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This Week In Korean Online Gaming News: From Sudden Attack To New Bills
This Week In Korean Online Gaming News: From Sudden Attack To New Bills
Gamasutra rounds up the week's biggest reports on South Korea's booming online games market from local news site This Is Game, this time looking at Sudden Attack and proposed legislation.
June 24, 2011
Sony Online To Shut Down Star Wars Galaxies
Sony Online To Shut Down Star Wars Galaxies
As EA and BioWare get ready to launch The Old Republic, Sony Online announced Friday that the original Star Wars MMO, Star Wars Galaxies, will go offline permanently in December.
June 24, 2011
Popular iOS Game Cut the Rope Debuts On Android
Popular iOS Game Cut the Rope Debuts On Android
ZeptoLab's popular iOS physics puzzle game Cut the Rope made the transition to Android devices Friday as a free, ad-supported app, courtesy of independent app store GetJar.
June 24, 2011
iOS 5 jailbreak may block pirate software says developer
iOS 5 jailbreak may block pirate software says developer
Users of the Installous software - an extensible code environment for jailbroken Apple iPhones - could be in for a shock if they are thinking of upgrading to a jailbroken version of iOS5, which is already doing the rounds of the iPhone cognoscenti.
June 24, 2011
ChronoPay co-founder allegedly linked to DDoS attacks
ChronoPay co-founder allegedly linked to DDoS attacks
The reputation of the Russian ChronoPay e-money service has taken a further battering after a security researcher linked the co-founder of the service - who has apparently fled from Russia - with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a competitor.
June 24, 2011
EU mulls proposal to mandate data breach advisories by firms
EU mulls proposal to mandate data breach advisories by firms
The European Union (EU) is planning new legislation to mandate companies to publicly admit that they have suffered a data breach.
June 24, 2011
Team Fortress 2 Goes 'Free-To-Play'
Team Fortress 2 Goes 'Free-To-Play'
Valve Software on Thursday revealed that its popular online shooter Team Fortress 2 is adopting the "free-to-play" business model on PC, and will be supported solely by virtual item sales.
June 23, 2011
Fearless Studios Developing Project For HP's WebOS
Fearless Studios Developing Project For HP's WebOS
Fearless Studios, the independent developer studio founded last October by two former LucasArts employees, is developing its first project for HP's WebOS platform, the company revealed today.
June 23, 2011
J.K. Rowling Announces Interactive 'Pottermore' Virtual World
J.K. Rowling Announces Interactive 'Pottermore' Virtual World
The world of Harry Potter will make the leap into the digital realm later this year with Pottermore, an interactive virtual world that will let users explore illustrated environments themed around the books and movies.
June 23, 2011
Layoffs Hit IGN Editorial
Layoffs Hit IGN Editorial
At least four members of IGN's editorial team have been laid off, according to reports coming out of the company today. [Update: Layoffs hit recently-acquired UGO Entertainment as well.]
June 23, 2011
Judge Says Apple Likely To Lose 'Appstore' Court Bid
Judge Says Apple Likely To Lose 'Appstore' Court Bid
The judge presiding over Apple's trademark infringement case against Amazon's recently launched Android Appstore says the iPho
June 23, 2011
L.A. Noire Coming To PC This Fall, Console Versions Shipped 4M
L.A. Noire Coming To PC This Fall, Console Versions Shipped 4M
Rockstar Games announced today that its Xbox 360 and PS3 crime drama L.A. Noire, which has shipped 4 million copies so far, will be coming the the PC this fall, with enhanced graphics and stereoscopic 3D support.
June 23, 2011