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SOCA website hit by LulzSec-driven DDoS attack
SOCA website hit by LulzSec-driven DDoS attack
The website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is reported to have been hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack for most of the last 24 hours.
June 21, 2011
Everyday malware, spyware still a top concern of IT administrators
Everyday malware, spyware still a top concern of IT administrators
Over half of IT personnel view everyday threats from malware and spyware as their number one security concern, not headline-grabbing attacks like Stuxnet, Night Dragon, and Operation Aurora, according to a survey by vulnerability management provider eEye Digital Security.
June 21, 2011
Top iPhone Game Apps: Hanging With Friends Topples Angry Birds
Top iPhone Game Apps: Hanging With Friends Topples Angry Birds
Gamasutra rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPhone and iPod Touch games on the App Store, from Hanging With Friends and Army of Darkness Defense to Burn the Rope and more.
June 20, 2011
Release This: F.3.A.R., Ocarina of Time 3D Debut Stateside
Release This: F.3.A.R., Ocarina of Time 3D Debut Stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Shadows of the Damned and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D stateside, while Europe gets a new Ape Escape.
June 20, 2011
Nintendo's Miyamoto Addresses Wii U Price, Power, iPad Similarities
Nintendo's Miyamoto Addresses Wii U Price, Power, iPad Similarities
Nintendo EAD general manager Shigeru Miyamoto says the recently announced Wii U may not "necessarily dramatically outperform the systems that are out now," partially out of deference to price concerns.
June 20, 2011
Zelnick: Take-Two To Continue Duke Nukem IP
Zelnick: Take-Two To Continue Duke Nukem IP
Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick says the company will continue to take advantage of its ownership of the Duke Nukem IP in the future, potentially taking the franchise outside of video games.
June 20, 2011
Stainless Founders On The Long Road To Getting Carmageddon Back
Stainless Founders On The Long Road To Getting Carmageddon Back
Stainless Games co-founders Patrick Buckland and Neil Barnden talk with Gamasutra about their multi-year effort to get back control of the Carmageddon IP, and their plans for the series' 2012 reboot.
June 20, 2011
Halo Anniversary Will Include Kinect Support
Halo Anniversary Will Include Kinect Support
Microsoft has confirmed that the upcoming anniversary edition of Halo: Combat Evolved, revealed earlier this month, will include Kinect motion-control support, as the company says "Kinect will be important to all genres."
June 20, 2011
Dillinger Family Loses Godfather Game Case Against EA
Dillinger Family Loses Godfather Game Case Against EA
Electronic Arts has won its court case against the Dillinger estate, which originally claimed that the company's use of the Dillinger name in its Godfather video game series was a violation of the copyright on the name.
June 20, 2011
Zumba Fitness Back On Top In UK Retail Sales Charts
Zumba Fitness Back On Top In UK Retail Sales Charts
Pipeworks and 505 Games' Zumba Fitness took the top spot in the UK retail software sales charts, while Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D reboot was forced to settle for second place.
June 20, 2011
Interview: Activision's Eric Hirshberg On Being 'The Bad Guy'
Interview: Activision's Eric Hirshberg On Being 'The Bad Guy'
Activision Publishing's CEO talks to Gamasutra business editor Colin Campbell about the company's "bad guy" reputation, his love of making great game ads, and this year's major battle for the FPS crown.
June 20, 2011
Analysis: U.S. 3DS Sales Lag Behind DSi, PSP Launches
Analysis: U.S. 3DS Sales Lag Behind DSi, PSP Launches
Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews sizes up U.S. sales of the Nintendo 3DS to those of the PSP and DSi, as Wedbush's Michael Pachter tells us Nintendo's $250 device is
June 20, 2011