Google recently killed its only in-house Stadia game development studio, Stadia Games and Entertainment (SG&E), after building up the studio for only two years. In an industry where even established game studios take several years to ship a product, this was a breathtakingly fast pace for building and tearing down a game development studio. Kotaku got in touch with some of the 150+ staffers who were dismissed from Google’s studio, and they… Source link
Read More »Google Is Limiting How Chrome Extension Developers Can Use Your Data
Chrome extension developers shouldn’t be able to collect and use your personal data however they see fit. From January, Google is ensuring developers clearly state what data is being collected by an extension while at the same time placing new limits on how it can be used. In a post on the Chromium Blog, Google explains how the developer policy is being updated so as to limit what extension developers can do with the data they collect. Also, the detail page for each Chrome extension must… Source link
Read More »Developers: This is Google’s new idea for keeping your open-source projects secure
Scorecards provides an assessment of open-source packages, which developers can use to judge whether they are safe to introduce into their projects or systems. This new system is intended to help developers assess the risk level of a software package. Image: iStock Introducing… Source link
Read More »Google signs exclusive Stadia game deals with Rock Band and Until Dawn developers
Google has signed on five new developers to make exclusive titles for its Stadia cloud gaming service. Two of those five already have fully realized projects, with one ready for release. Developer Splash Damage, which developed the recent Microsoft exclusive Gears Tactics, is now making an online multiplayer game called Outcasters, while popular strategy and tower defense studio Robot Entertainment has its third installment in its Orcs Must Die! series arriving on Stadia today as part of… Source link
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