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Syfy Releasing Original Social Games To Facebook
Syfy Releasing Original Social Games To Facebook
Supplementing its projects in the MMO space, cable channel Syfy has revealed plans to launch original social games to Facebook in the U.S. later this year, and to other social networks around the world afterward.
March 22, 2011
In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade Sales Analysis, February 2011
In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade Sales Analysis, February 2011
Gamasutra sister site GamerBytes examines performance of Xbox Live Arcade games during February, from Hard Corps: Uprising through Bejeweled Blitz and beyond to sales and legacy DLC.
March 22, 2011
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Level Art To 'Awful' Social Games
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Level Art To 'Awful' Social Games
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, including six reasons why (most) social games are "awful," and an interesting look at how design principles are appl
March 22, 2011
Feature: When Creative Pressure Creates Cultural Insensitivity
Feature: When Creative Pressure Creates Cultural Insensitivity
In Gamasutra's latest feature, an in-depth report from inside Sydney's Global Game Jam, our reporter finds that the pressure to create can lead to unintended consequences for the meaning of one team's game.
March 22, 2011
GDC Vault Debuts 'Classic Postmortem' Videos, GDC 2011 Lectures
GDC Vault Debuts 'Classic Postmortem' Videos, GDC 2011 Lectures
The GDC Vault service has debuted free and subscriber-only video, audio and slides from the 25th Game Developers Conference, including free Doom, Populous and Out Of This/Another World postmortem
March 22, 2011
Unity, Mixamo Announce Integration For Animation
Unity, Mixamo Announce Integration For Animation
Mixamo says it will integrate its online animation service with Unity's Asset Store digital content marketplace, with the animation database available immediately to Unity developers through a free plug-in.
March 22, 2011
Relentless Software Focuses On Episodic, Downloadable, Implements Hansoft
Relentless Software Focuses On Episodic, Downloadable, Implements Hansoft
Buzz! franchise developers Relentless Software are using Hansoft's project management and QA tool internally, as they are developing "boxed, episodic, downloadable and iterative products."
March 22, 2011
Battlefield Play4Free's Cousins: $60 Games 'Exploitative'
Battlefield Play4Free's Cousins: $60 Games 'Exploitative'
GM Ben Cousins of EA's new free-to-play-focused Easy Studios believes the future of games is free, suggesting that "gating all of your content behind having to pay someone $60" is "exploitative" and "harsh."
March 22, 2011
PopCap iOS Sale Raises $200K For Japan Relief
PopCap iOS Sale Raises $200K For Japan Relief
Casual game giant PopCap Games' recent 48-hour iOS sale of all its games like Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombies raised $200,000 to be donated to earthquake relief in Japan.
March 22, 2011
iPad stolen and reclaimed in 90 minutes - and a 10 mile chase
iPad stolen and reclaimed in 90 minutes - and a 10 mile chase
An Israeli iPad user - working in concert with his wife and daughter back at home - has successfully retrieved his tablet computer after a 90 minute, 10 mile chase, attended by the police.
March 22, 2011
Australia needs cybersecurity czar, Senate panel told
Australia needs cybersecurity czar, Senate panel told
Australia needs a cybersecurity czar to coordinate its various governmental and industry efforts to improve cybersecurity, a private sector representative told a Senate panel.
March 22, 2011
HIPAA fines prompt action by health care firms on data storage
HIPAA fines prompt action by health care firms on data storage
With the recent fines imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rules, firms are starting to feel the pain and take steps to archive and secure patient data.
March 22, 2011