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What Happened To Pandemic? Former President Explains
What Happened To Pandemic? Former President Explains
Two years and one startup later, the president and co-founder of the video game studio that brought us Mercenaries and Full Spectrum Warrior offers his take on its demise.
Dec. 1, 2011
Global cybersecurity spending to top $60 billion this year
Global cybersecurity spending to top $60 billion this year
Global cybersecurity spending is predicted to total $60 billion this year and to grow 10% per year for the next three to five years.
Dec. 1, 2011
Hackers, the UK intelligence service is looking for you!
Hackers, the UK intelligence service is looking for you!
Hackers who want a job with the UK government’s GCHQ intelligence service need to crack a code to get an interview.
Dec. 1, 2011
One-quarter of firms hit by cybercrime, survey finds
One-quarter of firms hit by cybercrime, survey finds
Nearly a quarter of organizations around the world were victims of cybercrime in the last 12 months, according PricewaterhouseCooper’s 2011 Global Economic Crime Survey.
Dec. 1, 2011
Opinion: Virtually Occupied
Opinion: Virtually Occupied
Game Developer magazine editor-in-chief Brandon Sheffield reflects on the ongoing Occupy protests, and picks out several examples of online games that saw similar group-led movements.
Nov. 30, 2011
Opinion: ESRB Mobile App Initiative Underscores Industry Power Shift
Opinion: ESRB Mobile App Initiative Underscores Industry Power Shift
Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris picks apart the ESRB's recent push into the mobile app space, and wonders how these ratings will fare without Apple and Android's support.
Nov. 30, 2011
Opinion: With Great Powers...
Opinion: With Great Powers...
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Entertainment Computing Group researcher Robert Walter discusses the fragile base class problem of object-oriented programming languages.
Nov. 30, 2011
Critical Reception: Nintendo's Mario Kart 7
Critical Reception: Nintendo's Mario Kart 7
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Nintendo's 3DS kart racer Mario Kart 7, which reviewers describe as "an exquisitely polished game with few flaws."
Nov. 30, 2011
Top-Grossing Android Games: Paradise Island Sees Rapid Rise In Popularity
Top-Grossing Android Games: Paradise Island Sees Rapid Rise In Popularity
Google's latest North American Android Market game charts by revenue see Defender and Tap Fish leading today's rankings, as Paradise Island and Bakery Story also report top earnings.
Nov. 30, 2011
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Zynga's Dream Zoo Off To A Strong Start
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Zynga's Dream Zoo Off To A Strong Start
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Dream Zoo and Amazing Breaker earning top iPhone sales, while Battle Nations and DragonVale remain big sellers on the iPad.
Nov. 30, 2011
Unity Will Support HTML5 When It's 'Right For Games'
Unity Will Support HTML5 When It's 'Right For Games'
Unity Technologies has said that its Unity engine, which currently supports a variety of platforms, will eventually support HTML5, but that it is waiting for "the moment HTML5 is right for games."
Nov. 30, 2011
Silicon Studio's Orochi Game Engine Updated With PS Vita Support
Silicon Studio's Orochi Game Engine Updated With PS Vita Support
3D Dot Game Heroes developer and middleware provider Silicon Studio today announced that its Orochi game engine has been updated with PlayStation Vita support.
Nov. 30, 2011