynga is now a third-party publisher
Social gaming giant Zynga is now publishing games from third-party companies on its new platform, offering cross-promotion across its vast network of gamers and its proprietary analytics.
March 1, 2012
Road to the IGF: Tiger Style's Waking Mars
Road to the IGF: Tiger Style's Waking Mars
As part of Gamasutra's Road to the IGF series, we talk with Tiger Style about its IGF award finalist (Excellence in Audio, Best Mobile Game) and "action gardening ecosystem simulation adventure story platformer," Waking Mars.
March 1, 2012
Zynga's new platform may be first step toward Facebook divorce
Zynga's new platform may be first step toward Facebook divorce
Social gaming giant Zynga formally unveiled its Zynga Platform on Thursday, freeing itself from the constraints of Facebook's locked down social network...at least, partially.
March 1, 2012
RSA 2012: Are software liability laws needed?
RSA 2012: Are software liability laws needed?
Software liability laws are needed to hold software companies accountable for making faulty products, argued Bruce Schneier, chief technology security officer with BT during a pro-con debate held Wednesday at the RSA Conference.
March 1, 2012
RSA 2012: Anonymous shakes up complacent corporate management
RSA 2012: Anonymous shakes up complacent corporate management
Anonymous has had at least one beneficial effect: top management at companies are starting to pay attention to information security, judged Grady Summers, vice president at MANDIANT, who participated in a Wednesday panel discussion on hacktivism at the RSA Conference.
March 1, 2012
Bodog takedown: maybe SOPA and PIPA and ACTA and DEA just aren’t necessary
Bodog takedown: maybe SOPA and PIPA and ACTA and DEA just aren’t necessary
Civil liberties groups are happy that SOPA has, at least temporarily, gone away; and that ACTA seems to be running into problems in some European countries. But given recent LEA takedowns, are these new laws even necessary?
March 1, 2012