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EA Expands Fan Voting Program For Madden NFL Cover Athlete
EA Expands Fan Voting Program For Madden NFL Cover Athlete
EA is once again asking fans to pick the cover athlete that will grace the cover of this year's Madden football title, expanding a public voting program started last year.
March 21, 2011
White-Hat Hacker Helps Solve Rift Security Exploit
White-Hat Hacker Helps Solve Rift Security Exploit
A player of Trion Worlds' Rift MMO has helped the development team identify and patch a security hole that opened up to 1 percent of user accounts to hijacking and griefing.
March 21, 2011
Nexon Invests $5 Million In Social Developer A Bit Lucky
Nexon Invests $5 Million In Social Developer A Bit Lucky
Social game start-up A Bit Lucky, creators of Facebook game Lucky Train, raised $5 million in a Series A round of funding lead by free-to-play online game publisher Nexon America.
March 21, 2011
Shift 2 Dev Slightly Mad Talks New Social, Mobile Offshoot
Shift 2 Dev Slightly Mad Talks New Social, Mobile Offshoot
Slightly Mad Studios (Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed) has formed new social and mobile "offshoot" Gamagio. [UPDATE: Gamasutra speaks with the studio's biz dev director.]
March 21, 2011
Konno: Nintendo 'Not Worried' About 3DS Competing With Mobile Game Prices
Konno: Nintendo 'Not Worried' About 3DS Competing With Mobile Game Prices
3DS project lead Hideki Konno tells Gamasutra that Nintendo is "not worried about competing at a price point level" with free and $1 mobile games, arguing the company wo
March 21, 2011
DoD works with industry on automated network intrusion defense system
DoD works with industry on automated network intrusion defense system
The Department of Defense (DoD) is working with the private sector to develop an automated network intrusion detection and prevention system for the defense industry, a Pentagon official told Congress last week.
March 21, 2011
Blizzard Readies StarCraft II For Chinese Launch With Open Beta In March
Blizzard Readies StarCraft II For Chinese Launch With Open Beta In March
Open beta testing for Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft II begins in mainland China this month, as the publisher readies to launch the title in the burgeoning Chinese online market.
March 18, 2011
Gears Of War 3, Mortal Kombat, Uncharted 3 Lead In Purchase Intent In U.S., UK
Gears Of War 3, Mortal Kombat, Uncharted 3 Lead In Purchase Intent In U.S., UK
Ipsos OTX MediaCT told Gamasutra that Gears of War 3 leads purchase intent in another month in the U.S. and UK, as gamers also show strong interest in Mortal Kombat and Uncharted 3.
March 18, 2011
More Game Companies Contribute To Japan Quake Relief
More Game Companies Contribute To Japan Quake Relief
More game companies have pledged support of ongoing Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief efforts, including PopCap Games, Hi-Rez Studios, Square Enix and NCsoft.
March 18, 2011
More Jurisdiction Questions Raised In Hotz PS3 Jailbreaking Suit
More Jurisdiction Questions Raised In Hotz PS3 Jailbreaking Suit
PlayStation 3 "jailbreaker" George "Geohot" Hotz accused Sony Computer Entertainment America of "misrepresenting" information to the court, with the hacker disputing the court's jurisdiction.
March 18, 2011
Square Enix Cancels Xbox 360 Exclusive Gun Loco
Square Enix Cancels Xbox 360 Exclusive Gun Loco
Square Enix announced today via its Japanese site that it has cancelled Xbox 360 exclusive action shooter Gun Loco, with no official reason given for cancellation as of yet.
March 18, 2011
In-Depth: The Video Game Violence Debate Heats Up In San Francisco
In-Depth: The Video Game Violence Debate Heats Up In San Francisco
Thursday night in San Francisco, Gamasutra attended a Commonwealth Club-hosted discussion on violent video games and sales regulation, with Leland Yee and others weighing in on the issues.
March 18, 2011