According to a report in the South China Morning Post, a smartphone-based charades game popular in China uploaded 36,000 private user videos without notifying or asking the permission of its users.
Read moreAccording to a report in the South China Morning Post, a smartphone-based charades game popular in China uploaded 36,000 private user videos without notifying or asking the permission of its users.
Read moreGitHub revealed that it will give free access to a suite of development tools that small-scale game makers may find useful. The only catch? You have to prove that you are a student.
The offer is part of the GitHub Education initiative, and is available to students over the age of 13 and currently enrolled in an academic program. If you can do that, you can get access to project development help and tools like the Crowdflower crowdsourcing platform, a hosting plan with the DNSimple DNS management service, and free access to Unreal Engine 4.
Read moreDICE LA producer David Sirland admits that his company lost player trust with the less-than-stellar launch of Battlefield 4. When the game launched in 2013 it was a mess on all platforms, and the trouble with technical issues and server stability continued well into 2014.
Read moreThe free version of DriveClub for PlayStation Plus subscribers has been delayed, according to a report on Eurogamer. The PlayStation Plus version of DriveClub - free to those who subscribe to the monthly subscription service for PlayStation family platforms, was originally due to launch this week.
Read moreEarlier this week we reported that a "bomb threat directed at the offices of Gearbox Software" led to Plano, Texas police clearing the area on Friday while it searched for an explosive device. It turns out that the bomb threat was not directed specifically at Gearbox, according to this Polygon report.
Read moreBack in August SNK Playmore filed a criminal complaint against Square Enix, alleging that the company had engaged in "criminal copyright infringement" by using over 100 instances of unauthorized depictions of SNK Playmore characters in its Hi Score Girl manga.
This also led to the Consumer and Economic Crime Division of the Osaka, Japan Police raiding the local offices of Square-Enix to gather evidence.
Read moreWii U ain't doing so hot. Two years out and its sold less than seven million units worldwide (as of June 30). Many said, "Wait until Mario comes out! No, not New Super Mario Bros. U, a real 3D Mario game!"
Super Mario 3D World came out last year, sold over two million units (New Super Mario Bros. U sold over four million) and Wii U sold about two million units that holiday. Not great but not bad. Unfortunately, there was no sales momentum and the Wii U only sold about 300k in the next quarter.
Read morePenn State University's library now features a massive collection of video games, according to a report in the school's paper.
The collection was added to support the university's game development minor, an 18-credit program track that includes courses in game design and gaming psychology. Matthew White, assistant professor of game development, is the man responsible for selecting the games in the collection.
Read moreSome Youtubers who wanted to review the PC version of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor had to jump through several questionable hoops put in place by Warner Bros. Interactive's social media PR firm Plaid Social in order to get access, according to a new video by high profile gaming personality and writer Jim Sterling. The story first came to light through a series of tweets from YouTube star TotalBiscuit.
Read moreMilitary-focused video games charity Operation Supply Drop has announced a new partnership with UMG Gaming, a veteran-owned provider of LAN events, eSports infrastructure, and hosted competitive gaming tournaments. The first fruits of this new partnership will come to fruition at UMG Nashville, an eSports event to be held on October 10-12 in the Nashville Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, TN.
Read moreSony's streaming game service, PlayStation Now, will finally be available in an open beta on the PlayStation TV and the PlayStation Vita when Sony's first micro-console launches in North America on Oct. 14. The service is already available in open beta on the PS3 and PS4.
PlayStation Now offers gamers over 150 PS3 titles for rent at prices that range from $7.99 for 30 days to as much as $4.99 for four hours. That crazy pricing is subject to change based on feedback from the ongoing open beta period.
Read moreMantis Digital Arts has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund an educational game about bees, with plans to launch it shortly thereafter. The game, Buzz Whizz Bees, is being developed for web browsers, Android, Ouya, and iOS - and will sell for $2.99.
The game is being designed to help teachers and parents introduce children ages four to eight to the interesting world of bees by letting them play "as a varying range of different bee species, enabling them to comprehend bee behavior by gathering food, scouting for new food sources and defending the hive."
Read moreUbisoft is backpedaling a bit after saying that it locked in the resolution of the PS4 version of Assassin's Creed Unity at 900p to match the Xbox One version. As reported on by GameSpot, Vincent Pontbriand, a senior producer at Ubisoft Montreal, said that the Unity development team "decided to lock them [the game] at the same specs to avoid all the debates and stuff."
Read moreNintendo made a few Super Smash Bros.-related announcements this morning including the fact that the Nintendo 3DS version of the game has sold more than 2.8 million units worldwide - mostly attributed to sales of the game in North America, Europe, and Australia. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS launched on Sept. 13 in Japan, Oct. 3 in the North America and Europe, and Oct. 4 in Australia.
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