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Shanda Interactive Entertainment - one of Mainland China's biggest game operators - has run into some trouble with the South Korean-developed Legend of Mir 2. This is the same game that spawned a rather bitter legal battle between the game's developers and Shanda, who had the distribution rights for China.
PlayNoEvil has an interesting discussion on Gamasutra's May 15th The China Angle, which talks about Shanda's current problems with the games and how much money they're shelling out in an attempt to fix it. PlayNoEvil focuses on what this situation can tell us about game security more broadly: 'games that have weak security designs can ensure continued license payments,' 'changes to business models can seriously affect security,' and 'money wins.' Time will tell how well Shanda manages to resolve these issues. I'm pretty sure there are two Korean companies who are probably saying 'what goes around, comes around' right about now.
A Security Story - Shanda's Legend of Mir 2 Misadventures [PlayNoEvil]
