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SecretBuilders Acquires Dizzywood, Absorbing Users
SecretBuilders Acquires Dizzywood, Absorbing Users
Kid-targeted virtual world SecretBuilders announced that it's acquired the assets of Dizzywood, another online world for children, and will attempt to migrate Dizzywood's users to its site.
Dec. 20, 2010
Need For Speed: World Surpasses 3 Million Users
Need For Speed: World Surpasses 3 Million Users
Electronic Arts has announced that Need for Speed: World, the free-to-play online edition of its long-running action racing franchise, has reached more than three million registered users since launching in July.
Dec. 20, 2010
Best Of Indie Games: Man's Best Friend
Best Of Indie Games: Man's Best Friend
IndieGames.com co-editor Tim W. looks at some of the top indie titles released over the past week, including a pair of entries from the latest Casual Gameplay Design Competition and a game about being stood up by your date.
Dec. 20, 2010
Tron Creator: Video Games Offer Test Bed For Hollywood's 'Far Out' Ideas
Tron Creator: Video Games Offer Test Bed For Hollywood's 'Far Out' Ideas
Video games offer a "visual and a narrative test bed" on which Hollywood can experiment with some of its more "far out" ideas, says Steve Lisberger, producer of the Disney blockbuster Tron: Legacy.
Dec. 20, 2010
2011 Independent Games Festival Reveals Nuovo Award Finalists
2011 Independent Games Festival Reveals Nuovo Award Finalists
Independent Games Festival organizers have announced the finalists for the 2011 IGF Nuovo prize for "abstract, short-form and unconventional game development", to be showcased at GDC 2011 next March.
Dec. 20, 2010
Nexon: Next-Gen MMORPGs Will Be More Action-Oriented
Nexon: Next-Gen MMORPGs Will Be More Action-Oriented
Eun-Seok Yi, director for Nexon's free-to-play game Vindictus, tells Gamasutra MMORPGs are becoming more "action-oriented," as opposed with current offerings in w
Dec. 20, 2010
IGDA To Award Student GDC Scholarships
IGDA To Award Student GDC Scholarships
The International Game Developers Association, in association with Game Developers Conference organizers, will once again award All-Access GDC passes to 25 students who have an interest in a career in game development.
Dec. 20, 2010
Gamers Hit 1.3 Billion Halo: Reach Matches
Gamers Hit 1.3 Billion Halo: Reach Matches
Between its September 14 launch date through December 10, gamers played over 1.3 billion games of Halo: Reach, says Bungie, revealing an eclectic variety of fun player stats with a new infographic.
Dec. 20, 2010
Major League Gaming Gets $10M Funding Round
Major League Gaming Gets $10M Funding Round
Competitive gaming league Major League Gaming says it'll soon close a $10 million funding round thanks to a private equity firm focused on its target demographic, and that it's now raised $52.5 million to date.
Dec. 20, 2010
Wall Street Journal Examines Angry Birds, Bejeweled In iPhone Privacy Report
Wall Street Journal Examines Angry Birds, Bejeweled In iPhone Privacy Report
A new Wall Street Journal report is causing some trouble for Angry Birds developer Rovio and Bejeweled house PopCap -- claiming the games share users' personal data with third parties.
Dec. 20, 2010
Symantec researcher spots C&C botnet toolkit in the wild
Symantec researcher spots C&C botnet toolkit in the wild
Security researchers from Symantec claim to have spotted a new crimeware toolkit being sold in the underground marketplace. The toolkit – known as Dream Loader – generates a trojan that is exclusively used to distribute malware.
Dec. 20, 2010
The Year In Review: Game Biz Analysts On The Best Happenings Of 2010
The Year In Review: Game Biz Analysts On The Best Happenings Of 2010
Gamasutra asked a half-dozen of the most notable game industry analysts about the best and worst things to happen to the game industry this year -- with some intriguing and unexpected responses.
Dec. 17, 2010