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Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of July 21
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of July 21
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at THQ, MTV Networks, PlayFish, and Disney Online Studios.
July 22, 2011
Interview: World of Warcraft Trading Card Game Developer Cryptozoic Speaks Up
Interview: World of Warcraft Trading Card Game Developer Cryptozoic Speaks Up
Gamasutra speaks to the developers of the WoW trading card game about the pressures of developing a compliment to the massively successful MMO -- and how they tie in with it.
July 22, 2011
Opinion: A Thirst For Low-Level Programming
Opinion: A Thirst For Low-Level Programming
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, freelance programmer Fabrice Lété shares why you should be experimenting with platform API-level programming even when you're not working on the middleware.
July 22, 2011
GDC Vault Debuts 2011's 'Game Design Challenge' Session Video
GDC Vault Debuts 2011's 'Game Design Challenge' Session Video
This week, the GDC Vault has debuted a free video of GDC 2011's Game Design Challenge, which saw the rise of the unorthodox, and occasionally controversial multiplayer title Chain World.
July 22, 2011
GDC Europe Speaker Spotlight: B.U.T.T.O.N.'s Douglas Wilson On Breaking The Rules
GDC Europe Speaker Spotlight: B.U.T.T.O.N.'s Douglas Wilson On Breaking The Rules
In the latest in a series of interviews with speakers from this August's GDC Europe, Douglas Wilson, developer of the IGF-finalist B.U.T.T.O.N., discusses how to design multiplayer games that don't adhere to strict rules.
July 22, 2011
Square Enix's Fischer: Too Much Social Hype, But The Industry Is Growing Fast
Square Enix's Fischer: Too Much Social Hype, But The Industry Is Growing Fast
In a new Gamasutra feature interview, Square Enix U.S. president and CEO Mike Fischer tells Gamasutra that he sees amazing growth in the industry -- but his company won't be bandwagon-jumping.
July 22, 2011
Cold-calling virus scam costs New Zealanders dearly
Cold-calling virus scam costs New Zealanders dearly
The New Zealand Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has revealed that a call-calling telephony scam may have affected around 30% of adults in the country, costing many of them around NZ$200 a time.
July 22, 2011
Sony insurer asks court to bow out of paying data breach claims
Sony insurer asks court to bow out of paying data breach claims
Zurich American Insurance Co., which is one of Sony’s insurers, is asking a New York state court to rule that the insurer does not have to pay Sony for class-action lawsuit claims related to its massive data breach.
July 22, 2011
Companies should go beyond PCI DSS compliance, says Layer 7
Companies should go beyond PCI DSS compliance, says Layer 7
Companies need to go beyond compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) to ensure credit card safety, according to Phil Walston, vice president of development and product management at Layer 7 Technologies.
July 22, 2011
Blizzard Vet Bill Roper Joins Disney Interactive Media Group
Blizzard Vet Bill Roper Joins Disney Interactive Media Group
Blizzard and Cryptic Studios veteran Bill Roper has recently joined the Disney Interactive Media Group to oversee the creative direction for the publisher's Marvel-based games and look for new development partners.
July 21, 2011
4th & Battery Teams With Make-A-Wish For 9-Year-Old-Designed Game
4th & Battery Teams With Make-A-Wish For 9-Year-Old-Designed Game
Allied Star Police, the latest iOS release from Popcap's new 4th & Battery label, wasn't designed by any of the company's experienced game makers, but by the nine-year-old Owain Weinert.
July 21, 2011
Interview: Producing Dark Souls Means Getting Out Of The Way
Interview: Producing Dark Souls Means Getting Out Of The Way
In this interview with Namco Bandai's Kei Hirono and Daisuke Uchiyama, the two producers discuss how the best thing they can do for Dark Souls is to let the developers do their work without publisher interference.
July 21, 2011