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Activision Blizzard beats revenue estimates thanks to strong Black Ops sales

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 9, 2011
5 min

Activision Blizzard, the biggest independent publisher of video games, reported financial results today that beat analysts’ expectations for its first fiscal quarter. The company...

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Bad information spreading on PlayStation Network’s return date: nothing new, folks

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 9, 2011
2 min

There was some unfortunate wording in a Bloomberg news report on Sunday about Sony’s PlayStation Network, leading many publications to report that the network...

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2 min

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Zynga acquires 13th new company — er, hires two guys

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 9, 2011
1 min

Social game maker Zynga announced today that it has hired two new employees who created the cocos2d iPhone open source project. The new employees...

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Nvidia acquires Icera mobile wireless chip maker for $367M

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 9, 2011
3 min

Updated with internal memo: Moving deeper into mobile chips, Nvidia said it has agreed to buy mobile wireless chip design firm Icera for $367...

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3 min

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Reviews Spotlight: Osama bin Laden, Thor, Age of Empires, and Monster Tale

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 9, 2011
2 min

Are you curious to know what Thor and Osama bin Laden have in common? Can you explain why publisher Majestic publishes good games that...

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2 min

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How much will Activision say about new Call of Duty on Monday?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 8, 2011
2 min

Activision Blizzard has been launching a new Call of Duty game every November for the past few years. So gamers are getting anxious about...

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Sniping in Section 8: Prejudice makes running away even more important

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 8, 2011
2 min

Something about sniping just makes my heart all warm and fuzzy. Perhaps it's the thrill of toying with the virtual life of an enemy...

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2 min

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Instant video game lets you kill bin Laden yourself

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 7, 2011
2 min

Kuma Games has created a new episode of its reality-based video game KumaWar where you can kill Osama bin Laden yourself. Based on publicly...

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2 min

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Sony’s PlayStation Network hack attack repair bill: $1.6 million or $1.25 billion?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 7, 2011
2 min

Video game fans aren’t the only ones waiting for Sony to say more about the PlayStation Network’s woes. Wall Street is getting a little...

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Personal details on 2,500 Sony users appear on web site; Sony removes them

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 7, 2011
2 min

Personal details of 2,500 Sony users were posted to a web site by hackers. Those people were among the Sony users whose identity was...

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