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BioWare lead writer Drew Karpyshyn retires from games industry
BioWare lead writer Drew Karpyshyn retires from games industry
BioWare lead writer Drew Karpyshyn, who worked on the stories behind Star Wars: The Old Republic and Mass Effect 2, has left the company and the video games industry to focus on writing novels.
Feb. 17, 2012
Online card game Fight My Monster secures $2.1M in funding
Online card game Fight My Monster secures $2.1M in funding
Online trading card game startup Fight My Monster has secured $2.1 million in a round of investment funding, as a means of expanding its popular kids game.
Feb. 17, 2012
UKIE: Crowd-funding should be permitted in UK
UKIE: Crowd-funding should be permitted in UK
Following the success of Double Fine's Kickstarter campaign, British industry trade body UKIE has published guidelines on how it believes crowd-funding can be permitted in the UK to benefit video game developers.
Feb. 17, 2012
Sega to distribute Atlus games in Japan from April
Sega to distribute Atlus games in Japan from April
Sega announced today that it has signed a deal with Index Holdings subsidiary Atlus, that will see Sega distributing the company's games in Japan in April.
Feb. 17, 2012
Sony completes Sony Ericsson buyout, renames mobile subsidiary
Sony completes Sony Ericsson buyout, renames mobile subsidiary
Sony has completed its full acquisition of Xperia Play partner Sony Ericsson, buying out Ericsson's remaining 50 percent stake for 1.05 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in cash.
Feb. 17, 2012
Virtua Fighter social spin-off game launches in Japan
Virtua Fighter social spin-off game launches in Japan
Sega today released a mobile social spin-off version of the Virtua Fighter beat 'em up series in Japan via social gaming network Mobage.
Feb. 17, 2012
GDC 2012 highlights Sims Social, F2P design panel, Naughty Dog talks
GDC 2012 highlights Sims Social, F2P design panel, Naughty Dog talks
GDC 2012 organizers have highlighted three new sessions, featuring EA's The Sims Social, an all-star F2P design panel, and a session on Naughty Dog's approach to psychologically-led design.
Feb. 17, 2012
Kabam: MMO and social cross-pollination is complete
Kabam: MMO and social cross-pollination is complete
In Gamasutra's latest feature, Kabam VP Matt Ricchetti argues that the casual social and hardcore social mechanics of Facebook games and MMOs have gelled toge
Feb. 17, 2012
In-depth: Extracting dominant light from Spherical Harmonics
In-depth: Extracting dominant light from Spherical Harmonics
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, game programmer Simon Yeung looks at extracting the dominant directional light from spherical harmonics-projected light, to fake specular lighting.
Feb. 17, 2012
LEA intervention on the internet may encourage ransomware
LEA intervention on the internet may encourage ransomware
Visitors to the rnbxclusive website are met with a stern rebuke from a UK LEA. Italian Windows users can receive a similar rebuke from the Polizia. Only one is genuine.
Feb. 17, 2012
CIA provides funding for platform to find malware in binary code
CIA provides funding for platform to find malware in binary code
The US Central Intelligence Agency’s private sector research funding arm, In-Q-Tel (IQT), is investing in technology to analyze binary code in order to uncover malware.
Feb. 17, 2012
Google fixes more flaws in Chrome
Google fixes more flaws in Chrome
Google is again fixing flaws in its Chrome browser only a week after plugging 20 security holes with the release of version 17.
Feb. 17, 2012