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How to design a game for your teenage daughter

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 5, 2012
3 min

Designing games for teenage girls can be a gold mine on the iPhone or Android mobile devices. But it’s also pretty tricky, if...

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The Yetis are coming to you at GDC 2012

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 5, 2012
2 min

This year at GDC 2012, prepare for a Yeti invasion the likes of which has never been seen before! YetiZen will be bringing you the biggest bash you’ve ever seen at GDC on Wednesday, March 7 starting at 8pm at Ruby Skye. That’s right in the heart of Union Square. Along with a cavalcade of acrobats, contortionists, belly dancers, and painted models, attendees will also enjoy...

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Funzio spreads out with games for Google+, Chrome Web Store, and Android

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 5, 2012
3 min

Funzio has had a couple of big hits on Facebook and the iPhone with Crime City and Modern War. But now it is spreading...

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Facebook paid $1.4B to game developers in 2011

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 5, 2012
2 min

Facebook paid more than $1.4 billion to game developers (and other app makers) in 2011, according to a Facebook talk at the Game Developers...

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6L teams up with 16 mobile game developers and plans big marketing spend per title

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 5, 2012
2 min

6L, the social game company formerly known as 6waves Lolapps,is shifting its weight toward mobile games. The company has signed up 16 new independent...

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Numecent spins out Approxy cloud-gaming startup

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 5, 2012
4 min

Numecent, a startup with an interesting new cloud technology for digital delivery, is spinning out Approxy as a new cloud-gaming startup. While Numecent will...

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Numecent’s “cloudpaging” could make digital delivery 100x faster

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 5, 2012
4 min

Cloud startup Numecent might completely reshape software distribution, by making it far faster to deliver bits over the internet. For video game players, that...