'Cooling Off System' and blocking minors from betas, this week in Korean news
[Gamasutra rounds up the week's biggest reports on South Korea's booming online games market from This Is Game, the leading English-language site about the country's game industry.] In our latest round-up of news from South Korea's online games space, we look at a proposed new bill that would prohibit minors from playing online games for more than four hours a day, or from playing game betas ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:02:57 -0800

Zynga Partners With Hasbro for Toys and More
Online gaming rivals, Zynga and Hasbro are partnering, in the physical realm, that is. Hasbro, maker of popular board games such as Scrabble and Monopoly, will be making games and toys based on Zynga’s popular online games such as FarmVille and Mafia … Continue reading → Zynga Partners With Hasbro for Toys and More is a post from: SiliconANGLE We're now available on the Kindle! Subscribe today . Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:19:29 -0800

MCV Jobs Weekly: Wargaming's new King, top vacancies
In MCV's weekly rundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, industry veteran Al King returns to games and we run through the best job opportunities. WARGAMING.NET RECRUITS KING   The company behind online games such as World of Tanks and World of Warplanes has hired Al King as global brand director. King returns to the industry after five years of working for technology firms and ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:24:20 -0800

Sky Vegas Brings Vegas Magic to the Comfort of Home With Trio of Online Casino Games
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM-- - Attempting to play casinos online can be a minefield.Without the assistance of fellow players and dealers in the room, the rules and general grammar of gambling can feel decidedly ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:43:00 -0800

Hasbro Zynga partnership sees virtual and real worlds combine
The toy and game giant Hasbro has announced details of a deal with leading social game developer Zynga that will allow it to develop a range of physical products based on Zynga’s popular online games. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:38:05 -0800

LucasArts To 'Revolutionise' Online Games, Planning Next-Gen Action Games
The dev that Star Wars built is planning big things for the future of games. Star Wars: Battlefront 3 rumours may have surfaced recently, but LucasArts itself could be planning an all out assault on the games industry after a fairly quiet period since The Force Unleashed 2 . "LucasArts is building a large scale online services and infrastructure to support a new way of connected online gaming ... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:30:38 -0800

Trion Worlds and Chinese Online Giant Shanda Games Team Up to Make History, Bring Rift™ to China
Trion Worlds, the leading publisher and developer of premium games for the connected era, has entered into an exclusive agreement with Shanda Games, a top Chinese Internet company, to release the award-winning title, Rift™ in China. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:30:00 -0800

Online Games Payment Specialist Xsolla Attends The 2012 DICE Summit In Las Vegas February 8-10
Xsolla To Reveal New Payment Plugin Solutions At Summit; New Solutions Offer Easy Integration And Higher ConversionLos Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 08, 2012 Xsolla, the leader in providing in-game payment solutions worldwide, will be at the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas this week, talking to game industry executives about Xsolla's innovative new credit card and mobile plugins, as well as other ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:42:30 -0800

Massively Multiplayer Online Games as a Model for Business Collaboration
Video games aren’t just a wave of the future; they’re the current reality for millions of players who take to their consoles and PCs every day. The video game industry is the fastest growing entertainment market on Earth right now and we’re … Continue reading → Massively Multiplayer Online Games as a Model for Business Collaboration is a post from: SiliconANGLE We're now available on the Kindle ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:19:20 -0800

Korea considers blocking minors from playing online games for over 3 hours
South Korea's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is reportedly reviewing a policy that would ban minors' accounts if they played online games for more than two hours consecutively, or a total of three hours in a day. While there is already a shutdown law in place preventing children aged under 18 years old from playing online games during a late-night six-hour block, MEST's rationale ... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:46:11 -0800