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Social games company earnings at five cents a share, but GAAP earnings down

Brazilian social games company terminates an unspecified number of employees

Valve’s Gabe Newell sent out a notification today warning patrons of the company’s digital distribution service Steam that hackers may have obtained a copy of a file containing payment transaction details dated 2004-2008. "This backup file contained user names, email addresses, encrypted billing addresses and encrypted credit card information. It …

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Bethesda has released a content editor for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, along with a bonus texture pack that gives the Nord homeland even more detail. The high-res texture pack revamps the look of characters, buildings and the environment, making everything sharper. It requires Windows 7 or Vista, 4GB of …

Facebook games group denies culture of kleptomania

Trion Worlds has expanded the trial version of its flagship MMO, essentially making the game free-to-play. Rift Lite drops the time limit and lets new players enjoy the the game for free until they reach level 20. If they enjoy the game, they can sign up for full membership, with …

More than 250m users have signed up for Bigpoint’s free-to-play PC browser games in the ten years it has been producing them. The online games giant now has over 1,000 game portals across social networks and media sites. Plus, a quarter of a million new players are drawn to its …

Online kingpin could submit papers within a matter of days

The proposed collaboration between Danish toy giant LEGO and indie smash hit Minecraft is officially go. The joint venture was first mentioned last year when Minecraft was nominated on the LEGO CUUSOO site. It quickly gained the 10,000 online supporters needed for further consideration and has now been approved for …