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Submission + - Auto Assault Runs out of Gas (gamasutra.com)

Submitted by

Brian Damage

on Wednesday July 04, 2007 @08:51AM

Brian Damage writes: "After barely a year of operation the scantly populated post-apocalyptic MMORPG Auto Assault is slated for termination this coming August 31. Despite NCsoft's failure to make back the game's initial development investment this news comes as a surprise as it is contrary to developer Net Devil's recent announcement declaring a new retooled version to be in the works. Auto Assault's monthly subscribers will not be billed beyond the cutoff date, and for those who have purchased time cards "NCsoft will reconcile these accounts appropriately."

From the article:

"In August of last year, NCsoft said it saw quarterly losses of 200 million won ($207,000), which it explained was due to a write-off of some 12.6 billion won ($13.1m) in costs related to the flagging title.""

Submission + - Pirate Bay User Records Stolen

Submitted by

spyrochaete

on Friday May 11, 2007 @10:16AM

spyrochaete writes: "The self-proclaimed "World's largest BitTorrent tracker", The Pirate Bay, has disclosed that their user database has been pilfered. Stolen data includes at least usernames, passwords, and email addresses, though they claim these fields are "_very_ encrypted"."

Submission + - Postal III Announced for Xbox 360 and PC

Submitted by

spyrochaete

on Thursday October 19, 2006 @02:47PM

spyrochaete writes: "Developer Running With Scissors has just announced that development of the third game in the contraversial Postal series is now in progress. The game is being designed in Valve Software's Source engine which has recently been announced as a middleware dev platform for the Xbox 360.

Despite the current vogue of blackballing the industry's most egregiously violent titles, CEO Vince Desi unflinchingly qualifies the infamous series' integrity: "We've always maintained since publishing the original Postal that the game is only as violent as the player wants it to be and we're committed to expanding this unique form of gameplay in this next addition to the ongoing storyline.""

Submission + - Customer Support Confidential

Submitted by on Monday August 28, 2006 @11:14AM

spyrochaete writes: Gamasutra has posted parts 1 and 2 of its Customer Support Confidential series on life as a customer care techie at a small casual games firm. The articles discuss the colourful variety of email comminiques handled by tech support, and the classifications of average callers, and is written frankly in the "he's saying what we're all thinking" fashion. Which class of support nightmare are you?

Old:... Sometimes, they will want you on the phone as they follow the instructions. In this case, please, maximize that web browser, and enjoy the wacky antics of Gabe and Tycho while you wait for them to finish.

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