Archive forDecember, 2008

Gamasutra’s Best of 2008: The 5 Most Significant MMO Trends (Gamasutra)

Throughout December, Gamasutra presented a year-end retrospective, discussing notable games, events, developers, and industry figures of 2008, from the perspective of our position covering the art, science, and business of games. Previously: 2008′s top disappointments, downloadable titles, overlooked games, gameplay mechanics, indie games, surprises, PC games, trends, handheld games, …

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100 top sites for the year ahead (Guardian Unlimited)

The online world has changed dramatically even since we last drew up a list of 100 useful sites in December 2006 . In the interim, there has been a revival of the browser wars – with Google’s Chrome and Apple’s Safari making surprising inroads into the Windows monopoly, and offering a new vision of what browsing can be like.

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Realtime Worlds (gamesindustry.biz)

Q: So what are you going to do with the USD 50 million? David Jones : Well, it seems like a lot of money, but because we’re in a big development, a big online game, they do require a significant investment – especially to launch something which is groundbreaking and world-leading.

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All I Want For Christmas is Time and Money (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

DALLAS—-Consumers face more challenges this holiday season beyond the usual “too much to do, not enough time” dilemma. This year’s economic climate has added “too much to buy, not enough money” worries to heighten many Americans’ holiday stress level.

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Interview: Klei’s Jamie Cheng On Indie Free-To-Play With Sugar Rush (Gamasutra)

Independent Developer Klei Entertianment (Eets: Chowdown) has taken the unusual step of developing a free-to-play title, Sugar Rush, for Nexon America?the publisher’s first MMOG developed by a western studio and targeted specifically for North American audiences?and Worlds In Motion talks to founder Jamie Cheng about the decision, including the perceived risks (and benefits) of entering the …

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No escaping Britney Spears: 2008′s top searches (CNET)

Celebrities dominated the top search terms at Yahoo in 2008. Also: people ask Ask.com how to get pregnant and what “maverick” means.

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Oops, We Searched Her Again (PC Magazine)

Barack Obama’s presidential victory got more clicks than any other story on yahoo.com this year, but the most searched term was “Britney Spears,” Yahoo Inc reported on Monday.

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LEGO Batman bags kids’ BAFTA News (EuroGamer)

LEGO Batman scooped the videogame gong at last night’s EA British Academy Children’s Awards, at a celeb-packed bash in London’s swanky Park Lane Hilton.

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Yahoo! Reviews A Year in Search (Broadcast Newsroom)

SUNNYVALE, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE — xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> Today Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO) announced the most popular searches, themes, and trends as part of its 2008 Year in Review (yearinreview.yahoo.com) , as told through the billions of searches conducted by millions of Yahoo! users around the globe every month.

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Yahoo! Reviews A Year in Search (Centre Daily Times)

Today Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO) announced the most popular searches, themes, and trends as part of its 2008 Year in Review (yearinreview.yahoo.com) , as told through the billions of searches conducted by millions of Yahoo! users around the globe every month.

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