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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwVslM1PGQEUMNcXtVwKBV9YKvZh5agYqkBgXh_s4Uh2jUJU82Qh1_yKEzyBBN4KNyH9L13ImNJ_nXGKbWgCX-l-fF-RoP9XRhzEPHOK3Wj1IcixxaZNuO1fBuqrXwIXqzXxeRWdLj-8K/s1600/1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwVslM1PGQEUMNcXtVwKBV9YKvZh5agYqkBgXh_s4Uh2jUJU82Qh1_yKEzyBBN4KNyH9L13ImNJ_nXGKbWgCX-l-fF-RoP9XRhzEPHOK3Wj1IcixxaZNuO1fBuqrXwIXqzXxeRWdLj-8K/s1600/1.png" /></a></div> <h1 class="name post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"> Save The Hamster Game Asal Madura Yang Mendunia</h1> Info baru kali ini adalah, Satu lagi anak negeri meraih prestasi di dunia Internasional. Di ajang kompetisi <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=47.6395972222,-122.12845&spn=0.01,0.01&q=47.6395972222,-122.12845%20(Microsoft)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> Imagine Cup 2013 final tingkat dunia di <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=54.0888888889,18.4194444444&spn=0.1,0.1&q=54.0888888889,18.4194444444%20(Rusia)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Rusia">Rusia</a>, tim Solite Studio dari Universitas Trunojoyo Madura berhasil menyisihkan para pesaingnya dan merebut juara kedua. Seperti dilansir centroone.com Kemenangan tersebut diraih Tim Solite berkat game edukatif ciptaan mereka, Save The Hamster. Save The Hamster adalah game <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.windowsphone.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Windows Phone">Windows Phone</a> mengenai empat ekor <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamster" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Hamster">hamster</a> yang tersesat. Di game ini para pemain bertugas untuk membantu para hamster itu pulang. Tim Solite Studio terdiri dari empat orang mahasiswa muda, yaitu Asadullohil <a class="zem_slink" href="http://musicbrainz.org/artist/f961176a-916d-4209-85f2-df0f31bc7539.html" rel="musicbrainz" target="_blank" title="غالب">Ghalib</a> Kubat (<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_leader" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Team leader">Team Leader</a>), Miftah Alfian Syah (Programmer), Tony Wijaya (<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_designer" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Graphic designer">Graphic Designer</a>) dan Mukhammad Bagus Muslim (<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_design" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Game design">Game Designer</a>). Game Save The Hamster sendiri sudah diunduh 20.000 kali pada Windows Phone dan 10.000 kali pada <a class="zem_slink" href="http://windows.microsoft.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a> dalam waktu 2 minggu. Dari kemenangan ini Tim Solite berhak membawa pulang hadiah senilai US$ 10.000. ” Kemenangan ini bukti developer <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> diakui. Kemenangan Tim Solite sangat membanggakan. ” tukas President Director Microsoft Indonesia Andreas Diantoro , dalam rilis persnya. Save The Hamster Game Asal Madura Yang Mendunia <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_h.png?x-id=8c5600c4-73ba-4597-8f07-df4cf198bede" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div>

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topteron: Gaming industri January 31 - 6 Februari 2011

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Gaming industry in a week (January 31 - February 6, 2011)

<div class="zemanta-img" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="CHIBA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 24: A woman holds th..." src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01kKaKM0ex2Q9/150x104.jpg" /></div> INDUSTRY WEEK Sci-fi <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/dead_space_2" href="http://deadspace.ea.com/" rel="homepage nofollow" title="Dead Space 2">Dead Space 2</a> project justify the title of a blockbuster 2011. The game, available for sale a week ago, immediately take first place in the UK. In second place established <button class="zem-type wikipedia" style="font-family: inherit; height: 16px; width: 16px;"></button><a class="zem_slink freebase/m/0bwgqz6 zem_commontag" href="http://www.gamerevolution.com/game/little-big-planet-2" rel="gamerevolution nofollow" style="font-family: inherit;" title="LittleBigPlanet 2">LittleBigPlanet 2</a>, Bronze also went to the football simulator <button class="zem-type wikipedia" style="font-family: inherit; height: 16px; width: 16px;"></button><a class="zem_slink freebase/en/fifa_11 zem_commontag" href="http://www.gamerevolution.com/game/fifa-soccer-11" rel="gamerevolution nofollow" style="font-family: inherit;" title="FIFA Soccer 11">FIFA 11</a>. Albion Ten hit parade are as follows: <ol style="font-family: inherit;"> <li><a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/Dead-Space-2-preview" target="_blank">Dead Space 2</a></li> <li><a class="zem_slink freebase/en/little_big_planet" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LittleBigPlanet" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="LittleBigPlanet">LittleBigPlanet</a> 2</li> <li>FIFA 11</li> <li><a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/Assassins-Creed-Brotherhood_preview" target="_blank">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-Hot-Cold-War" target="_blank">Call of Duty: Black Ops</a></li> <li>Just Dance 2</li> <li><a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/Need-for-Speed-Hot-Pursuit" target="_blank">Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit</a></li> <li>Wii Fit Plus</li> <li>Academy of Art</li> <li>Just Dance</li> </ol> In Russia, as well as last week's decisive leadership in a limited edition and collectible games. According to <a name="more"></a>data provided by the ozone online stores, the Top-10 game projects for PC and console are as follows: Game for PC: <ol style="font-family: inherit;"> <li><a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/Assassins-Creed-Brotherhood_preview" target="_blank">Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Blood</a> (Collector's Edition)</li> <li><a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/Dead-Space-2-preview" target="_blank">Dead Space 2</a> (Expanded Edition)</li> <li><a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/Crysis-2-preview" target="_blank">Crysis 2</a> (Limited Edition)</li> <li><a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/Shogun-2-Total-War" target="_blank">Shogun 2: Total War</a> (Limited Edition)</li> <li>The Sims Middle Ages (Limited Edition)</li> <li>Dead Space 2</li> <li>Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Blood</li> <li><a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/Bulletstorm-preview" target="_blank">Bulletstorm</a> (Limited Edition)</li> <li>Dead Space 2 (Limited Edition)</li> <li>Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Blood</li> </ol> Games for consoles: <ol style="font-family: inherit;"> <li><a class="zem_slink freebase/m/03c3vj4" href="http://www.jp.playstation.com/" rel="homepage nofollow" title="PlayStation">PlayStation</a> Move: Starter Pack</li> <li>Dead Space 2 Limited Edition (PS3)</li> <li>LittleBigPlanet Special Issue 2 (PS3)</li> <li>Move PlayStation Stand Alone</li> <li>Mass Effect 2 (PS3)</li> <li>Bulletstorm Epic Edition (Xbox 360)</li> <li>Crysis 2 Limited Edition (PS3)</li> <li>Central Dance (Xbox 360)</li> <li>Heavy rain to Move (PS3)</li> <li>LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3)</li> </ol> Organizer <button class="zem-type wikipedia" style="font-family: inherit; height: 16px; width: 16px;"></button><a class="zem_slink freebase/en/quakecon zem_commontag" href="http://www.quakecon.org/" rel="homepage nofollow" style="font-family: inherit;" title="QuakeCon">QuakeCon</a> announce the date of the annual festival. Representatives from the company <button class="zem-type wikipedia" style="font-family: inherit; height: 16px; width: 16px;"></button><a class="zem_slink freebase/en/zenimax_media zem_commontag" href="http://www.zenimax.com/" rel="homepage nofollow" style="font-family: inherit;" title="ZeniMax Media">ZeniMax</a> reported that each person will be able to attend QuakeCon 2011 in early August - 4 to 7 numbers. Exhibition announcement yet, but with high probability on it will be presented <a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/rage_preview" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">latest version of Rage</a> and The <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/the_elder_scrolls" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="The Elder Scrolls">Elder Scrolls V</a>: Skyrim. Of course, at no cost and with no surprises. Resources Variety reports that film company Warner Bros is planning to shoot a film based on <a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/heavy_rain_review" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Heavy Rain game</a>. Author dairy project will be David (David's Dairy), known for her TV series "NYPD Blue" and "Deadwood." Basic picture of the scenario put to use Heavy Rain, which for some reason were not included by the author in the game. As the tape producer is a company Unique Features, founded by Bob Shaie (Bob Shaye) and Michael Lynne (Michael Lynne), known for his trilogy "Lord of the Rings." The director, players, and the shooting date has not been published. <div align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"> <img height="400" src="http://www.3dnews.ru/_imgdata/img/2011/02/04/606220/Heavy_Rain.jpg" width="550" /></div> The company Ubisoft stated that the thriller I'm Alive will be distributed only through digital distribution platform services, PC, <button class="zem-type wikipedia" style="font-family: inherit; height: 16px; width: 16px;"></button><a class="zem_slink freebase/en/playstation_3 zem_commontag" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3" rel="wikipedia nofollow" style="font-family: inherit;" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a> and Xbox 360. The main reason for this decision lies in the fact that publishers do not expect a high level of sales and popularity of games among users. Remember that the action unfold in a natural disaster projects dilapidated Chicago. You must play the role of a former officer named Adam and trying to survive in the city was left without means of communication and electricity, where people feel the need of drinking water and food supply, and which operates throughout the robber. I'm Alive exact release date is not declared. Crytek studio called the minimum system requirements for Crysis 2. To start a science fiction thriller you will need a "machine" with a processor <button class="zem-type wikipedia" style="font-family: inherit; height: 16px; width: 16px;"></button><a class="zem_slink freebase/en/intel_core_2 zem_commontag" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2" rel="wikipedia nofollow" style="font-family: inherit;" title="Intel Core 2">Intel Core 2 Duo</a> or <button class="zem-type wikipedia" style="font-family: inherit; height: 16px; width: 16px;"></button><a class="zem_slink freebase/en/advanced_micro_devices zem_commontag" href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:AMD" rel="googlefinance nofollow" style="font-family: inherit;" title="NYSE: AMD">AMD</a> Athlon 64 X2 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM, video card GeForce 8800 GT class and an internet connection. This game is very demanding on resources. About how the hardware must have a user who wants to fully appreciate the creation of German developers, the company has a simple silent so as not to shock ahead of time. Remember the release of Crysis 2 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 will be held March 25, 2011. Rocksteady share fresh details about the project <a class="zem_slink freebase/m/0by0jvx" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568322/" rel="imdb nofollow" title="Batman: Arkham City">Batman: Arkham City</a>. Play area will be five times more than the original Batman: Arkham Asylum. Dark painful metropolitan area open for free movement. However, the developers decided to minimize the idle doubts on the streets. Although freedom of action, a task many plots are designed to be used within a certain time, so if a player is dropped or becomes a long and aimless walk through the area, then just fail the mission. Exit Batman: Arkham City is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2011 on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. <div align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"> <img height="344" src="http://www.3dnews.ru/_imgdata/img/2011/02/04/606220/Batman.jpg" width="550" /></div> Company Electronic Arts and Epic Games have announced that <a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/Bulletstorm-preview" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Bulletstorm shooter</a> go to the "gold". Work on this project is completed, and the disk was sent to press. Sales Bulletstorm for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 will very soon - February 18. <button class="zem-type wikipedia" style="font-family: inherit; height: 16px; width: 16px;"></button><a class="zem_slink freebase/en/bioware zem_commontag" href="http://www.bioware.com/" rel="homepage nofollow" style="font-family: inherit;" title="BioWare">BioWare</a> has prepared a pleasant surprise for all fans <a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/Dragon-Age-II" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Dragon Age 2</a>. Demo version the game will be available to the public from February 23, but was released only on PC. That would be a demo, not yet known. Dragon Age Release 2 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 will be held on March 8 this year. Kalypso Haemimont company and reported that the strategy games Tropico 4 will be released on PC and Xbox 360. Players will return to the island paradise with the same goal - to turn it into a powerhouse. Among the key features of this project is alleged: <ul style="font-family: inherit;"> <li>single-player campaign that consists of 20 missions and 10 new maps</li> <li>20 types of buildings (the stock exchange, shopping malls, water parks, cemeteries, etc.).</li> <li>six types of natural disasters (tornadoes, volcanoes, droughts, etc.)</li> <li>Council of Ministers, which helps to promote the controversial and even questionable decisions sometimes players</li> <li>integration into the social networking site Facebook and Twitter,</li> <li>trading system which allows for developing island economies through import and export.</li> </ul> Tropico Exit 4 is expected in second quarter 2012. Square Enix representatives have shared details about the plot and the mechanics the game Final Fantasy Versus XIII. The main hero of the game that supports Prince Noktis (Noctis Lucius Caelum) - son of the Crown only in the royal family, who maintain the power of crystals on the planet. Scene problem revolves around the struggle for the throne, and ownership of artifacts. The game's genre of action. In the battle protagonists involved not one, but the company's brothers in arms. Each friend has, special skills and unique combat magic tricks. As in the previous section, the player can switch between characters and create two and three attacks. Final Fantasy Versus XIII is made for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Exact date not yet announced the project. <div align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"> <img height="291" src="http://www.3dnews.ru/_imgdata/img/2011/02/04/606220/Final_Fantasy_Versus_XIII.jpg" width="550" /></div> <div align="left" class="h3" style="font-family: inherit;"> Announcement THE WEEK</div> At a press conference in Tokyo last PlayStation Meeting 2011, Sony introduced the successor to the PSP. The next generation of portable consoles do not yet have an official name and was held under the codename NGP (Next Generation Portable). <div align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"> <img height="347" src="http://www.3dnews.ru/_imgdata/img/2011/02/04/606220/NGP_01.jpg" width="550" /></div> Box dimensions: 18.2 inches wide 8.3 cm high and 1.8 cm thick. Taken as a basis for close-coupled body, left and right analog stick on the screen is touch screen placed behind the front panel - only the sensitive area. This platform uses OLED-screens with a diagonal 12.8 cm and resolution 960h544, four-fold increase over the previous model. Among the features added to the standard Bluetooth, GPS, gyroscope, 3G, Wi-Fi and electronic compass. The new interface has been designed with consideration of social networks (including PSN) and allows, among other things, chat with friends without leaving the game. NGP has the following characteristics: <ul style="font-family: inherit;"> <li>CPU: ARM Cortex-A9 core (4 cores);</li> <li>GPU: SGX543MP4 +;</li> <li>Dimensions: 182h18.6h83.5 mm;</li> <li>Screen: 5 inch, 960x544, 16 million colors, OLED;</li> <li>Multi-touch screen (capacitive);</li> <li>Multi-touch pad (capacitance type);</li> <li>Front and rear camera;</li> <li>Built-in speakers and microphone;</li> <li>Sensor: three-axis gyro, three-axis accelerometer, three-axis electronic compass;</li> <li>GPS, Wi-Fi Bluetooth, 3G;</li> <li>Button: PS button, d-pad, a standard PlayStation buttons, two Shift, two analog sticks, Start, Select, two volume buttons</li> <li>When you work with a full load will be 4-5 hours.</li> </ul> UMD-media replaced with Flash-card and digital distribution. According to representatives from Sony, the console is not inferior to the PlayStation 3 in the calculation of the quality of physics and shader speed. Among the projects that have started games like Uncharted, Killzone, Hustle Kings, Reality Fighting, Broken, Gravity Daze, Hot Shots Golf, LittleBigPlanet, Wipeout, Resistance. From the project from third-party developers will be a remake of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, Lost Planet, Metal Gear Solid 4 and Yakuza 4. A complete list of announcements for the console will be presented at E3 this year. <div align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"> <img height="340" src="http://www.3dnews.ru/_imgdata/img/2011/02/04/606220/NGP_02.jpg" width="550" /></div> <div align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"> <img height="342" src="http://www.3dnews.ru/_imgdata/img/2011/02/04/606220/NGP_03.jpg" width="550" /></div> In his desire to keep the console officially announced NGP eighty companies, publishers and developers of video games. They include leaders such as Rockstar, Activision, Ubisoft, Epic Games, Square Enix, 2K Games, Tecmo Koei and many others. However, the company introduced a suite PlayStation - multi kit to develop applications that are compatible with the NGP and devices that run Android. The goal - to create a truly neutral environment with the "hardware" (eg, if some do not have a phone button, the system emulates the screen). Sony plans to support the PlayStation suite later this year. The first "swallow" will play with the PlayStation One. NGP will be released later this year. Price console equipment and other details will be announced soon, most likely, too, at E3 2011. Company Platinum Games, known for game Bayonetta, Vanquish and MadWorld, announced a new project. Refers to the conventional game genre thriller and will be released in Japan under the name Max anarchy, and in the United States and Europe will be known as Anarchy Ruling. According to studio head Atsushi Inaba (Atsushi Inaba), the project has no clear identity and genre in its own way unique. Details of the mechanical game developer will tell Governing Anarchy in a month. Project Release is scheduled for fall 2011 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. <div class="h3" style="font-family: inherit;"> NEWS</div> Alternativa company announced the release date of "Tanks Online 2.0" three-dimensional shooter and share information about the project first. Games for the PC will be June 4, 2011, and will be available in two versions: first - for Flash-players of the current generation, the second - for the player-Flash is the next generation with support for 3D hardware-accelerated by the GPU. People with a good graphics card and Flash-based players, will see better graphics: Model vysokopoligonalnye tanks, level of detail and special effects. However, the playground will remain the same for all. According to developers, regardless of the visual quality of games, users participate in the same battle, using the same interface and each other advantages. Company "Open" reported that the publisher will make Red Faction: Armageddon in Russia. In the middle of the action game will be Darius Mason, who was found in one Martian mine tunnel that leads to an ancient temple. By enabling the portal to a parallel dimension, he claimed the world thousands of aggressive creatures, and now is the threat of extermination before the colonizers. According to a press release from the publisher, the game will present "objects partially destroyed, is famous for a series of Red Faction». In addition, players will be able to restore damaged objects by using nanorobots. Combining the destruction and creation, users will survive the battle for his life and 12:00 the future of this planet. Also promising management techniques, various types of weapons and the ability to control a large humanoid robot. Exit project on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 scheduled for May 2011. <div align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"> <img height="285" src="http://www.3dnews.ru/_imgdata/img/2011/02/04/606220/Red_Faction_Armageddon.jpg" width="550" /></div> 1C-SoftKlab reported that the publisher would make the project "Transport Empire" (original title - City in Motion) from Paradox Interactive company on Russian territory. Transport and economic simulation went on sale in February this year. This game will offer to try his hand in the integrated management of transportation one of the four capital of Europe - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin or Amsterdam - in the period 1920-2020. Other news from the publisher reported earlier pre-order Collector's Edition of historical military strategy <a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/Shogun-2-Total-War" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Total War: Shogun 2</a>. This game will be released in Russia on the PC entirely in Russian with simultaneous worldwide release - March 15, 2011. Collector's Edition in addition to DVD-ROM with the game contains an exclusive album 48 pages with illustrations and maps printed on silk Japanese. In addition, its members include some code that allows to download the following materials:. "New ninja clan," "historic battle - the battle Nagasino", "special armor", "additional experience for the character" To ensure that you receive a copy of the Collector's Edition on release day, every www.softclub.ru registered users who can make reservations in the relevant section of the site to 23:59 March 8, 2011. <div align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"> <img height="385" src="http://www.3dnews.ru/_imgdata/img/2011/02/04/606220/Total_War.jpg" width="550" /></div> Also, "1C-Softklab" sent to press racing simulator <a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/Test-Drive-Unlimited-2-preview" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Test Drive Unlimited 2</a> Edition MS. Russian edition will hit stores on February 11, in two versions: Jewel-box and the DVD-box, complete with user guide and software to download additional content - Car Pagani Zonda tricolor. Edition for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 will be presented in the English version with manual translated. The company announced that the publisher Akella will make ekshena adventure <a href="http://www.3dnews.ru/games/The-First-Templar-Preview" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">The Templars First</a> for PC and Xbox 360 in Russia. The game went on sale in the second quarter of 2011 and tells the story of the French Knights Templar and his friend, the women of noble birth, otherwise false. <div class="zemanta-pixie"> <img alt="" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=ecf52f9c-b80b-47c3-8c07-afbd9a8eb9c5" /><script defer="defer" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div>

Gaming industry in a week (January 31 - February 6, 2011)

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Computer game companies use increasingly complicated software to protect against piracy. But these efforts can frustrate gamers, who protest that the protections restrict legitimate game play. Last week, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.ubi.com/" rel="homepage nofollow" title="Ubisoft">Ubisoft</a>, a company accused of using a draconian and convoluted protection scheme, backed down by announcing that its new game RUSE would use a less restrictive scheme. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" class="ArticleImage" height="189" src="http://1.1.1.3/bmi/www.technologyreview.com/files/45755/ac_x220.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="220" /></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Credit: Technology Review</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The change highlights the tension between gamers and game companies regarding <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_protection" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="Copy protection">copy protection</a> schemes. And it shows how companies struggle to balance fears over copyright infringement and the demands of their customers. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Legitimate copies of games, like other pieces of software, usually come with a unique code that unlocks it. But game companies are concerned about rampant sharing of pirated games online and the speed with which hackers can break ordinary "digital rights management" (<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="Digital rights management">DRM</a>) schemes.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Earlier this year, Ubisoft launched a game called <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="Assassin's Creed">Assassin's Creed</a> 2 with a controversial new "always-on" DRM scheme. The game required a player to be online so that it could check in with the company's servers to verify that the gamer had a genuine copy. Some players grumbled about the scheme before it even launched, and worried that the game would be unplayable if the company's servers went down, or if players didn't have a network connection. There was more trouble once the game went live--Ubisoft's servers couldn't handle the load of players, which meant that many people who had bought the game couldn't play it. <a name="more"></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.eff.org/about/staff/richard-esguerra" target="_blank">Richard Esguerra</a>, an activist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), says tensions tend to erupt when a DRM scheme violates customers' sense of ownership. "Gamers have an idea that if you bought it, you own it, and that's what's being violated here," he says. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Esguerra says an "always-on" DRM scheme can unfairly affect those who live in rural areas and lack consistent connectivity. He adds that such DRM schemes can render a game worthless if the company behind it goes bust or decides to stop supporting that title. Some games, such as World of Warcraft, need a connection to provide integral features. But Esguerra thinks players are offended when the connection isn't essential to the game play.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Russ Crupnick, vice president and senior industry analyst for NPD Group, says the intricacies of DRM technologies don't matter to most consumers unless the system gets in the way. The key for companies, he says, is to find a system that's unobtrusive. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ferdinand Schober, a graduate student in computer science at Georgia Tech who previously worked at Microsoft on the popular games Gears of War and Halo, says some companies are pursuing ever more restrictive DRM. One possibility is "executable content"--forcing players to download new pieces of a game as they progress through it. He says that hints on forums and in game code have led him to believe that companies are experimenting with this technology.Ultimately, Schober says, companies are moving toward a model where hackers wouldn't just have to break through protections on a game, they'd also have to crack company servers. The unfortunate consequence, he says, is that it's getting more difficult for legitimate gamers to use and keep the products they buy.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But there are alternatives to DRM in the works as well. The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Standards_Association" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="IEEE Standards Association">IEEE Standards Association</a>, which develops industry standards for a variety of technologies, is working to define "<a href="http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1817/" target="_blank">digital personal property</a>." The goal, says Paul Sweazey, who heads the organization's working group, is to restore some of the qualities of physical property--making it possible to lend or resell digital property. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Sweazey stresses that the group just started meeting, but he explains that the idea is to sell games and other pieces of software in two parts--an encrypted file and a "play key" that allows it to be used. The play key could be stored in an online bank run by any organization, and could be accessed through a URL. To share the product, the player would simply share the URL. Anyone with access to the URL could claim the play key for himself, Sweazey says, meaning that users would be unlikely to share the URL on the open <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="Internet">Internet</a>. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Game makers are exploring other ways to encourage players to buy legitimate copies of a game, or to make money without relying on selling legitimate copies. These include adding special features that can only be accessed through official versions, and providing <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downloadable_content" rel="wikipedia nofollow" title="Downloadable content">downloadable content</a> for legitimate copies that expands a game's story or adds additional side quests and characters. Some games, such as those that run through Facebook, like <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.zynga.com/" rel="homepage nofollow" title="Zynga">Zynga</a>'s <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.farmville.com/" rel="homepage nofollow" title="FarmVille">Farmville</a>, are free to play but earn revenue by selling virtual items within the game. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Some game companies use copy protection that experts agree protect content effectively without restricting players. Schober and Esguerra both point to the DRM used by Valve's <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/" target="_blank">Steam</a>, a site that sells downloadable games and allows online play. Schober notes that Steam is designed to be simple to use--gamers can download files ahead of release, and when the game becomes available, they get the codes needed to unlock them. This avoids situations such as the pounding that Ubisoft's servers received at the release of Assassin's Creed. 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