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The Valve Model — Good for the Industry?

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 13, 2011
5 min

How could you not? Its brought us some of the greatest games ever made, created the standard platform for PC digital distribution and community and is one of the few large development houses exploring the intricacies of the video game medium and business.

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Frontierville hits the Pioneer Trail (and you won’t die of Dysentery)

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 12, 2011
3 min

Social games maker Zynga is launching an Oregon Trail-style adventure within its Frontierville Facebook game today. The add-on to Frontierville, a spinoff of the...

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3 min

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Zynga exec departs on the eve of IPO to run eHarmony

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 12, 2011
2 min

Former Zynga general manager Jeremy Verba has left the company to become chief executive officer of dating site eHarmony after working at the social...

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Angry Birds maker Rovio seeks $1.2B valuation in upcoming funding round

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 12, 2011
1 min

Angry Birds maker Rovio is in the process of a fundraising round that would value the company at $1.2 billion, according to a report...

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Kabam launches Edgeworld real-time combat game on Facebook and Google+

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 11, 2011
5 min

Slowly but surely, Kabam is turning social networks into platforms for hardcore games. The high-flying company has now launched its fifth major game on...

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Google adds games from Zynga, PopCap and others to Google+

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 11, 2011
1 min

Google has finally added games to its Google+ social network, the company announced in a blog post today. The first set of games includes smash...

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Zynga revises its IPO filing with the SEC — a signal that it still plans to go public

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 11, 2011
1 min

Zynga filed an amended S1 document for its initial public offering today, slightly revising its previous filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Zynga’s...

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Twitch.tv hits 8M viewers, partners with Blizzard’s largest Starcraft 2 tournament

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 11, 2011
3 min

Online game broadcasting network Twitch.tv has passed 8 million unique visitors and 1 billion of minutes viewed in July. It has also partnered with the...

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Zynga steals another executive from Electronic Arts

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 10, 2011
1 min

It looks like Zynga isn’t done poaching executives from rival Electronic Arts. Jeff Karp, executive vice president for a major EA division, is leaving...

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THQ’s loss will likely be social and mobile gaming’s gain

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 10, 2011
2 min

THQ laid off more than 200 employees today as it tried to realign its workforce in light of disappointing sales of its most recent...

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