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It seems like another epidemic of indiscriminate account hacking is picking up steam. The recent LinkedIn security breach is followed by another break-in, this time targeting Riot Games and its hugely popular League of Legends. Riot's EU West, EU Nordic and East account databases have been … [Read more...] about European League of Legends Accounts Hacked, No Financial Information Taken

British retailer ShopTo estimates the WiiU's price at £280, with projected cost per game at around £40. The figure is very much in alignment both with an earlier report from Japanese publication Nikkei, as well as previous hints from Nintendo. "The first thing I would say is we focus on value," … [Read more...] about Wii U Estimated Price Around £280

The last days of Kingdoms of Amalur developer 38 Studios have come and gone following its failure to repay a government-backed loan. As a result, both the company and its intellectual property (IP) are now the property of the state of Rhode Island. The good news is that the studio's assets are said … [Read more...] about Amalur Dev 38 Studios Liquidated By Rhode Island For “Tens Of Millions”

Despite not even releasing its first F2P game yet, Crytek, the studio behind the visual benchmark and occasional FPS Crysis, has announced that following the wrap-up of projects currently in development, it will be switching exclusively to an F2P business model. The studio is currently working on … [Read more...] about Crysis Developer Switching Exclusively To Free To Play After Crysis 3

As multi-million dollar blockbuster releases take a back seat to smaller projects with less risk, the AAA franchises that survive do so by finding other ways of spreading mounting costs. Assassin's Creed, for instance, did it by quickly knocking up the subpar Brotherhood and Revelations, both of … [Read more...] about Assassin’s Creed 3 Made Possible By Other Yearly Sequels