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Ludei's CocoonJS turns HTML5 games into native mobile apps
Ludei's CocoonJS turns HTML5 games into native mobile apps
San Francisco tech company Ludei has announced CocoonJS, its solution enabling developers to turn their HTML5-powered games into iOS and Android apps without any code changes or new API.
March 6, 2012
Intel releases Graphics Performance Analyzer tools with tablet, smartphone support
Intel releases Graphics Performance Analyzer tools with tablet, smartphone support
Intel has released a new version of its game developer tool suite, Intel Graphics Performance Analyzers (GPA) 2012, with support for smartphones, tablets, and Ultrabook app makers.
March 6, 2012
Codice releases Plastic SCM 4 version control system
Codice releases Plastic SCM 4 version control system
Codice Software has released Plastic SCM 4.0, its software change and configuration management (SCM) solution for game developers, designed in collaboration wih Digital Legends Entertainment.
March 6, 2012
Playnomics announces free dashboard for player metrics, scoring
Playnomics announces free dashboard for player metrics, scoring
Data mining company Playnomics has announced its free web-based dashboard that works as a player-scoring system, allowing publishers and platform owners to track which players are valuable.
March 6, 2012
Nintendo licenses Havok, Autodesk tech for Wii U developers
Nintendo licenses Havok, Autodesk tech for Wii U developers
Nintendo has signed worldwide licensing agreements with middleware companies Havok and Autodesk, and will offer their technologies to developers for its upcoming Wii U console.
March 6, 2012
GDC 2012: Game devs find lessons in their failures
GDC 2012: Game devs find lessons in their failures
For the second year at Game Developers Conference, game makers got together not to talk about their best practices or their successes, but instead about their failures.
March 6, 2012
GDC 2012: New SimCity announced, developed by Maxis
GDC 2012: New SimCity announced, developed by Maxis
At an event alongside GDC, Lucy Bradshaw, senior VP of Maxis took to the stage to unveil the new SimCity title, due for the PC in 2013, promising profound change for the series.
March 6, 2012
Square Enix licenses Umbra rendering optimization middleware
Square Enix licenses Umbra rendering optimization middleware
_Final Fantasy _ developer and publisher Square Enix has inked an agreement to use Umbra Software's rendering performance middleware in its future game projects.
March 6, 2012
EA opens new Swedish studio to work with Battlefield 3 engine
EA opens new Swedish studio to work with Battlefield 3 engine
Electronic Arts has opened a second development studio in Sweden, which will be devoted to creating "a new generation of games" using the Frostbite 2 game engine.
March 6, 2012
GDC 2012: How to get funding on Kickstarter
GDC 2012: How to get funding on Kickstarter
The Strategic Approach to Crowdfunding session in the GDC 2012 Indie Games Summit covered the essential elements of a successful Kickstarter campaign: Research, rewards, and love.
March 6, 2012
GDC 2012: How Journey was designed to facilitate friendship
GDC 2012: How Journey was designed to facilitate friendship
How do you design a game for friendship, when the players are interacting over the internet? Can you do this without even letting them speak, or see each others' faces? Chris Bell tackles the issue.
March 6, 2012
GDC 2012: How designers can increase innovation in their games
GDC 2012: How designers can increase innovation in their games
Daniel Cook, chief creative officer at Spry Fox (creator of Triple Town), urged game designers to become inventors rather than re-purposers at a talk delivered at GDC today.
March 6, 2012