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Game Culture Advisory Group and Daum Mobage, this week in Korean news
Game Culture Advisory Group and Daum Mobage, this week in Korean news
Gamasutra rounds up the week's biggest reports on South Korea's booming online games market from local news site This Is Game, including the country's new Game Culture Advisory Group, DeNA's Daum Mobage, and more.
March 2, 2012
Jagex suspends sci-fi MMO to focus on other projects
Jagex suspends sci-fi MMO to focus on other projects
Jagex has announced it has halted development on its sci-fi MMO Stellar Dawn, and has refocused its efforts on the upcoming Transformers Universe and the long-running Runescape IP
March 2, 2012
Aeria Games targeting mobile space with aggressive launch schedule
Aeria Games targeting mobile space with aggressive launch schedule
MMO publisher Aeria Games has opened a brand new mobile division in Santa Clara, California, and the company says it has an aggressive plan to launch one to two mobile titles per month.
March 2, 2012
GDC 2012 details hiring opportunities at show
GDC 2012 details hiring opportunities at show
With just a couple of days to go until the Game Developers Conference 2012, show organizers have released a full set of companies hiring at its Career Pavilion, from Kojima Productions to Facebook and beyond.
March 2, 2012
Gamasutra prepares for unprecedented 16th year of live GDC coverage
Gamasutra prepares for unprecedented 16th year of live GDC coverage
All those tweets about San Francisco on your feed can only mean one thing: it's time for the annual Game Developers Conference, and as always, Gamasutra will be there with more coverage than anyone.
March 2, 2012
Mojang, take 2: Scrolls
Mojang, take 2: Scrolls
Will Scrolls be the Minecraft studio's second hit? Lead developer Jakob Porser tells Gamasutra that he's not quite sure, but that the studio wants to "focus on making a game that we ourselves want to play."
March 1, 2012
Opinion: Why accreditation matters
Opinion: Why accreditation matters
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday opinion piece, Blitz Game Studios' technical manager Lee Winder explains why accreditation matters for universities in the UK, and describes the accreditation process.
March 1, 2012
Sony shuts down several long-running online games
Sony shuts down several long-running online games
Sony will shut down the servers for a number of its long-running online multiplayer games later this month, including 2003 PlayStation 2 release EverQuest Online Adventures.
March 1, 2012
Frogster co-founder Dirk Weyel joins racing game studio Eutechnyx
Frogster co-founder Dirk Weyel joins racing game studio Eutechnyx
Racing game studio Eutechnyx has appointed Dirk Weyel, former co-founder and COO of Berlin-headquartered MMO publisher Frogster Interactive, as a non-executive director and member of the board.
March 1, 2012
Strong Activision Blizzard results boost parent company Vivendi's fiscal profits
Strong Activision Blizzard results boost parent company Vivendi's fiscal profits
Activision Blizzard majority shareholder Vivendi posted financial results for the full 2011 fiscal year, noting a rise in profits year-over-year thanks in part to "excellent results" from its Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 subsidiary.
March 1, 2012
Autodesk to showcase new product updates at GDC 2012
Autodesk to showcase new product updates at GDC 2012
California-based software giant Autodesk has revealed that it will showcase new versions of its middleware products at GDC 2012 next week, spanning new sulutions for mobile development to refined tools for game AI.
March 1, 2012
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Draw Something emerges as top seller
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Draw Something emerges as top seller
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Draw Something and DragonVale earning top iPhone sales, while Smurfs' Village and Modern War emerge as big sellers on the iPad.
Feb. 29, 2012