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Japan’s DeNA signs up Kabam and Nimblebit

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 25, 2012
2 min

Japan's DeNA mobile social gaming network has signed up a couple of key American game partners as it expands in the U.S.

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Spoof-proof location authentication to help legitimize mobile gambling

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 25, 2012
2 min

Locaid is announcing today that it will provide "unspoofable" location authentication for mobile gambling. The Locaid technology is a critical part of the ecosystem that can support online gambling, which is expected to be a huge industry in the U.S. in the not-so-distant future.

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A series of epic events in Dragon’s Dogma

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 25, 2012
3 min

"Legends call this place the Witchwood." Rook’s whisper barely carries beyond the thickset carpet of trees surrounding us. "'Tis a cursed fog that imperils...

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PixyKids launches 3D-animated characters for kids social network

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 25, 2012
2 min

PixyKids, which has created a social network for kids ages 6 to 12, announced today it plans to allow children to create their own highly realistic 3D-animated avatars. The avatars are part of the company's plan to become a Facebook for kids.

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Report: Amazon pulling ahead of iTunes in average revenue per user

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 24, 2012
2 min

TinyCo's report on how well its game Tiny Village is doing across multiple mobile platforms reveals that fragmentation might be to blame in the loss of revenue from Google Play releases.

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Smart Cars, Jeeps, and the 1977 AMC Pacer X join the race in Forza 4 (gallery)

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 24, 2012
2 min

Top Gear adds 10 new vehicles to Forza Motorsport 4 on May 1. Wayne's World fans, prepare to get happy!

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Bloodforge brings a good, gory romp to Xbox Live Arcade (review)

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 24, 2012
5 min

Bloodforge isn't a great game or even a good one in some respects. It's not very polished, and it's not very deep. For some of us, though, it'll dish out 15 bucks worth of violent lunacy. And let's be honest with ourselves. Sometimes we just want to hit some buttons and watch some heads explode.

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Harley Quinn gets her revenge in Batman: Arkham City GOTY Edition

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 24, 2012
1 min

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced last October’s Batman: Arkham City will be receiving a Game of the Year Edition on May 29. The...