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Analyst: Mobile Game Ad Spending To Increase Tenfold By 2015
Analyst: Mobile Game Ad Spending To Increase Tenfold By 2015
A new Juniper Research report sees spending on mobile game ads increasing by more than 900 percent in the next five years, though ad spending will still pale in comparison to direct player spending.
Jan. 6, 2011
Turbine: Lord of the Rings Online Revenues Tripled As Free-To-Play Game
Turbine: Lord of the Rings Online Revenues Tripled As Free-To-Play Game
Turbine's massively-multiplayer Lord of the Rings Online is bringing in three times as much revenue as a free-to-play title than it did as a subscription-based title, the company has revealed.
Jan. 6, 2011
THQ's Homefront Will Use Online Pass To Limit Secondhand Multiplayer
THQ's Homefront Will Use Online Pass To Limit Secondhand Multiplayer
THQ's upcoming first-person shooter Homefront will have somewhat limited online features for players that don't purchase a new copy or buy a $10 Online Pass add-on.
Jan. 6, 2011
Toys R Us: Video Games Part Of 'Weakest' Holiday Sales Category
Toys R Us: Video Games Part Of 'Weakest' Holiday Sales Category
Toys R Us revealed today that the entertainment category, made primarily of video game hardware and software, was the company's weakest sales performer during the 2010 holiday season.
Jan. 6, 2011
Tapjoy Raises $21M To Accelerate Growth
Tapjoy Raises $21M To Accelerate Growth
Social app and game monetization firm Tapjoy, formerly Offerpal, has secured $21 million in a new round of financing led by Rho Ventures for its payment platform, distribution and notification services.
Jan. 6, 2011
UTV True Games Takes Over Mytheon Development From Petroglyph
UTV True Games Takes Over Mytheon Development From Petroglyph
Following a lawsuit last year between the two companies, publisher UTV True Games has announced that its own internal studio in Beijing will take over development for upcoming MMORPG Mytheon from Petroglyph Games.
Jan. 6, 2011
Zynga Acquires 'Social Web Browser' Company Flock
Zynga Acquires 'Social Web Browser' Company Flock
"Social web browser" company Flock announced that it has been purchased by FarmVille developer Zynga, marking the latter's eighth studio acquisition in as many months.
Jan. 6, 2011
Microsoft Debuts New XBLA, Windows Phone Game Slate At CES
Microsoft Debuts New XBLA, Windows Phone Game Slate At CES
Microsoft has detailed five downloadable games set to comprise the second annual Xbox LIVE 'Arcade House Party' including Torchlight and Beyond Good and Evil, as well as a handful of Xbox LIVE games for Windows Phone 7.
Jan. 6, 2011
Panda Security reports one-third of malware was created in 2010
Panda Security reports one-third of malware was created in 2010
Panda Security's research arm, Panda Labs, claims that 34% of all malware ever created was coded/created during 2010.
Jan. 6, 2011
Australian government security agency warns on 'virtual crime' trend
Australian government security agency warns on 'virtual crime' trend
The Australian Crime Commission (ACC), a government security agency, is reporting on a new fraud trend that the country's national criminal intelligence agency calls 'virtual crime'.
Jan. 6, 2011
Most people who sell their old mobiles don't clear personal data
Most people who sell their old mobiles don't clear personal data
Just over three quarters of the UK population have sold on old mobile phones, but only 31% wiped all personal information before selling, a survey has revealed.
Jan. 6, 2011
Scottish court records discovered at recycling bank
Scottish court records discovered at recycling bank
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has found the Scottish Court Service in breach of the Data Protection Act for failing to prevent court documents containing personal data being accidentally disposed of at a local recycling bank in Glasgow.
Jan. 6, 2011