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Electronic Arts buys PopCap for $750M

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July 12, 2011
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Supergiant video game publisher Electronic Arts has acquired casual game maker PopCap for $650 million in cash and $100 million in stock. The deal...

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Google Ventures partner: Venture capitalists are bad at picking games

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July 12, 2011
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Investors haven’t been very good at figuring out which gaming companies will be successful, said Google Ventures partner Joe Kraus. That’s not limited to...

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EA founder: we are in a dark age of video games (but Zynga is an exception)

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July 12, 2011
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Software licensing has hurt innovation in the video game industry — with social game maker Zynga being the exception to that rule — thanks...

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THQ CEO: big game companies have to act like a startups to survive

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July 12, 2011
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THQ is a well-established company that has dozens of years of experience making video games, but it now has a market cap smaller than...

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Welcome to MobileBeat 2011!

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July 12, 2011
1 min

One of VentureBeat’s biggest conferences kicks off today in San Francisco, Calif. — MobileBeat 2011. We’re convening the brightest minds from across all sectors of...

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PlayStation Network welcome-back package boosts PS3 sales

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July 12, 2011
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Sony’s “welcome back” package to users following the take-down of its PlayStation Network (PSN) might have increased PlayStation 3 console and game sales, according to...