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CCP president Mike Tinney steps down
CCP president Mike Tinney steps down
EVE Online developer CCP has confirmed that Mike Tinney, the president of the company's North American branch, has stepped down to found a new startup in the health sector.
Feb. 27, 2012
Road to the IGF: Team Dust's Dust
Road to the IGF: Team Dust's Dust
As part of Gamasutra's Road to the IGF series, Team Dust's Patrick Sullivan from the Art Institute of Phoenix discusses the inner workings of his team's IGF Student Showcase finalist Dust.
Feb. 27, 2012
Journey dev looking beyond PlayStation for future projects
Journey dev looking beyond PlayStation for future projects
Thatgamecompany's Journey could be the developer's final game built only for Sony platforms. With its exclusivity contract with Sony due to expire, the company is looking for ways to expand its potential audience.
Feb. 27, 2012
Brain Age, Theatrhythm, and more in this week's Japanese news roundup
Brain Age, Theatrhythm, and more in this week's Japanese news roundup
Gamasutra rounds up recent reports on the Japanese games industry from local news site Andriasang.com, including Nintendo's new Brain Age title, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy's strong debut, and more
Feb. 27, 2012
Sponsored feature: Converting free users to paying customers
Sponsored feature: Converting free users to paying customers
In Gamasutra's latest sponsored feature, monetization company PlaySpan details some essential tips for increasing revenue and with online-enabled games and apps.
Feb. 27, 2012
OnLive offering free trials of select IGF 2012 nominees
OnLive offering free trials of select IGF 2012 nominees
Cloud gaming company OnLive announced Monday that it has partnered with the Independent Games Festival to offer a two-week online event in which users can play many of the titles featured at the upcoming IGF 2012.
Feb. 27, 2012
How Lumines' creator uses games as a music-based art form
How Lumines' creator uses games as a music-based art form
According to Lumines and Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi, games are about more than just their gameplay or design -- rather, they can leverage their audio and visual elements to breathe new life into other forms of media.
Feb. 27, 2012
Python's documentation at your fingertips
Python's documentation at your fingertips
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, Arrived's senior software engineer Gustavo Ambrozio shares the useful tool he created for searching Python documentation with Dash.
Feb. 27, 2012
Why Sins of a Solar Empire dev Ironclad went free-to-play
Why Sins of a Solar Empire dev Ironclad went free-to-play
Sins of a Solar Empire was a retail and downloadable hit for Ironclad Games, but now its next game, Sins of a Dark Age, is going free-to-play. Cofounder Blair Fraser tells Gamasutra about the big shift.
Feb. 27, 2012
OACP website hacked in protest against Canadian Bill C-30
OACP website hacked in protest against Canadian Bill C-30
The OACP website currently displays a simple message: “Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police - UNDER MAINTENANCE”
Feb. 27, 2012
Agari expands use of DMARC email security standard through new program
Agari expands use of DMARC email security standard through new program
Based on the DMARC email authentication standard announced last month, Agari has launched a receiver program that enables mailbox providers to adopt DMARC and improve their customers’ email security.
Feb. 27, 2012
Azerbaijan Websites Attacked by Iranian hacker
Azerbaijan Websites Attacked by Iranian hacker
According to the communications ministry of Azerbaijan, Several Azerbaijani government websites were attacked by Iranian hackers Wednesday night.
Feb. 25, 2012