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Are You a Human replaces annoying CAPTCHAs with games
venturebeat.com -- Websites need to verify that a visitor is a real person and not an automated bot. But the CAPTCHA test that they came up with — where you have to type in the word that you see in a blurry …
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Translation and Localization, Too Overcomplicated?!
software.intel.com -- Not all translation service buyers have the same needs. Requirements differ depending on where companies are in their global evolution. With varying needs and priorities, and a massive selection of translation service providers estimated to exceed...
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BioWare Austin lays off staff on Star Wars: The Old Republic
venturebeat.com -- BioWare Austin, a division of Electronic Arts (EA), is cutting staff.
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Dealing with Android's fragmented market
www.gamasutra.com -- Ask a group of mobile game developers why working on the Android platform can be a hassle, or why they prefer not to work with it at all, and it's likely some will immediately point out its fragmentation problem. Android developers have to build t...
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Dream.Build.Play 2012 – Adding Windows Phone
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Indie darling J.S. Joust caught in cloning controversy
www.gamasutra.com -- The latest game from Whale Trail developer Ustwo is causing quite a stir today, due to its stark similarities to Die Gute Fabrik's PlayStation Move-controlled J.S. Joust. In J.S. Joust, players hold a PS Move controller each, and must try to knock...
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YoYo Games unveils GameMaker: Studio for cross-platform development
venturebeat.com -- YoYo Games has retrofitted an existing game engine to create GameMaker: Studio, a cross-platform development tool. It allows developers to create games easily and cheaply with a single programming code base. And they can publish the games to the w...
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Google enters the content business: Machinima closes $35M round from the search giant
venturebeat.com -- Machinima has raised a fat $35 round of funding led by search engine giant Google, the company confirmed yesterday. News of Machinima’s new funding first surfaced earlier this month. Google’s involvement marks the first time the compan...
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Custom Windows Phone Tango ROM released for Lumia 800
wpcentral.com.feedsportal.com -- RainbowMod? Sounds familiar, right? We previously covered a custom ROM for the Lumia 710 sharing an identical name, and now it's out for the Lumia 800. Built on Windows Phone "Tango" (7.10.8773.98) and based on Chinese firmware, RainbowMod is ship...
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Serious Games Helping Children To Cope With Stress
SimTecT 2012: Serious Games Showcase & Challenge Goes Global
Whyville: Serious Games Inspiring Children’s Fashion
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Android C2DM — Client Login key expiration
New Seller Countries in Google Play
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First-person shooter design: What to save, and what to frag
www.gamasutra.com -- While the first-person shooter is one of the most popular video game genres around, it often relies on tried and true mechanics and concepts. That reliance on stale ideas can often lead to creative stagnation. In a group interview, Gamasutra siste...
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RocketFrog wants to revolutionize online gambling with real-world prizes
venturebeat.com -- Online game company RocketFrog wants to revitalize virtual gambling by offering real-world prizes to players.
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Browser Game pick: Liftman (Ludosity)
indiegames.com -- Ludosity's time-management title Liftman feels a bit like Diner Dash mixed with a... "dash" of Elevator Action. Players race against the clock to assist as many occupants as possible to their destinations and to provide drinks sometimes. Additiona...
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How Epic Games' week-long game jam gave birth to Infinity Blade: Dungeons
www.gamasutra.com -- During a pre-E3 tour last week, Epic Games executive producer Rod Fergusson (Gears of War series) spoke with Gamasutra about how an internal studio game jam last summer produced Epic's first in-house mobile game, Infinity Blade: Dungeons. "We deci...
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What does a game “producer” do, exactly? (exclusive)
venturebeat.com -- "Being a producer on TERA is full of challenges, but one of the most surprising challenges is describing exactly what it is that I do."
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8-4 Helms Japanese Localization For Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
indiegames.com -- Video game localization company 8-4 will produce a Japanese-language version of Capy Games' hit adventure title Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP for iOS, Windows, and Mac platforms. The Japanese version of Sworcery will launch on Steam and in t...
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Trampoline Platformer Spoing Hits Android
indiegames.com -- Following up on its launch for iOS platforms last year, games2be's bouncy platformer Spoing is now available for Android devices via Google Play. Spoing offers a unique take on the genre, challenging players to flick and fling a character from pl...
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bbbbb: Beep Brrp Bing Bang Bosh Launches For XBLIG
indiegames.com -- Sam Gross, Stephen Lingham and Paul Andrew McGee have released bbbbb: Beep Brrp Bing Bang Bosh, the group's first title for the Xbox Live Indie Games service. A finalist in Experimental Gameplay's 5 Buttons Competition, bbbbb describes itself as...
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| Status Update - 4 weeks, 12 hours ago AndreaTux Making my first videogame in Java with 2 friends at UNICAL. So exciting. |
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