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Leipzig's Games Convention Online Cancels 2011 Show
Leipzig's Games Convention Online Cancels 2011 Show
Organizers for the Leipzig, Germany-based Games Convention Online announced on Thursday the cancellation of the July 7-8 event, due to a lack of funding.
April 14, 2011
Best Buy Planning Dedicated Game Sales Clerks, In-Store Gaming Desks
Best Buy Planning Dedicated Game Sales Clerks, In-Store Gaming Desks
Major electronics retailer Best Buy will be adding sales clerks and in-store sales desks exclusively for the video game department in the current fiscal year, the company said at a presentation today.
April 14, 2011
Reports: HD Wii Successor To Be Announced At Or Before E3, Launch In 2012
Reports: HD Wii Successor To Be Announced At Or Before E3, Launch In 2012
Persistent rumors about Nintendo's plans for a follow-up to the Wii have begun to leak out in press reports, with multiple outlets citing unnamed sources regarding the system's imminent announcement and features.
April 14, 2011
Analyst: Over Half Of 'Innovation' Companies To Adopt Gamification By 2015
Analyst: Over Half Of 'Innovation' Companies To Adopt Gamification By 2015
More than 50 percent of organizations that manage "innovation processes" for problem-solving will gamify those processes by 2015, according to a report from research firm Gartner.
April 14, 2011
Kinect Adds Netflix Support On Xbox Live
Kinect Adds Netflix Support On Xbox Live
Microsoft has announced its Kinect controller-free peripheral now supports Netflix on Xbox Live, allowing North American users to load streaming TV shows and films through gestures or voice commands.
April 14, 2011
UKIE Asks Government To Add Computer Science To National Curriculum
UKIE Asks Government To Add Computer Science To National Curriculum
The Association for United Kingdom Interactive Entertainment has called on the UK government's National Curriculum Review to add computer science as a subject taught to teenagers in schools.
April 14, 2011
Free Black Ops PC Mod Tools Slated For May
Free Black Ops PC Mod Tools Slated For May
Activision subsidiary Treyarch announced that it still plans to release mod tools for the PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops, and that it hopes to make them available to the public for free this May.
April 14, 2011
Nothing 'Casual' About It: PopCap's Brave New World
Nothing 'Casual' About It: PopCap's Brave New World
Gamasutra catches up with PopCap CEO Dave Roberts and co-founder John Vechey about the company's growth in an evolving gaming market, including future strategy and details on potential IPO plans for this year.
April 14, 2011
Game Developer's April Issue Showcases Super Meat Boy Postmortem
Game Developer's April Issue Showcases Super Meat Boy Postmortem
The April 2011 issue of Game Developer magazine is now available, featuring a postmortem of indie hit Super Meat Boy --
April 14, 2011
GameCareerGuide Feature: Postmortem - Gemini Rue
GameCareerGuide Feature: Postmortem - Gemini Rue
In GCG's latest feature, student developer Joshua Nuernberger explains how a game he began developing in high school grew into a commercial project, and what he learne
April 14, 2011
Feature: Data-Oriented Design - Now And In The Future
Feature: Data-Oriented Design - Now And In The Future
In an Intel-sponsored reprint of a Game Developer magazine article from September 2010, game industry coder and veteran Noel Llopis takes a closer look at Data-Or
April 14, 2011
Libyan rebels successfully hack the country's eastern cellular network from the inside
Libyan rebels successfully hack the country's eastern cellular network from the inside
A group of
April 14, 2011