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Aion Publisher NCsoft Sees Profit Decline In First Quarter
Aion Publisher NCsoft Sees Profit Decline In First Quarter
Seoul, South Korea-based MMO publisher NCsoft has posted financial results for the first quarter of the 2011 fiscal year, with a 30 percent profit decline as Aion and Lineage revenues stall.
May 17, 2011
$199 Xperia Play Launching In U.S. Next Week
$199 Xperia Play Launching In U.S. Next Week
After numerous delays, Sony Ericsson's first PlayStation-certified phone, the Xperia Play, is set to launch in the U.S. on May 26, with exclusive carrier Verizon Wireless taking pre-orders starting Thursday.
May 17, 2011
Loyalize Acquires Transformers Dev Savage Entertainment
Loyalize Acquires Transformers Dev Savage Entertainment
Developer Savage Entertainment has been acquired by interactive firm Loyalize, as Savage's Tim Morten tells Gamasutra of an industry shift to "large-budget marquee titles, and low-budget social/mobile titles", with little in between.
May 17, 2011
Atari Shows Smaller Net Loss After Cryptic Divestment
Atari Shows Smaller Net Loss After Cryptic Divestment
Atari showed a smaller net loss despite lower revenue for the 2010/11 fiscal year thanks to decreased expenses and the just-announced divestm
May 17, 2011
Atari To Divest Champions Online Developer Cryptic Studios
Atari To Divest Champions Online Developer Cryptic Studios
As part of a new earnings report, Atari announced it is divesting of its interest in Champions Online developer Cryptic Studios, calling the development house a "discontinued operation" as of March 31.
May 17, 2011
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Player Agency To Living The Indie Life
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Player Agency To Living The Indie Life
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, including complex design, player choice, and tips for living an indie lifestyle.
May 17, 2011
Interview: Killing Floor's Tripwire Interactive Finds Influence In Indies
Interview: Killing Floor's Tripwire Interactive Finds Influence In Indies
Alan Wilson, VP of Tripwire Interactive, tells Gamasutra about publishing indies The Ball and Dwarfs!?, and explains how this influenced development of the studio's own projects.
May 17, 2011
Former Turbine Exec Jason Bell Joins Secret Kingdom Online's Globex
Former Turbine Exec Jason Bell Joins Secret Kingdom Online's Globex
Secret Kingdom Online developer and publisher Globex Studios has appointed MMO veteran and former Turbine executive Jason Bell to oversee its publishing initiatives, the company said.
May 17, 2011
Sony CEO Howard Stringer Defends Network Attack Response Time
Sony CEO Howard Stringer Defends Network Attack Response Time
A candid Howard Stringer has spoken publicly about last month's cyber attack on Sony's servers, defending the company's response time for alerting its customers as being faster than historic examples.
May 17, 2011
Report: Netflix On Consoles Leads Bandwidth Usage In America
Report: Netflix On Consoles Leads Bandwidth Usage In America
Nearly 20 percent of peak hour downstream traffic in North America is used for streaming video over Netflix through a home video game console, representing the most usage of any source, according to a report.
May 17, 2011
Interview: Beautiful, Creative El Shaddai Is Daring To Be Weird
Interview: Beautiful, Creative El Shaddai Is Daring To Be Weird
Ignition Entertainment's Shane Bettenhausen discusses the "purely creative" goals of El Shaddai, and his enthusiasm for a title that refreshingly couldn't seem to care less about what the rest of the market is doing.
May 17, 2011
Average cost of data breach for Australian firms reached $2 million
Average cost of data breach for Australian firms reached $2 million
The average cost of a data breach for Australian companies was $2 million in 2010, according to a survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of Symantec’s Australia unit.
May 17, 2011