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Former Playdom GM Lloyd Melnick Joins Social Start-Up As CEO
Former Playdom GM Lloyd Melnick Joins Social Start-Up As CEO
Lloyd Melnick, formerly general manager at Disney's social games branch Playdom, has taken up a CEO role at social start-up 519 Games and is looking to release the company's first games in early 2012.
Oct. 24, 2011
Debugging Hard To Reproduce Bugs
Debugging Hard To Reproduce Bugs
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Nlogn Information Technologies Technical Director Charilaos Kalogirou discusses how one can exactly reproduce scenarios to track down bugs.
Oct. 24, 2011
Inafune: Japanese Developers Need Heroic Inspiration
Inafune: Japanese Developers Need Heroic Inspiration
In a recent interview with Gamasutra, former Capcom R&D head Keiji Inafune says Japanese game development is affected by a lack of courage, and needs a heroic force
Oct. 24, 2011
Netflix Looking To Replicate Console Streaming Model In UK, Ireland
Netflix Looking To Replicate Console Streaming Model In UK, Ireland
A Netflix spokesperson tells Gamasutra the company is looking to emulate the existing practice of offering the service through devices such as game consoles when it launches in the UK and Ireland next year.
Oct. 24, 2011
RSA hackers may have hit several hundred firms, says security researcher
RSA hackers may have hit several hundred firms, says security researcher
The widely publicized data breach revealed by RSA back in March may not have been the only one to hit a major company, a leading security researcher has said.
Oct. 24, 2011
AVG's popularity means it is being targeted by fake maintenance site scams
AVG's popularity means it is being targeted by fake maintenance site scams
AVG's free anti-virus is one of the most popular free IT security applications in the market, but according to one security researcher, its success has meant a surge in the number of fake download sites charging a subscription for the service.
Oct. 24, 2011
Nasdaq breach allowed hackers to spy on company directors
Nasdaq breach allowed hackers to spy on company directors
Hackers who infiltrated Nasdaq’s computer systems last year were able to eavesdrop on communications of company directors, according to people familiar with the investigation.
Oct. 24, 2011
Anonymous has tools to take down critical infrastructure, says Sourcefire
Anonymous has tools to take down critical infrastructure, says Sourcefire
Anonymous does not need sophisticated tools like Stuxnet or Duqu to carry out its threat to attack industrial control systems that regulate critical infrastructure, warned Dominic Storey with Sourcefire.
Oct. 24, 2011
BlizzCon 2011: 'Dizzying' Loot Tuning Behind Diablo III's Long Dev Cycle
BlizzCon 2011: 'Dizzying' Loot Tuning Behind Diablo III's Long Dev Cycle
As Diablo III's early 2012 release approaches, Gamasutra spoke with Blizzard's Kevin Martens, who said, "even a .01 percentage change ... can drastically change the balance between player challenge and reward."
Oct. 22, 2011
Why Hasn't Google+ Opened The Game Dev Floodgates?
Why Hasn't Google+ Opened The Game Dev Floodgates?
Google wants to open the floodgates to game devs for Google+, but the company's Todd Kerpelman tells Gamasutra that the network "is not ready" yet, and the degree of openness is still up in the air.
Oct. 21, 2011
Best Of Indie Games: Manipulating Gravity
Best Of Indie Games: Manipulating Gravity
Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including titles such as a Braid-esque browser-based puzzler, "Angry Birds meets cephalopods
Oct. 21, 2011
Double Fine And The Kinect 'Melting Pot Of Ideas'
Double Fine And The Kinect 'Melting Pot Of Ideas'
Prior to his upcoming GDC China talk, Double Fine's Drew Skillman discusses the strengths and pitfalls of Microsoft's Kinect, noting how its limitations "informed our designs at the deepest levels."
Oct. 21, 2011