Game Development Job Openings

Looking for a career in the video game industry? Here is your chance for a career opportunity in the video game industry. Check out the video game software development job opportunities from these top video game companies:

• Activision


• Activision Blizzard


• Big Fish Games


• Gameloft


• Konami


• LucasArts


• Namco


• Popcap Games


• Square Enix


• Sony Computer Entertainment


• Take-Two Interactive


• THQ


• Ubisoft


• Zynga

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SilverLining Sky and Weather SDK Powers Realistic Skies and 3D Clouds for Games and Visual Simulation

Sundog Software today released a new version of its popular "SilverLining" software, used for creating realistic skies, clouds, and weather effects in games, training systems, and visual simulation applications around the world. This latest release introduces much greater precision in its physical simulation of the sky, resulting in photo-realistic virtual environments for any simulated time, location, and weather conditions.

In addition to increased precision and visual quality, SilverLining version 1.95 adds lens flare effects, support for legacy compilers, and better compatibility with next-generation video cards currently hitting the market.



"We've taken real-time rendering of the sky to a new level, by moving from 32 bits of color information to 128 bits," said Frank Kane, owner of Sundog Software. "This added precision lets us support 'high-dynamic range' applications, which accurately render scenes that contain a wide range of luminance information. There are ten orders of magnitude between the brightness of a sunny day at noon and a moonless sky at night; SilverLining now lets you accurately capture that wide range of light."

SilverLining also renders 3D volumetric clouds using this same lighting scheme, as well as weather effects such as snow, sleet, rain, and fog, and must perform this rendering fast enough for the needs of customers producing games, flight simulators for the military, and television weather broadcasts. For training applications, every frame of animation must be drawn within 16 milliseconds, and drawing the sky may only take a portion of that time. "Maintaining high visual quality while meeting some very demanding performance requirements is what makes this job interesting," says Kane.

SilverLining is available for C++ developers on the Windows, Linux, and MacOS platforms, and provides a plug-in architecture to support rendering on other systems. More information, including screenshots, a trial software development kit, a demo application, and licensing details may be found at http://www.sundog-soft.com/

Source: PRWeb
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ExtenXLS 8 Java Spreadsheet SDK now with PDF Support

Extentech today released ExtenXLS 8 Java Spreadsheet SDK now with PDF support. ExtenXLS 8 provides advanced capabilities for Java applications requiring spreadsheet functionality with best-of-breed Excel compatibility.

This new release significantly increases file format support by reading directly from CSV and XML data, and outputting to XML, JSON, CSV, XLS, XLSX, and Adobe PDF. With doubled and tripled performance in some areas, ExtenXLS 8 allows for advanced use cases like executing formulas as web services and running high-performance reports on the fly from multiple data sources. Organizations looking for cost-savings and efficiencies can save significant development costs and eliminate spreadsheet errors by reusing and controlling spreadsheets from within their business applications.

Extentech CEO John McMahon states, "ExtenXLS 8 is a powerhouse of functionality and performance, all backed by top notch support, satisfied customers, thorough sample files and documentation. The cross-platform power of ExtenXLS is as relevant as ever with Web 2.0 and cloud-based apps required to interface with client-server Java code -- all while supporting the new, legacy, and proprietary office formats."

ExtenXLS 8 gives Java programmers complete control. With a single line of code developers can create spreadsheets from scratch, inserting cells, numbers, formulas, charts, images, named ranges, hyperlinks, conditional formatting, comments, auto-filters, and dates.

The SDK can output in a variety of formats, including:

• PDF
• XLS
• XLSX
• JSON
• HTML
• XML
• Custom formats using XSLT (sample code included)

ExtenXLS 8 features innovations such as:

• Support for Web 2.0 JSON and XML protocols
• Revision tracking and auditing support
• Storing and loading spreadsheets with the database of your choice
• XML data-mapping format for merging live data into spreadsheet templates with a single line of code

Trusted by hundreds of companies worldwide for over eight-years, ExtenXLS is the Java spreadsheet SDK of choice for companies such as the Nielsen Corporation, IBM, and AT&T. With robust support for the latest office file formats, ExtenXLS ensures forward and backward compatibility for important Java spreadsheet applications.

ExtenXLS 8 is available immediately as a free thirty-day evaluation download at: http://extentech.com/estore/download_center.jsp. Pricing starts at $2495/CPU which includes a full year of unlimited email support and all upgrades.

About Extentech, Inc.

Extentech, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco CA., is a leading developer of Java integration and spreadsheet tools that help decision makers, developers, and business users maximize ROI from spreadsheets and Web 2.0 technologies. Since 1999, Extentech Inc. has provided state-of-the-art spreadsheet automation, integration and business intelligence tools for IBM, JPMorgan, Accenture, Toyota, and hundreds of companies worldwide.

For more information, visit www.extentech.com.

Source: PRWeb
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Bug Labs Unveils BUG 2.0 platform, Adds Support for Android

Bug Labs, the award-winning open hardware development platform for prototyping and deploying next-generation electronics devices, unveiled at the Mobile World Congress today its second-generation hardware system, BUG 2.0.

The new version of the BUGBase product is based on the OMAP™ 3 platform from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) and also supports the popular BeagleBoard by seamlessly running all applications written for that device. BUG 2.0 also adds support for Android, allowing developers to port current Android apps to the BUG as well as create new apps that utilize BUG’s modules to create new Android-based hardware applications.

“We are very excited that the next generation of BUG devices support TI platforms and even more excited to see the hardware innovations that will come from developers, given a new vehicle to quickly and affordably bring their visions to life,” said Russell Crane, high-performance ARM marketing manager, TI.

Bug Labs has a presence at the Mobile World Congress along with its business collaborator Accenture, where they are jointly demonstrating next-generation mobility applications in the fields of health care monitoring, vehicle fleet tracking, and home automation.

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Its global mobility business, Accenture Mobility Operated Services, which is working with Bug Labs, helps enterprises develop and deploy new, revenue-generating mobile applications to their customers. The Accenture business group offers a mobile “services store” that includes the design, delivery and management of a broad portfolio of vertical mobility applications using Accenture’s proven platform for mobile applications.

“The BUG components and platform helps enable our developers bring revolutionary ideas to market in a fraction of the time that it takes for standard prototyping,” said Fabio Mungo, chief technology officer, Accenture Mobility Operated Services. “We are demonstrating just a few of the devices that we have in development together, with many more innovative embedded mobile services on the horizon.”

With Bug 2.0, OMAP 3 users will now be able to take advantage of Bug Labs’ unique collection of BUGmodules to explore new application categories. This second generation platform now brings more power, more compatibility and more support for individuals and companies who are conceptualizing, prototyping, testing, and building wireless, networked and headless devices.

“We’ve seen tremendous interest and excitement around BUG since our product launched two years ago,” said Peter Semmelhack, Founder and CEO of Bug Labs. “We’ve spent a lot of time learning from our community and our customers, and have designed our second generation product to meet their growing needs. BUG is now a part of the growing OMAP community supporting open development, and TI has been a pioneer in open source hardware.”

The company also announced support for the Android platform. This is a leap forward for both Bug Labs and Android, as it brings a wide developer community into the open hardware movement. Current Android applications can be ported directly to the BUG hardware, giving developers a new platform to expand on these apps and add significant functionality through open hardware. Further, Android developers can now build devices that span far beyond typical consumer-focused needs, such as in the healthcare, M2M and telematics industries.

BUG is comprised of a unique modular hardware system, integrated web services and related applications that help companies prototype, build, test and deploy new, custom wireless devices at fraction of the time and cost of traditional methods.

About Bug Labs
BUG is comprised of small, functional BUGmodules, such as cameras, LCDs, GPS, audio, accelerometers, olfactory sensors and more. Users snap together the modules they want to a palm-sized CPU base with a bit of programming, they can build virtually any device they want. Consumers use BUG to build innovative one-off devices for everyday use, while entrepreneurs and enterprises can use it to prototype a game-changing device in half the time and at half the cost of traditional development. Each BUGmodule is also web addressable, allowing for an endless array of cloud devices and applications. To learn more visit www.buglabs.net.



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Glyph Announces Free Webinar on iPhone App Localization

Glyph Language Services will be offering a free training workshop on iPhone App Localization best practices in March 2010. Two equivalent sessions are planned to accommodate clients in Europe and the US. For Europe the event will take place on March 9 at 15:00 Central European Time. The US event is scheduled for March 11 at 13:00 Pacific Standard Time. The training expands on a talk given last year by Glyph CEO Aaron Schliem at Localization World Silicon Valley.

Participants in this one-hour training will learn how to set up iPhone app UIs and source code to enable localization, how to coordinate with a localization vendor to ensure an efficient localization workflow, and what special considerations need to be made with regard to mobile app testing. Technical descriptions will be relevant to the SDK framework while taking into account broader considerations and insights related to the global mobile content market.

“Glyph wants to help developers understand how they can really take advantage of localization so that their apps can climb the charts and so that their businesses can find the level of revenue they need to thrive,” says Glyph CEO Aaron Schliem. “Our goal is to teach developers how to set up their apps for localization the right way and how to create a great localization workflow that will keep their costs down and save them from a messy localization headache.”

Signup is available via Glyph’s website at www.glyphservices.com/webinar. Early registration is recommended as space is limited.

About Glyph Language Services:
Glyph Language Services, Inc., is the industry leader in localization of mobile smartphone applications. Glyph’s customized language solutions support the global communications strategies of industry leaders in the software, telecommunications, games, hardware and e-learning sectors. A common thread in all of Glyph’s services is a core belief in the power of language as a motor for connecting people. Glyph depends on the ingenuity of its talented staff to deliver solutions that are tailored to each client’s needs and budget. Supported by an internal software development team, Glyph delivers mobile app localization, software localization and internationalization, website globalization, multilingual design services, document translation, dubbing/subtitling and linguistic/cultural consulting to satisfied clients around the world. For further information, please visit www.glyphservices.com.
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ZBasic with Object-Oriented Extensions Now Available

Elba Corporation announced today the release of v3.0 of the ZBasic compiler for the company's ZX-series microcontrollers. The new version supports ZBasic Object-Oriented Extensions and incorporates other productivity enhancements to assist scientists, engineers and hobbyists in developing their embedded applications quickly. Typical applications for ZX microcontrollers include robotics, consumer electronics devices, laboratory control, industrial automation, and home automation.

Although ZBasic was originally developed as a subset of Microsoft's Visual Basic (VB6), the object-oriented extensions are patterned after the more powerful and sophisticated O-O models of Java and C++. The ZBasic compiler is available as a free download and it produces code for all of the devices in the ZX family of microcontrollers, now comprising more than 15 models with various capabilities and package configurations. The entry-level 24-pin package devices are pin compatible with the venerable Parallax Basic Stamp BS-2 but offer vastly larger RAM and program spaces, much faster execution times and a superior set of hardware and firmware capabilities. Moreover, ZX devices support an easy-to-use yet powerful multi-tasking model that simplifies the implementation of many kinds of embedded applications.

The ZBasic compiler also incorporates an advanced stack use analyzer that utilizes sophisticated static analysis techniques to determine the maximum stack use of each task comprising the application. This powerful facility helps ensure that each task has sufficient stack space, eliminating the more typical method of "guesstimating" stack use or wastefully allocating overly large stacks.

ZX devices are available in both Virtual Machine (VM) and native mode models. The VM models provide a more controlled execution environment and the benefit of optional run-time stack checking. In contrast, the native mode models allow for significantly faster execution speed and access to advanced features such as creating interrupt service routines, utilizing C and assembly language code and linking with pre-compiled modules and libraries. The prices of the ZX devices range from $9.95 to $59.95 in single unit quantities, quantity discounts are available.

More information and a free download of the installer for the compiler, IDE and documentation are available at http://www.zbasic.net.

Source: PRWeb
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Luxand Releases SDK to Produce Passport-Size Photos out of Arbitrary Image

FaceCrop SDK makes it possible to automatically produce face avatars or passport-size images of human faces out of digital snapshots with just one function call. The available command-line tool makes FaceCrop SDK easy to integrate into any project without any programming required. Supporting ASP.NET, PHP, C++, VB and Delphi, based on Luxand’s experience in biometric technologies, FaceCrop SDK enables automated detection, cropping, resizing, and exporting images of human faces from arbitrary photos of any size, resolution, and format. Supporting custom size, resolution, and aspect ratios, FaceCrop SDK is perfect for workflow automation system, online entertainment portals, dating sites and social networks. FaceCrop SDK works completely automatically, and requires zero human interaction.


Avatars and passport-size images produced by FaceCrop SDK are always of the highest visual quality. Advanced downsizing algorithms employed in FaceCrop SDK produce passport-size images while maintaining clarity and legibility of facial features. Automatic framing automatically compensates for faces located in difficult places on the original image.

A single distributive of FaceCrop SDK supports multiple programming languages and a variety of platforms. ASP.NET, PHP, C++, Delphi and Visual Basic are supported. FaceCrop SDK is available for Windows, Linux, and MacOS in 32-bit and 64-bit editions. A command-line tool is available to support scripting and batch-file automation.

About Luxand:
Founded in 2005, Luxand, Inc. is a privately owned company offering biometric identification solutions to businesses and consumers. The company develops and markets a complete set of tools, libraries and solutions to perform fully automatic recognition of human faces and facial features. Today, the company provides a broad range of facial feature recognition solutions to end-users and industrial customers. Luxand technologies are used at online entertainment portals, chat rooms and movie Web sites around the globe.

Free evaluation version of FaceCrop SDK is available at http://www.luxand.com/facecrop

Source: PRWeb
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iPhone Development Class at About Objects to Add Coverage of iPad Development

About Objects, Inc. will be offering a completely revamped version of its most popular iPhone development training course that will include coverage of Apple's new iPad tablet computer. While the version of the iPhone SDK required for iPad development (3.2 beta) is currently under a non-disclosure agreement, Apple has indicated that the agreement will no longer be in force when the iPad ships, which according to Apple will be in late March.

Accordingly, About Objects plans to offer the first class to incorporate the new material in April of this year. The 5-day, hands-on course, entitled Introduction to iPhone and iPad Development, will be offered initially at the Hilton Garden Inn in Cupertino, California April 26-30, and then in Reston, Virginia in late May.

The new course will take the place of the current iPhone Programming Workshop in the About Objects curriculum. According to About Objects President Jonathan Lehr, "Although we've consistently gotten great feedback on the iPhone Programming Workshop from developers at companies like Apple, Intuit, Symantec, Sybase, Raytheon, NASA, and Yahoo!, we expect our new Introduction to iPhone and iPad Development to include some major improvements beyond just the added coverage of iPad development. I'm really excited about what we've got on the drawing boards, and if the past is any guide, I think developers who take this course are going to be really happy that they did."

About Objects will also offer a new bundled course pairing Introduction to iPhone and iPad Development with the existing, 2-day Objective-C for Beginners course. The bundle, entitled iPhone and iPad Development Bundle, will be offered as a 7-day class at the Hilton Garden Inn in Cupertino that starts on April 24. About Objects has posted a new guide on their website to help prospective attendees determine which course or combination of courses is best suited to their individual needs.

Pricing for the new courses is as follows:

Tuition for the 5-day Introduction to iPhone and iPad Development class is $2,495, with discounts available for early registration and for groups of three or more students. Tuition for the 7-day iPhone and iPad Development Bundle is $2,995, with discounts similarly available. Both courses are also available for onsite delivery at the customer's facility, as well as for private classes at an About Objects facility.
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ICEsoft Announces the Release of ICEpdf 4.0 - Open Source PDF Rendering Technology for Java

ICEsoft Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of open source enterprise Java technologies, recently announced the release of ICEpdf v4.0, an open source PDF rendering technology for Java.

ICEpdf is a lightweight open source Java PDF rendering library that can be easily integrated within any Java-based client application, or deployed on a server in headless mode as a PDF Servlet (JSP or JSF). ICEpdf is ideal for providing PDF viewing and navigation, as well as PDF content conversion and extraction, without the hassles of Java-to-native integration issues.

This latest version of ICEpdf is now capable of:

• PDF document editing and saving for Link Annotation edits.
• Text selection and clipboard actions.
• The search API has been completely revamped allowing for search result highlighting, and more.

This release of ICEpdf also includes numerous product improvements and bug fixes. See “What's New in ICEpdf 4.0”: http://www.icepdf.org/product/whats-new-v4.0.html.

"Since ICEpdf was open sourced 8 months ago, the product has experienced unprecedented adoption", says Robert Lepack", VP of Marketing and Business Development at ICEsoft. "This latest release of ICEpdf adds important new features and capabilities that our customers, as well as community members, have been asking for."

License and Availability:
ICEpdf 4.0 is licensed under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), and is available for immediate download: www.icepdf.org/downloads.html.

Demos:
See ICEpdf 4.0 in action: http://www.icepdf.org/demos.html.

About ICEpdf:
ICEpdf is an open source Java PDF library ideal for rendering, printing, and editing PDF documents within any Java application. The ICEpdf API is 100% Java-based, lightweight, fast, efficient and can be deployed to virtually any Java Virtual Machine (JVM) client-side, and/or server-side.

About ICEsoft Technologies:
ICEsoft Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of open source enterprise Java technologies. Founded in 2001, ICEsoft is a Calgary based company at the forefront of Web 2.0 development with over 300 customers in 30 countries. ICEsoft is the proud sponsor of ICEpdf (http://www.icepdf.org), and ICEfaces (http://www.icefaces.org). Visit ICEsoft Technologies online at: http://www.icesoft.com.

ICEsoft and ICEpdf are registered trademarks or trade names of ICEsoft Technologies, Inc. All other company and product names may be the subject of intellectual property rights reserved by third parties.
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