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Suit Alleges Sony Laid Off Network Security Employees Just Before PSN Breach
Suit Alleges Sony Laid Off Network Security Employees Just Before PSN Breach
A class action filed against Sony over the PSN breach alleges that the company fired "a significant number" of workers just prior to the cyber attack -- including network security personnel.
June 24, 2011
Ignition Lays Off Console Devs In Austin
Ignition Lays Off Console Devs In Austin
A company rep for Ignition Games confirmed to Gamasutra that the publisher laid off a console game development team at its Austin studio, just as the firm announced a new North American headquarters in California.
June 24, 2011
Ignition Games Opens New California Office
Ignition Games Opens New California Office
Ignition Games on Friday confirmed that it opened a new North American headquarters in Marina Del Rey, CA, where the company will execute publishing duties for adventure game El Shaddai.
June 24, 2011
Interview: Pocket Gems CEO On Seeking New Creative Horizons
Interview: Pocket Gems CEO On Seeking New Creative Horizons
In this Q&A with Pocket Gems CEO Daniel Terry, Gamasutra discovers why and how the Tap Zoo creator has set its sights on "being the dominant free-to-play player for mobile."
June 24, 2011
Indie Coder Ports Bungie's Marathon To iPad
Indie Coder Ports Bungie's Marathon To iPad
A free version of Bungie's classic Macintosh first-person shooter Marathon will be coming to the iPad soon, the company announced today, thanks to a port from a fan and indie coder.
June 24, 2011
Graphics Test Finds HTML5 Struggles Against Flash On Android
Graphics Test Finds HTML5 Struggles Against Flash On Android
A new benchmark test performed on a variety of Android mobile devices finds HTML5 struggling to match the performances of Adobe's Flash player in rendering many types of graphics and video seen in games.
June 24, 2011
Sony Apologizes For Continuing Japanese PlayStation Store Downtime
Sony Apologizes For Continuing Japanese PlayStation Store Downtime
Sony has issued a short notice apologizing to PlayStation Store users in Japan for continued service downtime that has persisted since hackers compromised user data in April.
June 24, 2011
This Week In Korean Online Gaming News: From Sudden Attack To New Bills
This Week In Korean Online Gaming News: From Sudden Attack To New Bills
Gamasutra rounds up the week's biggest reports on South Korea's booming online games market from local news site This Is Game, this time looking at Sudden Attack and proposed legislation.
June 24, 2011
Sony Online To Shut Down Star Wars Galaxies
Sony Online To Shut Down Star Wars Galaxies
As EA and BioWare get ready to launch The Old Republic, Sony Online announced Friday that the original Star Wars MMO, Star Wars Galaxies, will go offline permanently in December.
June 24, 2011
Popular iOS Game Cut the Rope Debuts On Android
Popular iOS Game Cut the Rope Debuts On Android
ZeptoLab's popular iOS physics puzzle game Cut the Rope made the transition to Android devices Friday as a free, ad-supported app, courtesy of independent app store GetJar.
June 24, 2011
iOS 5 jailbreak may block pirate software says developer
iOS 5 jailbreak may block pirate software says developer
Users of the Installous software - an extensible code environment for jailbroken Apple iPhones - could be in for a shock if they are thinking of upgrading to a jailbroken version of iOS5, which is already doing the rounds of the iPhone cognoscenti.
June 24, 2011
ChronoPay co-founder allegedly linked to DDoS attacks
ChronoPay co-founder allegedly linked to DDoS attacks
The reputation of the Russian ChronoPay e-money service has taken a further battering after a security researcher linked the co-founder of the service - who has apparently fled from Russia - with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a competitor.
June 24, 2011