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Peter Vesterbacka of Rovio on the right.

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Angry Birds ready to catapult into China in quest for a billion fans

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 20, 2011
3 min

The Angry Birds game is one of the three most-pirated brands in China, behind Disney and Hello Kitty. But Angry Birds maker Rovio is...

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Live Gamer acquires Brandport and GamerDNA as it moves into games ads

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 19, 2011
2 min

Live Gamer, a game e-commerce infrastructure firm, has acquired Brandport and GamerDNA as part of a move into the game advertising business. With these...

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The trouble with Tomb Raider

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 19, 2011
5 min

I got some push-back for including Crystal Dynamics' 2012 Tomb Raider demo in a post about E3 marketing misses and mistakes. Some readers/viewers see and hear...

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American smartphone customers are consuming lots of media

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 18, 2011
2 min

The smartphone has finally gone mainstream in the U.S., and cell phones aren’t just for calling and texting anymore. A new study indicates there’s...

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The rise of tablet gaming

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 16, 2011
3 min

Tablet gaming could be a huge market, disrupting traditional game hardware markets. With more than 25 million units sold, the iPad has become much larger...