GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 4th March 2010

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Today's top stories

Ubisoft denies Silent Hunter 5 DRM cracked on first day

12:24 - New anti-piracy system is working, insists publisher; torrent sites are hosting incomplete game

Suda 51: Indie scene allows devs the freedom of music artists

11:35 - Cult developer says he's "jealous" of the opportunities afforded to today's aspiring designers

Zampella and West file lawsuit against Activision

07:45 - Duo make expected claim over unpaid royalties; West "shocked" at termination by Call of Duty publisher

Today's feature

Monumental Changes

Monumental Games' founders talk £2m funding, console MMOs and the future of Facebook

The rest of today's news

MySpace founders buy social games portal MindJolt

11:13 - DeWolfe wants portal to become "next generation platform for game developers"

Playdom acquires Offbeat Creations

08:23 - Aggressive growth plans continue in social gaming sector

Monumental: Facebook will soon be home to veteran gamers

08:00 - Farmville teaches how to play games; EA did "exactly the right thing" in response to social gaming growth

Virtuos kickstarts its own development project

10:36 - China-based outsourcing firm to release internally-created next-gen title as company hits 500 staff

Gamigo to enter North American market

08:58 - Hamburg-based games business opens first foreign office in New York

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Recent features

Preview: GDC 2010

Conference director Meggan Scavio looks ahead to next week's influential event

Rare's Mark Betteridge

The developer's studio head on why its new facility heralds a new way of working

O Publisher, Where Art Thou?

Blue Fang's Scott Triola on why traditional publishers have failed to capitalise on Facebook

The Return of the Space Cowboy

Richard Garriott details his comeback to the industry and talks social media gaming

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