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In-Depth: The Fragile Existence Of Online Worlds

[As you may recall, veteran game journalist Chris Morris has now joined big sister site Gamasuta, so we'll be running many of his pieces here on GSW too. Here, he examines the curiously abrupt end of Acclaim's 9Dragons, which stranded 1,5 million U.S.

This Week In Video Game Criticism: Latin, Social Games, Progress In Death

[This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us Ben Abraham's picks among fascinating bloggers on player autonomy, building successful game worlds, and when game elements alter our perception of the game world.

Reminder: Last Day To Early Register For GDC Online

GDC Online organizers are reminding potential attendees that today is the last day to save up to 40% on passes to the October 5th-8th event in Austin, TX, fully detailing the comprehensive exhibit floor, Summits, keynotes, a PlayStation Home developer day and more.

Target To Start Selling Facebook Credits Gift Cards

Target said today it will be the first retailer to sell Facebook Credits gift cards at all of its 1,743 stores and on Target.com beginning September 5.

Facebook Credits gift cards will be available in increments of $15, $25 and $50.

GDC Online Debuts Blizzard, Koster, Bigpoint Track Keynotes, Pre-Deadline

[This is the final pre-early deadline heads up for GDC Online, which I'll be attending in a few weeks in Austin, and there's some big names in the final track keynotes announcement, including the folks at Blizzard on Battle.net and online design legend Raph Koster.

Playdom kills off almost all Acclaim games

In a move that no adoption agency would ever endorse, Playdom has basically killed off Acclaim just a few months after acquiring it, as Gamasutra reports.

Looks Like There May Be More Trademark Fights About Mafia Wars Then There Were Actual Mafia Wars

In February of 2009, we noted that the makers of the popular Facebook game Mob Wars was suing Zynga, the makers of the (also popular) Facebook game Mafia Wars.

Former Playdom Employee Sentenced To Jail Time In Zynga Lawsuit

Last fall Zynga sued rival gaming developer Playdom (recently acquired by Disney) for an array of issues including misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and breach of the duty of loyalty.

The case continues, but the drama has reached its peak.

APB Lessons, Habbo, Cow Clicker Talks Added To GDC Online

Organizers of this October's GDC Online (formerly GDC Austin) are rolling out more major new talks, including ex-Reatime Worlds exec Joshua Howard on 'self-inflicted wounds' in game creation, Sulka Haro on the $500 million Habbo Hotel economy, and Ian Bogost on his satirical Facebook title

GDC Online Announces Keynote From FrontierVille's Reynolds

[Zynga's Brian Reynolds, being a game biz veteran, may be someone who can bridge any imagined gap between pure metrics and game design -- and here's info on his keynote on this subject at my colleagues' GDC Online event in a few weeks.