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In-Depth: How OpenFeint Aims To Become A 'Modern-Day Social Network'
In-Depth: How OpenFeint Aims To Become A 'Modern-Day Social Network'
OpenFeint's Ethan Fasset and founder Jason Citron discuss plans to become a "modern day social network" for mobile devices, adding features to attract social and free-to-play app developers.
Aug. 31, 2011
Feature: The Real World Of Warcraft Cataclysm -- Subscriber Loss?
Feature: The Real World Of Warcraft Cataclysm -- Subscriber Loss?
Gamasutra's latest feature examines the drop in World of Warcraft subscribers post-Cataclysm -- and lead systems designer Greg Street says "we strug
Aug. 31, 2011
Yakuza Creator Forms Dedicated Studio, Reveals Yakuza 5
Yakuza Creator Forms Dedicated Studio, Reveals Yakuza 5
Yakuza and Super Monkey Ball creator Toshihiro Nagoshi has formed a new Japanese studio that will focus on developing future Yakuza titles, while he revealed that Yakuza 5 is currently in development.
Aug. 31, 2011
Zynga Reveals Next Social Title Adventure World
Zynga Reveals Next Social Title Adventure World
Social games giant Zynga has revealed its next Facebook title Adventure World, a social puzzle game that revolves around exploring a variety of world locations co-operatively with friends.
Aug. 31, 2011
Best of GameSetWatch: From Puzzle Bobble Online To Transformers Pinball
Best of GameSetWatch: From Puzzle Bobble Online To Transformers Pinball
Gamasutra's alt video game blog GameSetWatch, rounds up this week's offbeat news, including a social online Puzzle Bobble release in Korea and a looks at the Transformers pinball trailer
Aug. 31, 2011
Opinion: Six Elemental Questions To Find Out Just About Everything
Opinion: Six Elemental Questions To Find Out Just About Everything
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Vostu game designer Raul Aliaga Diaz looks at how one can apply the six elemental questions, or the Five Ws (and one H), for their game projects and studio.
Aug. 31, 2011
R&D Expenses Keep Gameloft Flat On First Half Profits
R&D Expenses Keep Gameloft Flat On First Half Profits
Prolific mobile game publisher Gameloft (Order & Chaos Online) has reported a breakdown of its financial results for the first half of 2011, with a flat $7.6 million profit on increased revenue.
Aug. 31, 2011
Sega-Sponsored Indie Games Arcade To Feature 12 Titles
Sega-Sponsored Indie Games Arcade To Feature 12 Titles
Eurogamer has announced the twelve games that will be displayed at the Indie Games Arcade section of its upcoming Eurogamer Expo, all of which will be showcased and playable on the main floor.
Aug. 31, 2011
China Sees 12.6% Growth In Q2 Online Gaming Revenues
China Sees 12.6% Growth In Q2 Online Gaming Revenues
Total revenues for online games in China grew 12% to $1.35 billion in the second quarter of 2011, according to recently-published research, with Tencent the clear leader over Shanda and NetEase.
Aug. 31, 2011
Hitman Dev IO Interactive Licenses Cloth Simulator Shroud
Hitman Dev IO Interactive Licenses Cloth Simulator Shroud
IO Interactive's upcoming Hitman: Absolution will use CloakWorks' Shroud for real-time dynamic interactive clothing and soft-body physics effects, the company revealed.
Aug. 31, 2011
Firms should take coordinated response to hacktivists, ISF advises
Firms should take coordinated response to hacktivists, ISF advises
Organizations should ensure that their information security, public relations, and legal departments coordinate their response to a hacktivist attack, recommends Greg Nowak with the Information Security Forum (ISF).
Aug. 31, 2011
Northumbria Police Authority website defaced, fixed, but the hack lives on in Google's cache
Northumbria Police Authority website defaced, fixed, but the hack lives on in Google's cache
The website of the Northumbria Police Authority was hacked recently but, according to Chris Boyd, a senior researcher with GFI Software, the hack lives on in Google's search caches.
Aug. 31, 2011