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Newzoo: Global game market to grow from $108.9 billion in 2017 to $128.5 billion in 2020

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 20, 2017
3 min

Global game revenues are expected to grow from $108.9 billion in 2017 to $128.5 billion in 2020, according to market researcher Newzoo. During that time,...

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Ora Sound launches crowdfunding for new kind of graphene-based wireless headphones

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 20, 2017
2 min

Ora Sound is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise money for its Ora GrapheneQ wireless headphones. The headphones use a new technology...

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MTG buys GameStop’s mobile game publisher Kongregate for $55 million

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 20, 2017
2 min

Swedish entertainment company Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired GameStop’s Kongregate for an enterprise value of $55 million, the two announced today. The deal...

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Forbes releases its global list of influencers in entertainment, games, and travel

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 20, 2017
2 min

Forbes loves to sort people into billionaire lists and what-not, and today the media company is releasing its second quarterly list of the top...

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E3 thrilled fans, but everyone agrees: The show must change

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 20, 2017
5 min

The Entertainment Software Association, the industry group that operates the influential Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow in Los Angeles each June, sold E3 tickets to the...

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Jam City’s Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow debuts on June 29

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 20, 2017
1 min

Jam City has announced that it will launch its big deal mobile game Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow on June 29. The Los Angeles company...

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Watch Metroid Prime 4 make fans go nuts at Nintendo’s New York store

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 20, 2017
1 min

If I see a group of young men screaming in ecstasy, it usually means that I’m either flexing my biceps or Nintendo just announced...

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Super Mario Odyssey is a Sonic the Hedgehog clone

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
June 20, 2017
3 min

The 16-bit console war may have ended in the ’90s, but Sega will rise again! And at this year’s influential Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow in...