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Sesame Street's YouTube channel hit by porn upload hack
Sesame Street's YouTube channel hit by porn upload hack
The YouTube channel of Sesame Street – the puppet comedy series that launched the career of Jim Henson and his muppets, as well as amusing millions of kids over the years – was hit by a porn hacking attack on Sunday.
Oct. 17, 2011
Who’s watching the watchdog? SEC admits to possible data breach
Who’s watching the watchdog? SEC admits to possible data breach
At the same time that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was preparing corporate guidelines for cybersecurity risk disclosure, the securities market watchdog was informing its employees that their personal brokerage account information may have been compromised by a contractor.
Oct. 17, 2011
Reminder: 24 Hours To 2012 IGF Main Competition Deadline
Reminder: 24 Hours To 2012 IGF Main Competition Deadline
Organizers are reminding of 24 hours to go until the October 17th Main Competition deadline for the much awaited 2012 Independent Games Festival, with over 250 games already submitted.
Oct. 16, 2011
Interview: The Artist is Present Questions 'Can Art Be Games?'
Interview: The Artist is Present Questions 'Can Art Be Games?'
Plenty of games have been positioned as art, but what happens when a work of art is turned into a game? Developer Pippin Barr talks to Gamasutra about his video game version of Abramovic's The Artist Is Present.
Oct. 14, 2011
Best Of Indie Games: Running Mega Men
Best Of Indie Games: Running Mega Men
Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released recently, including Nitrome's retro-inspired arcade game and a 2D platformer filled with strange doodles
Oct. 14, 2011
Saling The World: Just Dance 3, Forza Motorsport 4 Top Worldwide Charts
Saling The World: Just Dance 3, Forza Motorsport 4 Top Worldwide Charts
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled Amazon.com charts find Just Dance 3 and Forza Motorsport 4 leading multiplatform sales in the U.S. and the UK, while Just Dance Wii heads the week's results in Japan.
Oct. 14, 2011
Top iPad Game Apps: Scribblenauts Remix Heads Platform Sales
Top iPad Game Apps: Scribblenauts Remix Heads Platform Sales
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with 5th Cell's Scribblenauts Remix among the platform's top downloads.
Oct. 14, 2011
Zynga Stock To Be Listed On NASDAQ
Zynga Stock To Be Listed On NASDAQ
In a new filing with the SEC, social gaming giant Zynga has indicated its upcoming initial public stock offering will be listed on the tech-heavy NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol ZNGA.
Oct. 14, 2011
THQ, Others Offer Free Game Downloads For Charity Promotion
THQ, Others Offer Free Game Downloads For Charity Promotion
Game publishers THQ, Encore and inXile are teaming up to offer five casual PC titles as free downloads, in order to attract attention and donations that will go towards care packages for members of the U.S. military.
Oct. 14, 2011
EA Considering Closure Of Harry Potter Dev Bright Light
EA Considering Closure Of Harry Potter Dev Bright Light
Publisher Electronic Arts says it has entered into talks with the members of Guildford-based Bright Light Studios, makers of the company's most recent licensed Harry Potter games, in advance of a potential closure.
Oct. 14, 2011
Namco Bandai Reveals Tales of Kizna, First Social Game In Popular RPG Series
Namco Bandai Reveals Tales of Kizna, First Social Game In Popular RPG Series
Namco Bandai announced today that the next game in its popular Tales RPG series will be a social game, available via DeNA's Japanese mobile social gaming network Mobage.
Oct. 14, 2011
Zoe Mode/Kuju's Ste Curran Leaves To Start Volunteer Project
Zoe Mode/Kuju's Ste Curran Leaves To Start Volunteer Project
Kuju (Crush) creative director Ste Curran has left the company after more than five years, to focus on a new game project called Secret Crush that he hopes will be "fresh, exciting and fun."
Oct. 14, 2011