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Dimensions Augments Reality Purely Through Sound
Dimensions Augments Reality Purely Through Sound
Gamasutra speaks to RJDJ's Michael Breidenbruecker, former last.fm co-founder, about Dimensions, an upcoming app that uses augmented sound to create a location-based gaming experience.
Nov. 23, 2011
The Many Career Paths Of Classic Game Designers
The Many Career Paths Of Classic Game Designers
Gamasutra's latest feature examines the later career arcs of classic game designers including John Carmack and Richard Garriott since they first made their mark
Nov. 23, 2011
Prolexic mitigates world's largest packet-per-second DDoS attack
Prolexic mitigates world's largest packet-per-second DDoS attack
Prolexic Technologies claims that it has successfully mitigated what it claims was the world's largest DDoS attack in packets-per-second (PPS) terms - 69 million packets-per-second and with an amazing 45 Gbps of traffic.
Nov. 23, 2011
Lieberman Software president warns on silent update feature being developed for Firefox 10
Lieberman Software president warns on silent update feature being developed for Firefox 10
Mozilla is reported to be making inroads on adding a silent update mechanism to its popular Firefox desktop web browse, and plans to integrate the new service into Firefox 10 early next year, although this timeframe may slip a few months, the open source organization says.
Nov. 23, 2011
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From Kotaku To Content Degradation
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From Kotaku To Content Degradation
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics including Kotaku's recent defense of its content, content degradation in _Modern Warfare 3<
Nov. 22, 2011
Opinion: Talkback Games
Opinion: Talkback Games
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Grapefruit Games' Eddie Cameron compares video games with talk radio, and what developers can do to avoid the flaws of that medium.
Nov. 22, 2011
Best of iOS News: From Minecraft to Superman
Best of iOS News: From Minecraft to Superman
Gamasutra rounds up the latest news in the world of App Store gaming, featuring standout releases like Minecraft: Pocket Edition, Superman, Age of Zombies Anniversary, and The Show Must Go On.
Nov. 22, 2011
DeNA Partners With Vietnamese VNG For Mobage Exclusivity
DeNA Partners With Vietnamese VNG For Mobage Exclusivity
Mobile social gaming company DeNA today announced a partnership with publisher VNG Corporation, that will see VNG's future social titles delivered through the mobile social gaming network Mobage worldwide.
Nov. 22, 2011
Social Game Developer Rocket Ninja Secures $7.5M In Funding
Social Game Developer Rocket Ninja Secures $7.5M In Funding
Browser game developer Rocket Ninja has secured $7.5 million in a round of Series B funding, as a means of hiring new employees and expanding the company's reach.
Nov. 22, 2011
Opinion: The Many-Worlds Interpretation Of Game Development
Opinion: The Many-Worlds Interpretation Of Game Development
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Binary Refinery's director Richard Fine examines how and why developers create different representations in different worlds for game objects.
Nov. 22, 2011
Nintendo, Third Party Devs Face Exercise Game Patent Lawsuit
Nintendo, Third Party Devs Face Exercise Game Patent Lawsuit
Ohio-based Impulse Technology has brought a lawsuit against Nintendo and a number of third-party Wii game developers, accusing them of violating a 1996 patent on motion control technology.
Nov. 22, 2011
Learning How To Design For Free-to-Play
Learning How To Design For Free-to-Play
In the first installment of a multi-part series on Gamasutra, freelance game designer Pascal Luban outlines design philosophies designers may have to adopt when m
Nov. 22, 2011