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Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Dragon Age Criticisms To Making Games For Kids
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Dragon Age Criticisms To Making Games For Kids
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, including criticisms of Dragon Age: Origins' game world, and why children's games deserve more attention.
March 15, 2011
In-Depth: PlayStation Network Sales Analysis, January 2011
In-Depth: PlayStation Network Sales Analysis, January 2011
GamerBytes editor Ryan Langley examines PlayStation Network's debuts and successes during January 2011, using leaderboard and chart data to analyze their sales and downloads.
March 15, 2011
Analysis: U.S. Software Attach Rates For Xbox 360, PS3 Reveal HD Console Trends
Analysis: U.S. Software Attach Rates For Xbox 360, PS3 Reveal HD Console Trends
As publishers appear to increase investment in HD consoles, Gamasutra's Matt Matthews delves into attach rates for HD consoles Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, examinin
March 15, 2011
Sega, Puzzle Pirates Dev Announce Free-To-Play Online Game
Sega, Puzzle Pirates Dev Announce Free-To-Play Online Game
Sega of America and Three Rings (Puzzle Pirates, Doctor Who: Worlds in Time) announced Spiral Knights, a new free-to-play multiplayer online action adventure game launching this spring.
March 15, 2011
Idappcom blames WikiLeaks hacktivists for SpyEye DDoS enhancements
Idappcom blames WikiLeaks hacktivists for SpyEye DDoS enhancements
The blame for a DDoS enhancement to the infamous SpyEye banking trojan has been laid firmly at the door of the Anonymous WikiLeaks-inspired group of hackivists by Idappcom.
March 15, 2011
Online survey scam spreading on Twitter
Online survey scam spreading on Twitter
Reports are coming in that a scam is circulating on Twitter, claiming to be a simple survey, but potentially dropping a range of rogue applications on to users' PCs, as well as spreading virally to other users of the service.
March 15, 2011
Banks add anti-skimming devices to ATMs
Banks add anti-skimming devices to ATMs
It looks as though banks are adding a new generation of anti-skimming devices to ATMs, in a bid to help prevent users' cards and their PINs from being compromised. But it seems that the retrofitted devices are causing confusion amongst ATM users, who are - quite understandably - mistaking the devices for fraudulent skimming devices.
March 15, 2011
Google warns against new generation of politically motivated online attacks
Google warns against new generation of politically motivated online attacks
Google has warned users of its various online services about a new generation of highly targeted attacks against specific individuals using the Internet Explorer family of browser software.
March 15, 2011
Scammers use Japanese earthquake for charity donation fraud
Scammers use Japanese earthquake for charity donation fraud
Scammers are using the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan to appeal for fraudulent charity donations, a security firm has warned.
March 15, 2011
RuneScape Dev Jagex Partnering With Hasbro on Transformers Game
RuneScape Dev Jagex Partnering With Hasbro on Transformers Game
UK-based Runescape house Jagex is partnering with toymaker Hasbro to create an online game based on the Transformers brand, due to launch in 2012, the two companies announced on Monday.
March 14, 2011
Bethesda, Human Head Confirm Prey 2 For 2012
Bethesda, Human Head Confirm Prey 2 For 2012
Bethesda Softworks on Monday confirmed it is publishing Human Head Studios' Prey 2, the sequel to the 2006 first person shooter, due for multiple platforms next year.
March 14, 2011
A Postcard From SXSW: A New 'Lord British' Game In The Texas Sun
A Postcard From SXSW: A New 'Lord British' Game In The Texas Sun
Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris reports from this year's South by Southwest, discovering a Richard Garriott-pitched Lord British social game and a host of other game-related aspects to the Texas media conference.
March 14, 2011