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Security researcher warns on remote administration tools (RATs)
Security researcher warns on remote administration tools (RATs)
Security researcher Brian Krebs is reporting that malware-installed remote administration tools (RATs) are starting to arrive in the cybercriminal threats arena.
May 17, 2011
Disgaea's Nippon Ichi Posts Profit Gain For Fiscal Year
Disgaea's Nippon Ichi Posts Profit Gain For Fiscal Year
Disgaea and Phantom Brave developer Nippon Ichi Software has posted a turnaround for the last fiscal year, noting a gain in profits compared to a loss in the previous fiscal year.
May 16, 2011
Brink Grabs Top Spot In UK Retail Sales Charts
Brink Grabs Top Spot In UK Retail Sales Charts
Splash Damage and Bethesda's Brink sat atop the UK retail software sales charts for the week ended May 14, despite average reviews from critics, UK t
May 16, 2011
PopCap Android Games Coming Exclusively To Amazon Appstore
PopCap Android Games Coming Exclusively To Amazon Appstore
Bejeweled developer PopCap Games has signed an agreement with Amazon, noting that it will release its first two Android games exclusively on the Amazon Appstore in two-week slots.
May 16, 2011
Marvel Games VP Jefferson: 'We Want To Be The Strongest IP In Gaming'
Marvel Games VP Jefferson: 'We Want To Be The Strongest IP In Gaming'
In this interview with TQ Jefferson, Marvel's vice president of production for games, he speaks about the company's ambition for games -- and how the company wants Marvel games to be "synonymous with quality."
May 16, 2011
Unity Announces Fifth Annual Unite Conference For September
Unity Announces Fifth Annual Unite Conference For September
Popular middleware maker Unity Technologies has announced the fifth annual Unite developer conference will take place September 28 through 30 in San Francisco's Masonic Center.
May 16, 2011
Analyst: Focus On 'Faddish' Dance Category Could Hurt Ubisoft
Analyst: Focus On 'Faddish' Dance Category Could Hurt Ubisoft
Despite strong sales for the Just Dance franchise and Michael Jackson: The Experience, Janco Partners Analyst Mike Hickey fears the dance category "could prove faddish" for Ubisoft.
May 16, 2011
CD Projekt Red: The Witcher 2 DLC To Be Free
CD Projekt Red: The Witcher 2 DLC To Be Free
Upcoming downloadable content for this week's release of PC RPG The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings will be offered for free, according to Polish developer CD Projekt Red.
May 16, 2011
Opinion: A Difficult Subject
Opinion: A Difficult Subject
AI researcher Luke Dicken looks at Portal 2 and examines how to best manage scaling difficulty to suit player skill, in this #altdevblogaday-reprinted opinion piece.
May 16, 2011
Pulse's Cipher Prime On The Future Of Mobile Music Games
Pulse's Cipher Prime On The Future Of Mobile Music Games
Philadelphia-based Cipher Prime (Fractal, Auditorium) discusses its new iPhone game, Pulse, the challenges of being a first-time Unity developer, and how badly it wants a new Frequency from Harmonix.
May 16, 2011
Analysis: A Close Look At Console Pricing Strategies
Analysis: A Close Look At Console Pricing Strategies
Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews compares the pricing strategies of the last-gen consoles and the current-gen, with overall U.S. hardware spend "nearly doubling" t
May 16, 2011
GDC Europe 2011 Debuts Notable Smartphone Summit, Design Talks
GDC Europe 2011 Debuts Notable Smartphone Summit, Design Talks
GDC Europe organizers have announced new lectures for the August show, on topics including Android game development, Catan's tablet gaming push, and blending existing IP with creative design.
May 16, 2011