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Vision Engine Integrates Sundog's SilverLining Sky, Weather Effects
Vision Engine Integrates Sundog's SilverLining Sky, Weather Effects
Trinigy has integrated the SDK for SilverLining, Sundog Software's sky and weather effects middleware, into its Vision Game Engine, which licensed companies can use on their PC projects starting today.
April 12, 2011
Sony Holding E3 Press Conference On June 6
Sony Holding E3 Press Conference On June 6
Sony Computer Entertainment America announced that its E3 media event, where the company is expected to reveal more information about its PSP successor, will take place on June 6.
April 12, 2011
Capcom Announces Dragon's Dogma, Dead Rising 2 Spin-Off
Capcom Announces Dragon's Dogma, Dead Rising 2 Spin-Off
Capcom announced a handful of new titles today, including a console port for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, an alternate storyline for Dead Rising 2, and an original action adventure game called Dragon's Dogma.
April 12, 2011
Child Of Eden: Mizuguchi Demos His Orchestra Of Blips
Child Of Eden: Mizuguchi Demos His Orchestra Of Blips
Gamasutra's Simon Parkin watches Rez-creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi demo his Kinect title, Child of Eden, to find an experience closer to a piece of music waiting to be interpreted than a traditional video game.
April 12, 2011
Study: Most Players Happy With Traditional HUD Overlays
Study: Most Players Happy With Traditional HUD Overlays
In Gamasutra's latest feature, researcher and professor Kristine Jørgensen examines how the interface of games affects players, finding that "most of the players" a
April 12, 2011
GDC Online 2011 Announces Call For Papers, Summit Line-Up
GDC Online 2011 Announces Call For Papers, Summit Line-Up
This October's GDC Online in Austin has announced its call for submissions, additionally revealing Summits based around smartphone and tablet gaming, game narrative, and a 'virtual items' de
April 12, 2011
ICO finds NHS Liverpool Community Health breached Data Protection Act
ICO finds NHS Liverpool Community Health breached Data Protection Act
The medical history of 31 children and their mothers was lost by NHS Liverpool Community Health during a premises move in October last year.
April 12, 2011
ATM hacks: can you trust external cash machines any more?
ATM hacks: can you trust external cash machines any more?
It looks like cybercriminals have moved their ATM skimming game to its logical conclusion and developed wireless plus miniaturised cash machine add-ons that are indistinguishable from the real thing.
April 12, 2011
Barracuda Networks website hit by SQL injection attack
Barracuda Networks website hit by SQL injection attack
Barracuda Networks has become the latest IT security vendor to be hit by an SQL injection attack, but the company has moved swiftly to mitigate the fallout from the attack, as well as confirming that all active passwords for applications remain secure.
April 12, 2011
Sony settles code cracking legal spat with George Hotz
Sony settles code cracking legal spat with George Hotz
Sony Computer Entertainment America has settled its PS3-related legal spat with the infamous code cracker George Hotz. Also known as Geohot, Hotz is well known for being the first person to jailbreak the Apple iPhone in his mid-teens.
April 12, 2011
Justice Department questions Google's FISMA certification claims
Justice Department questions Google's FISMA certification claims
The US Department of Justice said in court documents that the Google Apps for Government cloud-based IT suite was not certified under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), despite claims by Google that it was.
April 12, 2011
Analyst: 3DS To Sell 11.6M Globally By Year-End, Won't Match Total DS Sales
Analyst: 3DS To Sell 11.6M Globally By Year-End, Won't Match Total DS Sales
Various analyst reports suggest that the Nintendo 3DS sold 500,000 units in the U.S. in its debut month, while Nintendo's latest handheld will have sold 11.6 million units worldwide by the end of the year.
April 11, 2011