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Cloud App Service Spoon Entering Streaming Gaming Market
Cloud App Service Spoon Entering Streaming Gaming Market
Cloud-based application host and server virtualization company Spoon has launched its own cloud-based game service, offering 200 games that can be played without installation through a browser-based plug-in.
March 15, 2011
More Japanese Publishers Delay Releases, Aid Relief Efforts In Earthquake's Wake
More Japanese Publishers Delay Releases, Aid Relief Efforts In Earthquake's Wake
Titles including Nintendo's Steel Diver and Konami's Powerful Golf are being delayed in Japan as companies including Capcom, Sega Sammy and Tecmo Koei also pledge donations to earthquake relief.
March 15, 2011
EA: Nearly 1.5M Have Registered Interest In The Old Republic Beta
EA: Nearly 1.5M Have Registered Interest In The Old Republic Beta
Close to 1.5 million people have signed up to be potential beta testers for EA's Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO, a game the company thinks has the potential to greatly expand the existing MMO market.
March 15, 2011
Doodle Jump Reaches 10M Downloads, Kinect, iPad Versions Coming
Doodle Jump Reaches 10M Downloads, Kinect, iPad Versions Coming
Nearly two years after its initial release on the iOS App Store, Doodle Jump has been downloaded over 10 million times according to developer Lima Sky, with new versions planned for Kinect and iPad in the future.
March 15, 2011
THQ Stock Price Down 25% Amid Poor Reviews For Homefront Release
THQ Stock Price Down 25% Amid Poor Reviews For Homefront Release
Nasdaq traders exchanged over 6.9 million shares of THQ stock -- more than four times the daily average -- in a day that saw the stock's price drop nearly 26 percent to $4.40 per share.
March 15, 2011
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Dragon Age Criticisms To Making Games For Kids
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Dragon Age Criticisms To Making Games For Kids
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, including criticisms of Dragon Age: Origins' game world, and why children's games deserve more attention.
March 15, 2011
In-Depth: PlayStation Network Sales Analysis, January 2011
In-Depth: PlayStation Network Sales Analysis, January 2011
GamerBytes editor Ryan Langley examines PlayStation Network's debuts and successes during January 2011, using leaderboard and chart data to analyze their sales and downloads.
March 15, 2011
Analysis: U.S. Software Attach Rates For Xbox 360, PS3 Reveal HD Console Trends
Analysis: U.S. Software Attach Rates For Xbox 360, PS3 Reveal HD Console Trends
As publishers appear to increase investment in HD consoles, Gamasutra's Matt Matthews delves into attach rates for HD consoles Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, examinin
March 15, 2011
Sega, Puzzle Pirates Dev Announce Free-To-Play Online Game
Sega, Puzzle Pirates Dev Announce Free-To-Play Online Game
Sega of America and Three Rings (Puzzle Pirates, Doctor Who: Worlds in Time) announced Spiral Knights, a new free-to-play multiplayer online action adventure game launching this spring.
March 15, 2011
Idappcom blames WikiLeaks hacktivists for SpyEye DDoS enhancements
Idappcom blames WikiLeaks hacktivists for SpyEye DDoS enhancements
The blame for a DDoS enhancement to the infamous SpyEye banking trojan has been laid firmly at the door of the Anonymous WikiLeaks-inspired group of hackivists by Idappcom.
March 15, 2011
Online survey scam spreading on Twitter
Online survey scam spreading on Twitter
Reports are coming in that a scam is circulating on Twitter, claiming to be a simple survey, but potentially dropping a range of rogue applications on to users' PCs, as well as spreading virally to other users of the service.
March 15, 2011
Banks add anti-skimming devices to ATMs
Banks add anti-skimming devices to ATMs
It looks as though banks are adding a new generation of anti-skimming devices to ATMs, in a bid to help prevent users' cards and their PINs from being compromised. But it seems that the retrofitted devices are causing confusion amongst ATM users, who are - quite understandably - mistaking the devices for fraudulent skimming devices.
March 15, 2011