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StudioEx Launches First Facebook Game Beta With $1.9M Funding
StudioEx Launches First Facebook Game Beta With $1.9M Funding
Los Angeles-based online game developer StudioEx, a subsidiary of the Camelot Media Investments (CMI) Media Group established last year with $1.9 million in funding, announced the open beta launch of its first game, Galaxy X, on Facebook.
Dec. 21, 2010
NeoEdge Picks Up $3 Million For Social Game Ads
NeoEdge Picks Up $3 Million For Social Game Ads
San Francisco-based company NeoEdge, which offers an advertising platform for casual and social games, announced that it's raised $3 million in growth capital financing from MMV Financial.
Dec. 21, 2010
Release This: Back to the Future, A World of Keflings Arrive Stateside
Release This: Back to the Future, A World of Keflings Arrive Stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list charts a week that brings A World of Keflings, Telltale's Back to the Future, and a lineup of Neo Geo re-releases to digital download platforms in North America.
Dec. 20, 2010
Need For Speed: World Surpasses 3 Million Users
Need For Speed: World Surpasses 3 Million Users
Electronic Arts has announced that Need for Speed: World, the free-to-play online edition of its long-running action racing franchise, has reached more than three million registered users since launching in July.
Dec. 20, 2010
Wall Street Journal Examines Angry Birds, Bejeweled In iPhone Privacy Report
Wall Street Journal Examines Angry Birds, Bejeweled In iPhone Privacy Report
A new Wall Street Journal report is causing some trouble for Angry Birds developer Rovio and Bejeweled house PopCap -- claiming the games share users' personal data with third parties.
Dec. 20, 2010
The Year In Review: Game Biz Analysts On The Best Happenings Of 2010
The Year In Review: Game Biz Analysts On The Best Happenings Of 2010
Gamasutra asked a half-dozen of the most notable game industry analysts about the best and worst things to happen to the game industry this year -- with some intriguing and unexpected responses.
Dec. 17, 2010
Saling The World: Kinect, Just Dance 2 Head Pre-Holiday Charts
Saling The World: Kinect, Just Dance 2 Head Pre-Holiday Charts
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled Amazon.com charts find Microsoft's Kinect Adventures bundle and Just Dance 2 leading software sales in the U.S. and the UK, while Monster Hunter Portable 3rd is off to an impressive start in Japan.
Dec. 17, 2010
This Week In Video Game Criticism: Guilt, Abstraction, And Unexpected Education
This Week In Video Game Criticism: Guilt, Abstraction, And Unexpected Education
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us a fresh roundup of links on topics including player guilt, abstraction, and unusual forms of education in games.
Dec. 17, 2010
Stock Market, Analysts Bullish On Strong Take-Two Performance
Stock Market, Analysts Bullish On Strong Take-Two Performance
Thursday's announcement of quarterly and fiscal year profits for Take-Two -- a rarity in a year without a major _Grand T
Dec. 17, 2010
NPD: 29% Of U.S. Game Sales Were Digital In Last Three Months
NPD: 29% Of U.S. Game Sales Were Digital In Last Three Months
Market research firm NPD Group this week said 29 percent of games acquired in the past three months in the U.S. were obtained digitally, as consumers have ever more ways to download content.
Dec. 17, 2010
Study: Gaming Second Only To Web Surfing On U.S. Tablets
Study: Gaming Second Only To Web Surfing On U.S. Tablets
A new study from market research firm Interpret found that over half of U.S. tablet owners use devices like iPad for playing games, making gaming the second most-popular activity after surfing the internet.
Dec. 17, 2010
New Plaintiff Added To Class-Action Player Likeness Suit Against EA, NCAA
New Plaintiff Added To Class-Action Player Likeness Suit Against EA, NCAA
Knoxville attorney Gordon Ball has expanded a class-action antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA and Electronic Arts for using college players likenesses for commercial gain without permission.
Dec. 17, 2010