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Council launches "Neighborhood Watch" to stem identity theft
Council launches "Neighborhood Watch" to stem identity theft
The Identify Theft Council, a recently launched consortium of businesses, community groups, and law enforcement based in San Francisco, is proposing a “Neighborhood Watch” program for identity theft modeled on the programs designed to reduce neighborhood crime.
Nov. 1, 2010
Microsoft: 1 Billion Hours Spent On Xbox Live Every Month
Microsoft: 1 Billion Hours Spent On Xbox Live Every Month
Microsoft on Friday said its 25 million Xbox Live members are averaging over 40 hours per month on the online service, spending the equivalent of over 1 billion hours per month on Live altogether.
Oct. 29, 2010
Pachislot, Pachinko Drive Sega Sammy Sales, Profits
Pachislot, Pachinko Drive Sega Sammy Sales, Profits
Sega Sammy today said first-half sales were up 41 percent year-on-year to ¥217.8 billion ($2.7 billion), but only a marginal amount of that growth came from its home video game business.
Oct. 29, 2010
Coinstar Results Boosted As U.S. Game Rental Kiosks Expand
Coinstar Results Boosted As U.S. Game Rental Kiosks Expand
Redbox parent Coinstar this week reported quarterly sales and profits ahead of analyst expectations, as the company continued to expand roll-out of video game offerings in its automated kiosks.
Oct. 29, 2010
Scribblenauts Dev 5th Cell Debuting On Console With Hybrid For XBLA
Scribblenauts Dev 5th Cell Debuting On Console With Hybrid For XBLA
Independent developer 5th Cell this week announced the Xbox Live Arcade game Hybrid, a sci-fi departure from its million-selling kid-friendly Nintendo DS game Scribblenauts.
Oct. 29, 2010
Frogster Replaces Ousted Execs With New VPs, Managing Directors
Frogster Replaces Ousted Execs With New VPs, Managing Directors
After dismissing several executives last month, Berlin-based MMORPG publisher Frogster Interactive (Runes of Magic) has promoted and appointed three members of its staff to managing director and vice president roles.
Oct. 29, 2010
Moshi Monsters Reaches 29 Million Users
Moshi Monsters Reaches 29 Million Users
UK-based Mind Candy, developer and publisher of child-targeted MMO Moshi Monsters, revealed that its free-to-play game has reached 29 million registered accounts spread out across 150 countries.
Oct. 29, 2010
Star Trek Online To Offer Player-Created Missions
Star Trek Online To Offer Player-Created Missions
Atari and Cryptic Studios will allow Star Trek Online subscribers to play and create their own custom missions, planets, and even star systems in the MMORPG with a new toolset called The Foundry.
Oct. 29, 2010
Top iPad Game Apps: Plants vs. Zombies Climbs Charts After Price Drop
Top iPad Game Apps: Plants vs. Zombies Climbs Charts After Price Drop
Sister site FingerGaming rounds up the week's most popular games on the App Store, with Angry Birds Halloween, Plants vs. Zombies and We Rule Quests currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
Oct. 29, 2010
Best Of Indie Games: The Game Development Shuffle
Best Of Indie Games: The Game Development Shuffle
IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. rounds up the week's top indie games, this time including a Prince of Persia-style puzzle platformer, a collection of reflex-testing minigames, and more.
Oct. 29, 2010
Interview: Red Redemption Divines The Fate Of The World
Interview: Red Redemption Divines The Fate Of The World
Gamasutra speaks with indie developer Red Redemption to discuss Fate of the World, a strategy game that tasks players with saving or destroying the world using systems based on real world scientific data.
Oct. 29, 2010
Nintendo DS Tops Japanese Charts Despite Sales Decline
Nintendo DS Tops Japanese Charts Despite Sales Decline
The Nintendo DS topped the Japanese hardware sales charts this week despite a notable sales decline, narrowing the gap between the Nintendo handheld and the Sony PSP.
Oct. 29, 2010