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Penny Arcade starts a Kickstarter to go ad-free

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 10, 2012
1 min

Successful video game web comic Penny Arcade wants to return to the days where they did not rely on ad revenue to run its website by calling on fans to donate to a Kickstarter campaign. If the company can raise at least 1 million, Penny Arcade will go entirely add-free.

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Dean Takahashi’s opening comments for GamesBeat 2012

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 10, 2012
3 min

Welcome to our fourth annual GamesBeat conference. I’d like to thank everyone who got us here. Matt Marshall, Alicia Saribalis, Stacy Cohen, Elyssa Thorp,...

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Nintendo will finally be able to rescue data from stolen systems…if you have a police report

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 10, 2012
3 min

Nintendo still has no easy way to recover a customer's digital purchases from a stolen system. That will change soon, but it will require a police report, not simply a username and password.

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Urban Airship partners with analytics service to cut down annoying in-game messaging

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 10, 2012
2 min

Urban Airship partners with GamesAnalytics to better target push notifications and in-game messaging. Apps will now be able to predict which users are likely to respond to prompts to spend money, and which users this will annoy.

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The People’s Box: Ouya launches Kickstarter for sub-$100 console

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 10, 2012
4 min

Ouya aims to create the game console that everybody wants but current vendors are afraid to make.

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Indie game developers weigh in on Valve’s Steam Greenlight

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 10, 2012
2 min

Some indie developers say Valve's new community-focused service is a great opportunity, but potential abuse of the system is a concern.

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Scaleform expands to support game development on mobile iOS and Android devices

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
July 10, 2012
2 min

Autodesk is expanding its toolset for video game development on mobile devices with Scaleform.

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OMG, exercise games aren’t a miraculous cure-all?!

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 10, 2012
3 min

Over the past week, several major media outlets have reported on a recent study in which researchers took a close look at the way...

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Portalarium raises $7M for Facebook and mobile role-playing games (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 10, 2012
3 min

Portalarium, the social game startup headed by famous developer Richard Garriott, has raised $7 million in funding to complete development of its first title, Ultimate Collector.

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Cloud gaming finally coming to South Korea (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 10, 2012
2 min

Playcast and cable operator CJ Hellovision to take cloud gaming service to South Korea (exclusive).

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