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    by Published on June 19th, 2011 17:57
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    Tired of getting swamped with spam and malware? Just pack your things and catch the next flight to Japan, where computer viruses are now considered illegal. Under the country's new legislation, anyone convicted of creating or distributing viruses could face up to three years in prison, or a maximum fine of ¥500,000 (about $6,200). It's all part of Japan's efforts to comply with the Convention on Cybercrime -- an international treaty that requires member governments to criminalize hacking, child pornography, and other terrible things. Privacy advocates, however, have already raised concerns over some stipulations that would allow investigators to seize data from PCs hooked up to allegedly criminal networks, and to retain any suspicious e-mail logs for up to 60 days. In an attempt to quell these fears, the Judicial Affairs Committee tacked a resolution on to the bill calling for police to exercise these powers only when they really, really need to.

    http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/17/d...e-theyre-ille/ ...
    by Published on June 19th, 2011 08:10
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    Beware, malware. The Windows AutoRun updates for Vista and XP SP3 that Microsoft released in February have so far proven successful in thwarting your file corrupting ways. Although Windows 7 was updated to disable AutoPlay within AutoRun for USB drives -- freezing the ability for a virus to exploit it -- the aforementioned versions had remained vulnerable up until right after January. Fast-forward to the period between February and May of this year, and the updates have reduced the number of incidents by 1.3 million compared to the three months prior for the supported Vista and XP builds. Amazingly, when stacked against May of last year, there was also a 68 percent decline in the amount of incidents reported across all builds of Windows using Microsoft's Malicious Software Remove Tool. There's another fancy graph after the break to help illustrate, and you'll find two more along with a full breakdown by hitting the source link down under.

    http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/18/m...ows-are-numbe/ ...
    by Published on June 16th, 2011 18:55
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    8. PC News,
    9. Xbox 360 News

    Sega's latest entry in the Yakuza franchise has proved a significant hit in Japan, with the PlayStation 3 game selling 298,717 units in its debut week.

    Although it retains many of the same characters as the previous titles, the new game is a more action-orientated spin-off featuring a zombie attack on Tokyo. Despite the strong sales, the debut is still less than that of the more serious-minded Yakuza 3 (372,000 units) and Yakuza 4 (384,000 units).

    Sales in the rest of the chart were as slow as previous weeks, with Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D on 3DS holding onto second place but selling only 15,551 units.

    The second-highest new entry of the week was an anime-themed pachinko game at number six with just 6,808 first week sales.

    Although its chart position is higher than that achieved in the UK individual format charts Red Faction: Armageddon at number nine sold only 5,436 units on PlayStation 3.

    In terms of hardware sales there was little change from the previous week, with the gap between the PSP and 3DS remaining much smaller than previous months. Sony's portable was still the biggest-seller though at 26,681 units to 24,649.

    The success of Yakuza did little to affect PlayStation 3 sales, with only a minor increase to 17,104.

    Last Week This Week Title Format
    New Entry 1 Yakuza Of The End PS3
    1 2 Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D 3DS
    3 3 Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS DS
    4 4 Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional DS
    2 5 One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP 3DS
    New Entry 6 Gekiatsu!! Pachi Game Tamashi Vol. 1: CR Evangelion - Shinjitsu no Tsubasa PSP
    13 7 Wii Party Wii
    7 8 Akiba's Trip PSP
    New Entry 9 Red Faction: Armageddon PS3
    9 10 Patapon 3 PSP
    Platform This Week Last Week
    PSP 26,681 30,155
    3DS 24,649 27,357
    PlayStation 3 17,104 16,510
    Wii 6,357 6,315
    Nintendo DSi XL 5,283 5,452
    Nintendo DSi 5,232 5,187
    Xbox 360 2,370 2,499
    PlayStation 2 1,291 1,228
    Nintendo DS Lite 146 138
    PSPgo 69 62

    http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...apanese-charts ...
    by Published on June 16th, 2011 18:41
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    The rumours were true: Microsoft's released the Kinect beta SDK for Windows, so PC users can now start (officially) dancing and motion-tracking in front of their keyboards.

    Microsoft has been keen to support Kinect development on PC ever since bedroom programmers started cracking the motion sensor and creating all kinds of magic.

    The SDK, which you can download here, features:



    Raw sensor streams
    Access to raw data streams from the depth sensor, color camera sensor, and four-element microphone array enables developers to build upon the low-level streams that are generated by the Kinect sensor.

    Skeletal tracking
    The capability to track the skeleton image of one or two people moving within the Kinect field of view make it easy to create gesture-driven applications.

    Advanced audio capabilities
    Audio processing capabilities include sophisticated acoustic noise suppression and echo cancellation, beam formation to identify the current sound source, and integration with the Windows speech recognition API.

    Sample code and documentation
    The SDK includes more than 100 pages of technical documentation. In addition to built-in help files, the documentation includes detailed walkthroughs for most samples provided with the SDK.

    Easy installation
    The SDK installs quickly, requires no complex configuration, and the complete installer size is less than 100 MB. Developers can get up and running in just a few minutes with a standard standalone Kinect sensor unit (widely available at retail outlets).

    http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS ...
    by Published on June 16th, 2011 00:00
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    Sega's mobster/zombie mash-up Yakuza: Of The End takes the top spot in this week's Japanese sales chart, and by some margin.

    According to the latest Media Create numbers, as reported by Andriasang, the PlayStation 3 exclusive sold 298,717. That's leagues ahead of runner-up Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, which managed 15,551 in its second week on shelves.

    Elsewhere in the chart, Red Faction: Armageddon managed to creep in at number nine, selling 5436 copies.

    Here's the full top 10:

    Yakuza Of The End (Sega, PS3): 298,717 NEW!
    Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D (Capcom, 3DS): 15,551 (Life-to-date: 74,343)
    Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (Pokemon, DS): 11,421 (130,812)
    Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional (Square Enix, DS): 10,526 (530,022)
    One Piece Unlimited Cruise Special (Namco Bandai, 3DS): 8,384 (105,625)
    Gekiatsu!! Pachige Tamashii Portable Vol.1 Evangelion Shinjitsu no Tsubasa (Fields, PSP): 6,808 NEW!
    Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii): 6,243 (1,911,195)
    Akiba's Trip (Acquire, PSP): 5,523 (89,477)
    Red Faction Armageddon (Spike, PS3): 5,436 NEW!
    Patapon 3 (SCEJ, PSP): 5,306 (116,798)
    Yet again, the PSP took the hardware crown, although sales were down from 30,155 last week to 26,681.

    3DS came in second, though sales slipped from 27,357 to 24,649 following a couple of weeks of modest growth.

    Nintendo will be hoping the release of Ocarina of Time 3D this week will push the struggling system back to the top of the pile.

    The full hardware chart played out as follows:

    PSP: 26,681 (Last week: 30,155)
    3DS: 24,649 (27,357)
    PS3: 17,104 (16,510)
    Wii: 6,357 (6,315)
    DSi XL: 5,283 (5,452)
    DSi: 5,232 (5,187)
    Xbox 360: 2,370 (2,499)
    PS2: 1,291 (1,228)
    DS Lite: 146 (138)
    PSP go: 69 (62)

    http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...s-japan-charts ...
    by Published on June 15th, 2011 22:39
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    Amazon offers buy one, get one half-off on select games

    f last week's video game industry festivities filled you with an unquenchable thirst to buy more video games, you should turn your unhealthy impulses towards Amazon. For a limited time, the retailer's offering buy one, get one-half off on a beefy list of 186 titles across various platforms.

    Notable titles eligible for the offer include:
    Killzone 3: Helghast Edition -- $59.99
    Assassin's Creed Brotherhood -- $39.99
    Heavy Rain -- $27.99
    Fallout New Vegas -- $59.99
    Medal of Honor -- $19.97
    Demon's Souls -- $19.73
    Metal Gear Solid 4 -- $19.16

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...96491&plpage=4 ...
    by Published on June 15th, 2011 22:16
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    Electronic Arts has confirmed that it will release more titles digitally exclusive to its Origin service, as well as offer unique content for games sold via Origin to distinguish them from releases on competing services.

    However, the aggressive move isn't a sign EA is ready to ditch its other digital partners such as Direct2Drive and Impulse, as it still intends to reach the widest audience possible through other retailers.

    "We are going to continue to be great partners for our retail channel partners as they evolve their business models to account for digital," Frank Gibeau, president of EA Games, told GamesIndustry.biz.

    "But at the same time you talk about platform exclusives like Halo or Uncharted, EA's going to have some of our own platform exclusives."

    At the same time you talk about platform exclusives like Halo or Uncharted, EA's going to have some of our own platform exclusives
    Frank Gibeau, EA Games
    The publisher has already confirmed forthcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will only be available digitally from Origin, with Gibeau admitting it's using the Bioware title to attract new consumers to the rebooted service.

    "In the case of Star Wars we're trying to build an audience for Origin. And it's also an opportunity for us to better manage the downloads and how we bring people over from the beta and that sort of thing. For a lot of reasons it made sense for an MMO, which is a highly complex deployment.

    "I think long-term you'll see we believe in reach so we will have other digital retailers for out products because we want to reach as many audiences as possible.

    "But at the same time if we can use exclusive content or other ideas to help grow our audience then we're going to do that because we're growing a platform," added Gibeau.

    The recently released Crysis 2 has been removed from Valve's Steam service, and other PC versions of titles including Alice: Madness Returns are being positioned as "only on Origin" on the official website.

    But EA wants to get across the message that Origin is more than a retail site, and will evolve with community features borne from the company's history in games creation.

    "For us it's really about, we're the worldwide leader in packaged goods publishing, we'd like to be the worldwide leader in digital publishing.

    "And we think that EA has unique strengths there related to what we can do with our content, because we're a content creator as well as a retailer in this business. But in general it's not just a retail site, it's a community, it's a platform, it has traits much like you see with Steam or PSN or Xbox Live, but it's unique to EA.

    http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ves-for-origin ...
    by Published on June 14th, 2011 13:11
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    US boxed video game sales in May 2011 totalled $743.1 million, a 14 per cent decline on the same period in 2010 and the lowest since October 2006.

    That's according to data released by the NPD Group, which reported that software sales were down 19 per cent to $375.8 million and hardware down 5 per cent to $228.9 million. Accessories was also down 6 per cent to $114 million.

    "Keeping in mind that these sales figures represent just the new physical portion of the market for video game hardware, software, and accessories and not the growing portion of the industry that is comprised of digital format content distribution, May 2011 was the lowest month of sales for the industry since October 2006," said the company. "A light slate of new releases is at the heart of this month's performance."

    Sales of the PlayStation 3, PSP and Xbox 360 were all up over May 2010, with 360 seeing the highest increase.

    NPD noted that "sales of the 3DS were light, but with next Sunday's release of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, we will begin to see a slate of strong content come to market for the 3DS, which should help to significantly boost sales of hardware during the remainder of 2011."

    "Combined sales of the PS3 and Xbox 360 (HD hardware) are up 28 per cent for the month and 21 per cent year to date. Although the declines in console hardware sales in 2011 are attributable to the Wii, the platform remains the best-selling of this generation at nearly 36 million installed in the US."

    NPD suggested that at the current rate of growth and decline, the Wii will still maintain the lead in the console space, although the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 will have closed the gap. "Of course, new details on hardware introduction could certainly change the picture," added the company.

    During May there were 42 new software SKUs released compared to 58 last year and 72 for May 2009.

    "Keep in mind that purchases of content are increasingly occurring in digital format, and May saw a notable digital release in the second map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops which was titled Escalation. Undoubtedly, this shifted some dollars that might have been spent on new physical content at retail," noted NPD.

    The biggest release of the month was Team Bondi's L.A. Noire, followed by Brink, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, Portal 2 and Mortal Kombat.

    The top ten best sellers for May follow:

    01 L.A. Noire (360, PS3)
    02 Brink (360, PS3, PC)
    03 LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (Wii, 360, DS, 3DS, PS3, PSP, PC)
    04 Portal 2 (360, PS3, PC)
    05 Mortal Kombat (PS3, 360)
    06 Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, Wii, DS, PC)
    07 Zumba Fitness: Join the Party (Wii, 360, PS3)
    08 NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, PC)
    09 Just Dance 2 (Wii)
    10 LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (Wii, DS, 360, PS3, 3DS, PSP, PC)

    http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...e-october-2006 ...
    by Published on June 13th, 2011 18:48
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    3. Xperia Play News

    Sales of indie phenomenon soar ahead of Xperia Play and Kinect release
    More than 2.5 million PC users have picked up a copy of Minecraft to date.
    The sales achievement was revealed by the game’s creator Markus Persson via Twitter, where he said: “2.5 million sales! That’s as much as Diablo 1 and Far Cry, according to Wikipedia.”
    The news comes just days after Microsoft announced a Kinect-compatible version would be coming to Xbox 360 by the end of the year.
    Minecraft is also due for release on mobile devices such as iOS and Android, after a period of exclusivity on Sony’s Xperia Play.

    http://www.mcvuk.com/news/44860/Mine...sses-25m-sales ...
    by Published on June 13th, 2011 15:26
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    Duke Nukem Forever, the FPS which began development fifteen years ago and seemed to have stalled irrevocably several times during development, has debuted at number one in the UK charts despite a Metacritic rating of just 50 per cent on Xbox 360 - its leading platform by sales.

    The game sold 56 per cent of its copies for the 360, six per cent of which were the £64.99 special edition version. It pushes L.A. Noire, also from publisher Take-Two down into second place for the first time since its release. Sales of L.A. Noire dropped by 54 per cent from last week.

    505 Games' multi-platform workout game, Zumba Fitness, climbs a place to third, putting PS3 exclusive Infamous 2 in fourth place on its debut week. LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean drops to fifth place from second, with DiRT 3 slipping to sixth from third.

    THQ's Red Faction Armageddon debuts at eighth, with seventy per cent of sales on Microsoft's console.

    This Week Last Week Title
    1 New Entry Duke Nukem Forever
    2 1 L.A. Noire
    3 4 Zumba Fitness
    4 New Entry Infamous 2
    5 2 LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean
    6 3 DiRT 3
    7 5 Brink
    8 New Entry Red Faction Armageddon
    9 7 Call of Duty: Black Ops
    10 9 Portal 2
    11 8 FIFA 11
    12 6 Wii Sports Resort
    13 13 Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
    14 12 Art Academy
    15 10 The Sims 3: Generations
    16 14 Hunted: The Demon's Forge
    17 15 Just Dance 2
    18 11 Mario Kart
    19 17 Crysis 2
    20 18 Wii Fit 2
    http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...from-l-a-noire ...
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