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Lack Of Tax Breaks Account For 9 Percent Decline In UK Industry, Says TIGA
Lack Of Tax Breaks Account For 9 Percent Decline In UK Industry, Says TIGA
A lack of tax breaks put the UK games industry at a "competitive disadvantage" and is primarily responsible for a 9 percent drop in the number of Britons working in the sector, according to TIGA CEO Richard Wilson.
Nov. 4, 2010
Interview: Crytek UK's Hilton On Life After Free Radical Design
Interview: Crytek UK's Hilton On Life After Free Radical Design
Gamasutra met with Crytek UK's managing director Karl Hilton at this year’s GameCity to discuss the buy-out of Free Radical Design, developing Crysis 2 multiplayer and what chance we might have of a new Timesplitters.
Nov. 4, 2010
Microsoft Rings In Kinect's Official Launch Amid Celebration, Questions Alike
Microsoft Rings In Kinect's Official Launch Amid Celebration, Questions Alike
Microsoft's push to change the console world with its Kinect motion-sensing camera culminates today with the device's launch - we take a look at the company's efforts, contentious critical reception and more.
Nov. 4, 2010
Ubisoft Bolsters Online Services With Quazal Acquisition
Ubisoft Bolsters Online Services With Quazal Acquisition
Hoping to make strides into the online services space, Ubisoft has bought a multiplayer gaming middleware and services firm called Quazal Technologies, with which it's worked in the past on titles like Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
Nov. 4, 2010
Crystal Dynamics Veteran Actualizes Sony Ad Parody Lame Castle
Crystal Dynamics Veteran Actualizes Sony Ad Parody Lame Castle
Former Crystal Dynamics programmer Bradley Johnson tells Gamasutra about provocative indie title Lame Castle, named after the fake app in a recent anti-iPhone advertisement from Sony.
Nov. 4, 2010
Get Set Games' Key Lessons From Going Free-To-Play With iOS Mega Jump
Get Set Games' Key Lessons From Going Free-To-Play With iOS Mega Jump
As part of today's Gamasutra feature, we speak to developers Get Set Games about their experiences going free-to-play on the App Store with six-million user iOS ti
Nov. 4, 2010
Tokyo police probe leak of anti-terror informant information
Tokyo police probe leak of anti-terror informant information
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police is investigating a large leak of sensitive international anti-terrorism documents – including names and addresses of informants – that were placed on the internet, according to Japanese press reports.
Nov. 4, 2010
SpyEye trojan attacks heated up in the summer
SpyEye trojan attacks heated up in the summer
The SpyEye trojan, which is competing for criminal “business” with Zeus, has seen a recent surge in activity, according to Lance James, a security researcher at Damballa.
Nov. 4, 2010
One in eight malware attacks are via a USB device, study shows
One in eight malware attacks are via a USB device, study shows
A growing number of malware attacks are using plug-in USB devices, according to researchers at security firm Avast Software.
Nov. 4, 2010
2011 DICE Summit Hosting Talks From Polyphony, 5th Cell
2011 DICE Summit Hosting Talks From Polyphony, 5th Cell
The annual Las Vegas-based DICE Summit will host speakers from companies including GT5 studio Polyphony Digital, Scribblenauts dev 5th Cell and other notable firms.
Nov. 3, 2010
Interview: 'The Prince of Persia' - Profiling Iranian Indie Bahrami
Interview: 'The Prince of Persia' - Profiling Iranian Indie Bahrami
Gamasutra talks to Iranian independent developer Mahdi Bahrami -- discovering how the teenager has overcome geographical and cultural boundaries to show his indie games to the world.
Nov. 3, 2010
Aspyr, Kaplan Partner for iPhone SAT Prep Game
Aspyr, Kaplan Partner for iPhone SAT Prep Game
Games publisher Aspyr Media announced that it has established a partnership with Kaplan Test Prep to bring the SAT preparation game futureU to iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad platforms.
Nov. 3, 2010