Symantec warns of retro-game Trojan

Symantec has warned Mac users about a Trojan Horse "hidden" within an retro-styled video game, reports Macworld UK.

According to Symantec, the game looks to be a throw-back to the classic Space Invaders/Galaga style of games from the early 1980s, but is actually a Trojan horse, known as Trojan.Loosemaque.

Once downloaded, for every alien ship the user destroys, the program deletes a file from the home directory, Symantec has found. "While the author of OSX.Loosemaque actually informs people on his Web site that the game deletes files, there's nothing stopping someone with more malicious intentions from modifying it and passing it on to unsuspecting users who don't have security software installed," a Symantec spokesperson said.

Nokia may have binned its N-Gage gaming brand, but it's not stopped the mighty Finns from pushing ahead with some next-gen mobile gaming, writes Mirror.co.uk.

Espoo's chief games executive says some top new titles will still hit the Ovi Store before year end, showing off new technology.

Mark Ollila, director of X-Media Solutions at Nokia and in charge of games on the Ovi Store, let slip that two or three more games are due from Nokia on the Ovi Store this year, with some tricks up their virtual sleeves. “Two are more strategic in nature, showing off technology innovation, but again fun game experiences,” he said.

Atmel says the world's first cross-platform mobile phone gaming consoles will be implemented in microSD cards, based on a system-on-chip (SOC) developed by FXI Technologies AS using Atmel's 90nm SiliconCity Flexible Architecture, according to CNNMoney.

When embedded in a microSD card, the FXI die can turn slot-enabled, handheld devices into high-end "console gaming" platforms.

The FXI SOC integrates a 3D graphics accelerator, interface logic and ARM9 processor that can be seamlessly coupled to the manufacturer's traditional flash memory.