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GDC China 2011 Reminds On May 25th Lecture Submission Deadline
GDC China 2011 Reminds On May 25th Lecture Submission Deadline
The organizers of the fourth Game Developers Conference China (GDC China), to be held in Shanghai this November, are alerting submitters to the May 25 deadline for lecture submissions from We
May 24, 2011
GDC Online Adds Riot, PopCap, Playdom, Blizzard Veterans To Advisory Board
GDC Online Adds Riot, PopCap, Playdom, Blizzard Veterans To Advisory Board
GDC Online organizers have revealed new advisory board members from companies including Playdom, ngmoco, PopCap, Zynga, CCP, Blizzard and Riot Games for this October's Austin, Texas-based conference.
May 24, 2011
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Death Rooms To World-Building
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Death Rooms To World-Building
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, including death rooms, QA testing for motion games, and advice on world-building.
May 24, 2011
Unreal Engine Adds GRIP System For Actor 'Extras' Integration
Unreal Engine Adds GRIP System For Actor 'Extras' Integration
GRIP Entertainment's D.E.S. engine has been added to Unreal Engine 3 as part of the latter's Integrated Partners Program, giving game authors new tools for adding secondary character "extras" to their products.
May 24, 2011
Unity Surpasses 500K Registered Developers
Unity Surpasses 500K Registered Developers
Registered developer accounts for Unity Technologies and its Unity 3D games engine have surpassed half a million, the company announced Tuesday -- more than double where they were a year ago.
May 24, 2011
Take-Two On PSN Outage, Duke's Expectations, The NBA Lockout
Take-Two On PSN Outage, Duke's Expectations, The NBA Lockout
Following up on its fiscal 2011 results, executives from Take-Two Interactive provided additional color on subjects ranging from
May 24, 2011
Take-Two: L.A. Noire First Week 'Very Successful'
Take-Two: L.A. Noire First Week 'Very Successful'
In a Gamasutra-attended conference call, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick said that while it was too early for exact numbers, Rockstar's L.A. Noire release was a win all around.
May 24, 2011
Take-Two CEO Stresses The Importance Of New IP
Take-Two CEO Stresses The Importance Of New IP
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick discussed the continued importance of developing new IP Tuesday, following last year's breakout hit Red Dead Redemption and the
May 24, 2011
CNN and "still-alive" Osama bin Laden luring Twitter users
CNN and "still-alive" Osama bin Laden luring Twitter users
It appears that, despite President Obama recently going on national TV in the US to tell everyone that Osama bin Laden is dead, Facebook users are being lured to a credential-stealing set of web pages by a tweet referencing a 'CNN report' that the head of al Qaeda is still alive.
May 24, 2011
BlackHole exploit kit now being offered for free
BlackHole exploit kit now being offered for free
Reports are coming in that the BlackHole exploit kit, a pivotal piece of malware in the same league as Zeus, has joined the infamous malware in being offered for free on darkware forums.
May 24, 2011
Sony's Greek web portal hacked as the misery continues
Sony's Greek web portal hacked as the misery continues
Hell hath no fury like an upset cracker, it seems, as the tidal wave of apparent supporters of George Hotz appear to be targeting Sony in an unprecedented hackathon.
May 24, 2011
More 64-bit malware spotted by Kaspersky Lab
More 64-bit malware spotted by Kaspersky Lab
The last 12 months have seen the volume of 64-bit Win7-equipped machines being sold rising steadily and it seems that cybercriminals have woken up to the trend, developing 64-bit malware.
May 24, 2011