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Mixamo enables Flash-based visuals with Flare3D integration
Mixamo enables Flash-based visuals with Flare3D integration
Character animation company Mixamo revealed today that its online 3D animation service now includes full integration with the Flare3D engine for Adobe Flash.
Feb. 28, 2012
Russian studio Game Insight expands to U.S. with new publishing branch
Russian studio Game Insight expands to U.S. with new publishing branch
Game Insight, the Russian studio behind social and mobile games such as Resort World and Paradise Island, has decided to expand its business into North America with a new publishing branch in San Francisco.
Feb. 28, 2012
Road to the IGF: Steph Thirion's Faraway
Road to the IGF: Steph Thirion's Faraway
Continuing our series of interviews with IGF finalists, we catch up with Steph Thirion, creator of Best Mobile Game nominee Faraway, and discuss his various inspirations.
Feb. 28, 2012
WikiLeaks redux: Site teams with hacktivists to publish Stratfor emails
WikiLeaks redux: Site teams with hacktivists to publish Stratfor emails
WikiLeaks is back in the news. The site dedicated to leaking state secrets has teamed with Anonymous to disclose emails from intelligence firm Stratfor, which Anonymous offshoot LulzSec breached in December.
Feb. 28, 2012
Gatekeeper – a new security feature or a walled garden for OSX?
Gatekeeper – a new security feature or a walled garden for OSX?
Apple’s OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion due this summer will contain a new feature called Gatekeeper. Opinions vary on whether it is a genuine security feature or the cornerstone of a new walled garden.
Feb. 28, 2012
RSA 2012: Coviello's mea culpa
RSA 2012: Coviello's mea culpa
Looking none the worse for wear from the huge RSA data breach last year, Chairman Arthur Coviello Jr. said he and his team felt the breach “personally” and have struggled to regain the company's reputation in the security community.
Feb. 28, 2012
Top iPhone game apps: Updated Draw Something overtakes Where's My Water?
Top iPhone game apps: Updated Draw Something overtakes Where's My Water?
Gamasutra rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Draw Something and Midway Arcade to Move the Box and more.
Feb. 27, 2012
Release This: SSX, Binary Domain hit retail stateside
Release This: SSX, Binary Domain hit retail stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings SSX, Binary Domain, Devil Survivor 2, and Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure to retailers in North America.
Feb. 27, 2012
Unreal Engine 4 to be unveiled at GDC
Unreal Engine 4 to be unveiled at GDC
Epic Games is set to preview the next Unreal Engine at the Game Developers Conference next month to select show attendees.
Feb. 27, 2012
Hawken publisher Meteor receives $10M in funding
Hawken publisher Meteor receives $10M in funding
Meteor Entertainment, the publisher behind upcoming mech-battler Hawken, has raised $10 million in a new series of funding.
Feb. 27, 2012
Games-on-demand service GameTanium adds Android tablet support
Games-on-demand service GameTanium adds Android tablet support
Games on demand company Exent announced today that its subscription based GameTanium service is available for Android tablets, allowing users to play numerous popular titles as part of a single monthly package.
Feb. 27, 2012
Social, casual market dominated game investments in 2011, report says
Social, casual market dominated game investments in 2011, report says
Investment bank Digi-Capital reports that social and casual games made up roughly half of all game related investments and mergers in terms of value in 2011, projecting that this pattern will continue in 2012.
Feb. 27, 2012