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Slot machine maker International Game Technology pays $500M for Facebook casino game maker Double Down Interactive

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 13, 2012
1 min

Slot machine maker International Game Technology said Thursday it will buy Double Down Interactive for $500 million in cash. Double Down, based in Seattle,...

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Zynga hires away EA’s top mobile and social executive Barry Cottle

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 12, 2012
2 min

Social gaming giant Zynga has hired Electronic Arts’ top mobile and social executive Barry Cottle as Zynga’s new executive vice president of corporate and...

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People who cheat at social games are three times more likely to cheat in real life

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 11, 2012
2 min

People who cheat at social games are cheaters in real life too. So says a survey by casual game maker PopCap Games. The survey...

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OnLive can turn your iPad into a remote desktop with live-streamed MS Office apps and more

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 9, 2012
5 min

Delivering on one of the big promises of its cloud-streaming technology, OnLive is announcing today that its OnLive Desktop app will give iPad users...

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Call of Duty Elite finally accessible via an iPhone app

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 9, 2012
3 min

Game maker Activision Blizzard is finally launching a mobile app for its Call of Duty Elite service. Now fans of Call of Duty Modern Warfare...

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With $2M in funding, Wemo Media plans a 3D animated ocean world, TheBlu

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 9, 2012
2 min

Wemo Media announced today that it has raised $2 million in seed funding to create its first 3D digital animated world set under the...

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Zynga launches Scramble With Friends for iPhone

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 5, 2012
2 min

Some of the most popular mobile games are simple ones. With that in mind, Zynga is launching Scramble With Friends on the iPhone and...

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Zynga launches Hidden Chronicles game in an untapped treasure-hunting genre

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 4, 2012
3 min

Your Uncle Geoffrey has been killed, and the secret lies in the elegant estate where he lived. Your job is to uncover the secrets...

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With $2M in funding, social game studio Seismic comes out of stealth

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 4, 2012
2 min

Hardcore game veterans who worked at the now-defunct Pandemic Studios have started a new social game studio called Seismic Games. Unveiled for the first...

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Can you code PHP like a Ninja? We should talk

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 3, 2012
1 min

Wanted! Someone to help us change the face of modern news reporting. VentureBeat is looking for an experienced PHP coder with experience working on WordPress...

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