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• BigPond GameArena, Games Shop hit by hackers

  Telstra's BigPond GameArena and Games Shop sites have fallen victim to hackers who may have obtained BigPond games usernames, email addresses and the encrypted passwords of up to 35,000 users.

• MediaTek and Gameloft team up to put more games on phones

  Semiconductor company MediaTek and Gameloft have joined forces to develop games for phones based on MediaTek's chipsets, they announced on Friday.

• PopCap Games CEO: Android still too fragmented, China helping company innovate

  Android's increased fragmentation across hardware devices and OS versions, and its lack of a central app store, have left game developers disappointed with the OS, according to the CEO of "Plants vs. Zombies" publisher PopCap Games.

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  Zynga launches arcade-style game

  Facebook games star Zynga is launching an old-school, arcade-style title that will be free at its new website or at the world's biggest social network.

• Angry Birds maker Rovio plans for amusement parks in China

  Mobile game publisher Rovio is planning to build theme parks in China revolving around its hit product Angry Birds, months after a local amusement park in the country sought to cash in on the franchise's popularity with its own real-life version of the Angry Birds game.

• Lenovo-backed firm sidesteps hardcore gamers, with Chinese video game system

  The Lenovo-backed company behind China's newest homegrown video game system is aiming for product sales to reach hundreds of thousands of units over the next fiscal year ending in March, as it tries to build consumer interest in a country where the world's hottest gaming consoles are banned from sale.

• German court grants Motorola an injunction against Windows 7 and Xbox

  Motorola Mobility won an injunction on Wednesday preventing distribution of Microsoft products including Windows 7 and the Xbox in Germany, but it can't enforce the injunction yet. Microsoft will appeal the case and is confident it can keep doing business in Germany, the company said.

• Japan's Gree to buy U.S. mobile game maker Funzio for US$210 million

  Japanese mobile game provider Gree said Wednesday it will buy California-based developer Funzio for US$210 million.

• Nintendo to begin digital sales of mainstream titles for 3DS

  Nintendo will launch sales of digital versions of mainstream 3DS titles through retailers, beginning with a new Super Mario Brothers game in August, it said Friday.

• Nintendo misses annual sales target for 3DS games console

  Nintendo said Thursday it missed its annual sales target for the 3DS handheld game console, despite repeated promises from the company that price cuts and an armada of new software titles had helped the device recover after a slow start last year.

• Skype app released for Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld

  Internet telephony operator Skype has released an app for Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld game console.

• Motorola wins round at ITC in Xbox patents dispute

  The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that Microsoft infringed on patents of Motorola Mobility in its Xbox games console.

• Sony releases developer tools for hardware-independent PlayStation games

  Sony has released a set of programming tools for its PlayStation Suite, a new push to expand the PlayStation platform beyond the company's own gaming consoles, the electronics firm's game division said Thursday.

• Sony announces digital media hub for its PlayStation, PC, tablet, phone lines

  Sony will launch a new digital media recorder designed to capture and stream video to Sony-made PlayStation game consoles, PCs, tablets and smartphones, the company's gaming unit said Tuesday.

• Meet the Linux Tycoon tycoon

  If the idea of a game about managing a hypothetical Linux distribution doesn't sound like your idea of a good time, you probably aren't alone. In fact, you'd probably guess, if you had to, that no such game existed.