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FMOD Audio Middleware Now Supports 3DS
FMOD Audio Middleware Now Supports 3DS
Firelight Technologies said Thursday it released its FMOD Ex API and the FMOD Studio audio middleware for the recently-released Nintendo 3DS, as the company tries to bring home console-quality audio to portables.
April 7, 2011
Myst Online Now Open Source
Myst Online Now Open Source
Rand Miller, co-founder of Myst and Riven creator Cyan Worlds, said this week that Myst Online is now open source, beginning efforts akin to "rebuilding a long dead civilization."
April 7, 2011
Opinion: Visual Vs. Action Oriented Design
Opinion: Visual Vs. Action Oriented Design
In this opinion piece, UK-based game designer Tadhg Kelly looks at the differences between visual and action oriented design, spelling out the pros and cons of each approach.
April 7, 2011
Unity Asset Store Approaches 20,000 Registered Users
Unity Asset Store Approaches 20,000 Registered Users
Of the over 400,000 developers using the Unity 3D engine to make games, nearly 20,000 have signed up to purchase content from the Unity Asset Store, according to maker Unity Technologies.
April 7, 2011
Anonymous Halts PSN Attacks To Avoid Inconveniencing Gamers
Anonymous Halts PSN Attacks To Avoid Inconveniencing Gamers
Hacker collective Anonymous says it has suspended its attacks on PSN in an effort to avoid inconveniencing users, though it intends to continue its assault on Sony through other methods.
April 7, 2011
Interview: Zimmerman's 'Metagame' Piques Interest Of Gamers, Educators
Interview: Zimmerman's 'Metagame' Piques Interest Of Gamers, Educators
As a Kickstarter funding campaign nears its end, game designer Eric Zimmerman tells Gamasutra how the card-based game-discussion game -- aptly titled Metagame -- encourages fun and "game literacy."
April 7, 2011
Gamasutra Announces Graft As EIC, Adds Industry Veteran Campbell
Gamasutra Announces Graft As EIC, Adds Industry Veteran Campbell
The UBM TechWeb Game Network has appointed Kris Graft as editor-in-chief of Gamasutra, adding game journalism veteran Colin Campbell as business editor and Frank Cifaldi as a news editor.
April 7, 2011
GDC Europe 2011 Issues Final Reminder On Call For Lectures, Panels
GDC Europe 2011 Issues Final Reminder On Call For Lectures, Panels
Organizers of GDC Europe 2011 are issuing a final reminder on Friday's submission deadline for the Main Conference and new focused Summits for this August's conference in Cologne, Germany.
April 7, 2011
Advantages Of Psychophysiology In Game Testing
Advantages Of Psychophysiology In Game Testing
In the newest Gamasutra feature on psychophysiology used for game testing, researcher Ben Lewis Evans examines the benefits of relying on psychophysiology to measu
April 7, 2011
Google Chrome to protect against malicious downloads
Google Chrome to protect against malicious downloads
Google has announced it is to put additional protection against malicious downloads in its Chrome browser.
April 7, 2011
Neustar introduces cloud-based DDoS attack defence technology
Neustar introduces cloud-based DDoS attack defence technology
Neustar has developed what appears to be one of the industry's first cloud-based anti-DDoS attack technologies. Known as SiteProtect, the cloud-based IP defence service is designed as an add-on for the firm's UltraDNS clients.
April 7, 2011
Russian government blamed for LiveJournal DDoS attack
Russian government blamed for LiveJournal DDoS attack
Reports are coming in that LiveJournal, one of the key web portals for uncensored political discussion in Russia, suffered from a series of major DDoS attacks last week.
April 7, 2011