Ethereum crypto-games: Mechanics, prevalence, and gambling similarities

OJ Scholten, NGJ Hughes, S Deterding… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Ethereum crypto-games are a booming and relatively unexplored area of the games
industry. While there is no consensus definition yet,'crypto-games' commonly denotes …

Cheating and detection method in massively multiplayer online role-playing game: systematic literature review

ML Han, BI Kwak, HK Kim - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, despite massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) based on the
PC implementation environment in mobile games, related fraudulent and illegal activities …

NLP-based digital forensic investigation platform for online communications

D Sun, X Zhang, KKR Choo, L Hu, F Wang - computers & security, 2021 - Elsevier
Digital (forensic) investigations will be increasingly important in both criminal investigations
and civil litigations (eg, corporate espionage, and intellectual property theft) as more of our …

Game data mining competition on churn prediction and survival analysis using commercial game log data

E Lee, Y Jang, DM Yoon, JH Jeon… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Game companies avoid sharing their game data with external researchers. Only a few
research groups have been granted limited access to game data so far. The reluctance of …

Consumers' adoption and use of E-currencies in virtual markets in the context of an online game

M Gawron, A Strzelecki - Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Virtual worlds have created unique economies whose outcome is e-currencies, which link
the electronic universe and reality. This article aims to examine how perceived usefulness …

Profit optimizing churn prediction for long-term loyal customers in online games

E Lee, B Kim, S Kang, B Kang, Y Jang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To successfully operate online games, gaming companies are introducing the systematic
customer relationship management model. Particularly, churn analysis is one of the most …

Prediction of player churn and disengagement based on user activity data of a freemium online strategy game

K Rothmeier, N Pflanzl, JA Hüllmann… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Churn describes customer defection from a service provider. This can be observed in online
freemium games, where users can leave without further notice. Game companies are …

Mvan: Multi-view attention networks for real money trading detection in online games

J Tao, J Lin, S Zhang, S Zhao, R Wu, C Fan… - Proceedings of the 25th …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Online gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry that entertains a large, global population.
However, one unfortunate phenomenon known as real money trading harms the competition …

Privacy Is the Price: Player Views and Technical Evaluation of Data Practices in Online Games

A Bourdoucen, L Nurgalieva, J Lindqvist - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Online games engage players in sharing their personal data with the games themselves and
other players, which can pose security, privacy, and integrity risks to players. This paper …

PU-Detector: A PU Learning-based Framework for Real Money Trading Detection in MMORPG

Y Wang, S Zhao, S Zhao, R Wu, Y Xu, J Tao… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG) have been becoming one of the
most popular and exciting online games. In recent years, a cheating phenomenon called …