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Making an Accessible Fighting Game

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 15, 2011
15 min

While fighters are indeed thriving in the game industry (all versions of Capcom's Street Fighter IV have sold almost 6 million units to date) and are supported by dedicated fans, the genre still proves to be intimidating for new players to get into.

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Gameforge hits 300M worldwide users for online games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 15, 2011
1 min

Gameforge said today that it has hit 300 million registered users for its downloadable online games. That milestone establishes Gameforge, a pioneer in free-to-play...

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1 min

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Hands-on with Edgeworld and other Google+ games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 13, 2011
4 min

Since the battle of the social game giants has begun, I decided to try out some of the games available on Google+ to see...

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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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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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