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Interview: Harvest Moon Creator Wada Talks About His Surprise Move To Grasshopper
Interview: Harvest Moon Creator Wada Talks About His Surprise Move To Grasshopper
Gamasutra talks with Harvest Moon creator and new Grasshopper Manufacture COO Yasuhiro Wada about his surprise move to Suda 51's firm, and his plans "to make original new IP" at the developer.
Oct. 22, 2010
Minecraft Server Hit By DDoS Attack, Update Motive Alleged
Minecraft Server Hit By DDoS Attack, Update Motive Alleged
The home page for recent indie success story Minecraft were hit with a distributed denial of service attack this week, supposedly orchestrated by fans of the game demanding more updates from its creator.
Oct. 22, 2010
Platinum Games In Talks To Extend Sega Partnership
Platinum Games In Talks To Extend Sega Partnership
Vanquish developer Platinum Games is in talks with Sega to extend the companies' recently-ended deal, which gave Sega the rights to Platinum-created IP, according to Atsushi Inaba.
Oct. 22, 2010
Team Ninja's Hayashi Excited About 3D, Motion Control Potential
Team Ninja's Hayashi Excited About 3D, Motion Control Potential
Team Ninja head Yosuke Hayashi (Dead Or Alive 3DS) tells Gamasutra that new tech like Nintendo's handheld is vital to success -- suggesting developers should
Oct. 22, 2010
Kabam Continues Rapid Expansion With Wonderhill Acquisition
Kabam Continues Rapid Expansion With Wonderhill Acquisition
Kingdoms of Camelot developer Kabam added a new team to its already rapidly expanding operations with its purchase of San Francisco-based social game studio Wonderhill.
Oct. 22, 2010
Blizzcon Keynote Reveals WoW: Cataclysm Pre-Load, Diablo III Details
Blizzcon Keynote Reveals WoW: Cataclysm Pre-Load, Diablo III Details
Blizzard Entertainment announced that consumers who pre-order digital copies of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm can pre-load it in advance -- more Diablo III and StarCraft II details from Blizzcon 2010 within.
Oct. 22, 2010
King's Bounty Developer, Publisher Announce First MMORPG
King's Bounty Developer, Publisher Announce First MMORPG
European publisher 1C Company and developer Katauri Interactive, best known for its recent King's Bounty releases, announced a new MMORPG called Royal Quest releasing for PC in spring 2012.
Oct. 22, 2010
Microsoft Shutting Down In-Game Ad Unit Massive, 'Redeploying' Tech
Microsoft Shutting Down In-Game Ad Unit Massive, 'Redeploying' Tech
Microsoft confirms its in-game advertising unit Massive is set to close, announcing plans to "wind down" its third-party ad business before the end of the year, "redeploying" the technology to its first party ad division.
Oct. 22, 2010
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of October 22
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of October 22
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles across the world and in every major discipline, including opportunities at 5th Cell, Monolith, SCEA, and more.
Oct. 22, 2010
Doctor left 56 patients' data on train
Doctor left 56 patients' data on train
A doctor left documents containing personal and diagnostic information about 56 patients on a train after taking it home to work on after hours.
Oct. 22, 2010
Source code released for Android privacy tool
Source code released for Android privacy tool
Open source developers have released the source code for an Android privacy tool that found 50% of apps tested were sending personal information to advertising companies.
Oct. 22, 2010
Evercookies can be disabled say security experts
Evercookies can be disabled say security experts
It appears that the evercookie – a zombie cookie that can remain after the deletion of cookies from a web browser – can be disabled after all, despite earlier claims by researchers.
Oct. 22, 2010