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Heavy Rain Tops Game Trading Site's Most Requested List For 2010
Heavy Rain Tops Game Trading Site's Most Requested List For 2010
Game-trading site Goozex says Heavy Rain was the game most requested by its users in 2010, suggesting interest in the title well beyond those willing to buy the game outright.
Jan. 11, 2011
EA Sports Launches PGA Tour Golf Challenge On Facebook
EA Sports Launches PGA Tour Golf Challenge On Facebook
EA Sports announced the launch of PGA Tour Golf Challenge, a Unity3D-based, free-to-play version of its long-running golf game franchise that's been tailored for casual audiences, on Facebook.
Jan. 11, 2011
Yoshida: Final Fantasy XIV Online Team Working To 'Regain Trust'
Yoshida: Final Fantasy XIV Online Team Working To 'Regain Trust'
Naoki Yoshida, newly-appointed director of troubled MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV Online has said that the key for the new team is "regaining customer trust" through UI fixes, better tutorials and clearer in-game terminology.
Jan. 11, 2011
Interview: Ubisoft's Key Talks Just Dance 2's New 5M Unit Milestone
Interview: Ubisoft's Key Talks Just Dance 2's New 5M Unit Milestone
Ubisoft's Just Dance 2 for Wii has sold through 5 million units -- it's now a 10 million-unit brand overall, and the company's Tony Key tells Gamasutra why Ubisoft's betting on dance games as "the new face of the music genre."
Jan. 11, 2011
IndieGames.com's Top Freeware Shoot 'Em Ups 2010
IndieGames.com's Top Freeware Shoot 'Em Ups 2010
IndieGames.com: The Weblog continues its countdown of the best independent and freeware games of 2010 looking at the top freeware shoot 'em ups of the year from Action Escape Kitty to student-made Destroy the Brain.
Jan. 11, 2011
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata To Keynote GDC 2011
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata To Keynote GDC 2011
Organizers have revealed that Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, will keynote this March's 2011 Game Developers Conference, discussing the last 25 years of Nintendo games and the future of the biz.
Jan. 11, 2011
Christmas/New Year malware saw a surge of themed malware attacks
Christmas/New Year malware saw a surge of themed malware attacks
The latest analysis of Christmas and New Year malware attacks claims to show that cybercriminals took advantage of the holiday shutdown to stage a series of themed attacks.
Jan. 11, 2011
Statistics Canada mum on data breaches involving Canadian citizens
Statistics Canada mum on data breaches involving Canadian citizens
Statistics Canada has experienced a number of recent data breaches that have exposed sensitive information of Canadian citizens, but has failed to report the breaches publicly, according to internal agency documents.
Jan. 11, 2011
University of Maine invests $2.6 million to close information security gaps
University of Maine invests $2.6 million to close information security gaps
The University of Maine will spend $2.6 million over the next three years to beef up information security following a data breach last year that exposed personal information on 4585 students and alumni who had visited the university’s counseling center.
Jan. 11, 2011
Heading for disaster: small and mid-sized firms are not prepared
Heading for disaster: small and mid-sized firms are not prepared
Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are not taking the steps necessary to prepare for a disaster or substantial data loss, according to a survey sponsored by Symantec.
Jan. 11, 2011
Vodafone Australia customer details sold to criminals
Vodafone Australia customer details sold to criminals
Vodafone Australia may face a class action for breach of privacy after it confirmed that its customers' details may have been sold to criminals.
Jan. 11, 2011
CES 2011 Attracts 140,000 Attendees
CES 2011 Attracts 140,000 Attendees
Las Vegas' increasingly gaming-friendly CES event was able to draw in 140,000 industry professionals last week, according to preliminary figures from conference organizers.
Jan. 10, 2011