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MapleStory Serves One Million In-Game Shoppers In 2010
MapleStory Serves One Million In-Game Shoppers In 2010
Online game publisher Nexon America announced that more than one million players have made microtransaction purchases in its free-to-play MMORPG MapleStory this year.
Dec. 21, 2010
Gamasutra's Best Of 2010: Top 5 Handheld Games
Gamasutra's Best Of 2010: Top 5 Handheld Games
Continuing Gamasutra's 2010 roundup, here are our top 5 handheld game selections, including monumental releases like Dragon Quest IX and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.
Dec. 21, 2010
Hydrophobia Dev Admits It Got 'Too Close' To Project, Outlines Fixes
Hydrophobia Dev Admits It Got 'Too Close' To Project, Outlines Fixes
Developer Dark Energy Digital admits the team got "a little bit close" to its XBLA title Hydrophobia, but hopes a forthcoming title update will fix mistakes and address the title's muted critical reception.
Dec. 21, 2010
GDC 2011 Smartphone Summit Adds Infinity Blade, Google, Smule Talks
GDC 2011 Smartphone Summit Adds Infinity Blade, Google, Smule Talks
GDC 2011 organizers have revealed notable GDC Smartphone Summit talks for the event, including an Infinity Blade postmortem and talks from Google and Smule (Magic Piano) notab
Dec. 21, 2010
Exclusive: Harmonix Ex-Shareholders, Including Founders, File Suit Against Viacom
Exclusive: Harmonix Ex-Shareholders, Including Founders, File Suit Against Viacom
A Gamasutra-obtained lawsuit has revealed that ex-shareholders of Rock Band developer Harmonix have sued Viacom, accusing the media giant of "manipulating" finances to reduce earn-out payments.
Dec. 21, 2010
In-Depth: Activision Adds EA To $400M Cross-Complaint Against West, Zampella
In-Depth: Activision Adds EA To $400M Cross-Complaint Against West, Zampella
Activision filed to amend a lawsuit over the firings of Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella, claiming conspiracy with Electronic Arts to break the Call Of Duty duo's contract. [UPDATE: EA calls move a "PR play."]
Dec. 21, 2010
NeoEdge Picks Up $3 Million For Social Game Ads
NeoEdge Picks Up $3 Million For Social Game Ads
San Francisco-based company NeoEdge, which offers an advertising platform for casual and social games, announced that it's raised $3 million in growth capital financing from MMV Financial.
Dec. 21, 2010
Bredolab botnet revealed by Kaspersky Lab analyst
Bredolab botnet revealed by Kaspersky Lab analyst
Kaspersky Lab's malware analyst Alexei Kadiev has posted an interesting analysis on how the Bredolab botnet – which infected around 30 million PCs at its height – functioned.
Dec. 21, 2010
DARPA develops technology to prevent surprise cyberattacks
DARPA develops technology to prevent surprise cyberattacks
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is undertaking a number of cybersecurity research and development projects for the Department of Defense designed to prevent surprise cyberattacks.
Dec. 21, 2010
Google says sorry, deletes all UK Street View WiFi data
Google says sorry, deletes all UK Street View WiFi data
Google has deleted all UK payload data collected by its Street View cars from unsecured British WiFi networks, the company has confirmed.
Dec. 21, 2010
Inadvertent data disclosure by employees poses growing risk
Inadvertent data disclosure by employees poses growing risk
Inadvertent disclose of sensitive information by well-meaning workers will pose the greatest information security threat to organizations in the coming year, according to Frank Kenney, vice president of global strategy at Ipswitch.
Dec. 21, 2010
Zynga Launches HTML5 Mafia Wars Atlantic City For Mobile Web
Zynga Launches HTML5 Mafia Wars Atlantic City For Mobile Web
Social game developer Zynga has brought one of its most popular titles, Mafia Wars, to mobile and tablet web browsers with the release of HTML5-powered Mafia Wars Atlantic City today.
Dec. 20, 2010