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Interview: Veteran Start-Up Motiga Carves A Multiplayer Identity On Mobile
Interview: Veteran Start-Up Motiga Carves A Multiplayer Identity On Mobile
Gamasutra talks to mobile game start-up Motiga about its NCSoft West roots, its debut iOS Lord of the Flies-inspired tower defense game The Leftovers, and why building your own platform might be unnecessary.
Oct. 7, 2011
Context discovers reverse web proxy security loophole; advises on remediation
Context discovers reverse web proxy security loophole; advises on remediation
Context Information Security has warned of a back door threat to the Apache platform that could allow unauthorized access to internal or DMZ systems.
Oct. 7, 2011
ISACA publishes COBIT process assessment model
ISACA publishes COBIT process assessment model
Now into its 15th year, the COBIT 5 framework is in the final stages of ratification by ISACA and, as part of this evolution of the GRC (governance, risk and compliance) framework, the association has issued a new process assessment model.
Oct. 7, 2011
EnVie Interactive Partners With BitRaider, BigWorld For Virtual World Title
EnVie Interactive Partners With BitRaider, BigWorld For Virtual World Title
EnVie Entertainment is using technology from streaming data company BitRaider and middleware maker BigWorld Technology in developing its upcoming _VIE: Virtual Island of Entertainment.
Oct. 6, 2011
Ubisoft Producing Animated Series Based On Rabbids Characters
Ubisoft Producing Animated Series Based On Rabbids Characters
The floppy-eared, buck-toothed, screaming Rabbids characters from Ubisoft's popular game franchise will be the stars of a computer animated series to be broadcast on Nickelodeon starting in 2012.
Oct. 6, 2011
Opinion: How To Use Focus Testing
Opinion: How To Use Focus Testing
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Sumo Digital senior designer Alex Moore explains why focus testing is absolutely essential for improving your game, and why it's never too early to focus test.
Oct. 6, 2011
Interview: Trion Worlds Launches Codename Red Door Initiative
Interview: Trion Worlds Launches Codename Red Door Initiative
MMO publisher Trion Worlds revives its platform ambitions with a robust offering. CEO Lars Buttler and CCO Scott Hartsman talk to Gamasutra about the company's plans to "be the catalyst for that great change."
Oct. 6, 2011
Report: Cryptic's Neverwinter Switches To Free-To-Play MMO
Report: Cryptic's Neverwinter Switches To Free-To-Play MMO
Cryptic Studios' upcoming Dungeons & Dragons title Neverwinter has seen huge changes to the core gameplay, and will now be a free-to-play MMO, according to media reports.
Oct. 6, 2011
Report: Disney Finalizing Acquisition Of Social Studio IndiaGames
Report: Disney Finalizing Acquisition Of Social Studio IndiaGames
Disney is preparing to acquire mobile and online games company IndiaGames, with the company being valued somewhere between $80-$100 million, according to media reports.
Oct. 6, 2011
Nintendo 3DS Holds Onto Top of Japanese Hardware Charts
Nintendo 3DS Holds Onto Top of Japanese Hardware Charts
The Nintendo 3DS continued to top the weekly Japanese hardware charts last week, selling more units than the PlayStation 3 and PSP combined, according to data from tracking firm Media Create.
Oct. 6, 2011
Analyst Sees Growth Potential For EA, Wider Industry
Analyst Sees Growth Potential For EA, Wider Industry
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter continues to see Electronic Arts as a strong contender to beat sales projections as the game industry enters what he sees as a coming period of growth.
Oct. 6, 2011
Report: NYC Suburb Leads Major U.S. Cities In Per Capita Video Game Spending
Report: NYC Suburb Leads Major U.S. Cities In Per Capita Video Game Spending
A new analysis of U.S. spending habits finds that residents of Long Island suburb Huntington, NY, spend four times more than the national average on video games, while Seattle, WA, has a much lower game spending rate.
Oct. 6, 2011