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Study: Gamers are gaga for virtual goods

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 29, 2012
2 min

Consumer spending on virtual goods has doubled since 2009, according to a survey by Visa’s PlaySpan digital monetization division. And the total U.S. market...

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Vindicia adds mobile payments to CashBox via Boku

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 29, 2012
2 min

Vindicia, a provider of the CashBox billing and customer management system for online merchants, is announcing today that consumers will be able to pay...

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Study: Video games depict religion as violent and problematic (interview)

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 29, 2012
3 min

Many newer-generation video games equate religion with violence, finds a new study from the University of Missouri. Greg Perreault, a doctoral student in the...

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Get ready to brag! Raptr turns on its reputation system for 12M hardcore gamers

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 29, 2012
3 min

Gamers of the world, get ready to brag! Raptr, the social network for hardcore gamers, is launching a new reputation system for its 12...

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PapayaMobile reaches 50M users and launches Social Splash to convert games to Android

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 29, 2012
1 min

With a reach to more than 50 million users, PapayaMobile is releasing Social Splash, a tool for game developers to convert their existing social...

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Bigpoint shows off online Game of Thrones, based on HBO series (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 29, 2012
2 min

Online gaming powerhouse Bigpoint is showing off scenes today from its upcoming online role-playing game based on HBO’s hit television show Game of Thrones....

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Buying games on release day might be a bad idea

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 29, 2012
2 min

Online gaming has come very far in a short amount of time. But even with all the advancements that have been made, developers seem...

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Alan Wake’s American Nightmare doomed to live in original’s shadow (review)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 28, 2012
11 min

Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is change-up for hardcore fans of Remedy Entertainment‘s story-driven psychological thriller Alan Wake. It is available as an Xbox Live...