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With online sales growing, video game market to hit $81B by 2016 (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 7, 2011
3 min

Video game sales are expected to grow from $66 billion worldwide in 2010 to $81 billion by 2016, but that growth masks some profound...

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News Blips: Halo 4 creative director quits, Call of Duty Elite subscriber predictions, Dead Island’s hilarious debug mode, and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 7, 2011
2 min

I'm not sure how an assistant producer of a game involving homoerotic vampires and mooing biomachines can lose creative excitement over a straightforward character...

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Video Blips: Resistance 3, Call of Duty Elite, Bit.Trip Complete, and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 7, 2011
1 min

When I'm older, I plan on entering into the acting business. This Resistance 3 trailer definitely shows a market for those "knead fingers and...

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Mayfield Fund snags game investor Tim Chang as managing director

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 6, 2011
2 min

Venture capitalist Tim Chang is leaving Norwest Venture Partners to become a managing director at the Mayfield Fund. Chang made a name for himself...

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Major League Gaming’s Raleigh competition draws record audience

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 6, 2011
2 min

Videogame broadcaster and event producer Major League Gaming’s (MLG) most recent competitive event in Raleigh, N.C., drew more than 130,000 concurrent subscribers, not including...

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In wake of PSN hack, Sony recruits Homeland Security official as security boss

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 6, 2011
1 min

Sony said today that is has hired a former official at the Department of Homeland Security to its new post of chief information security...

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Exclusive: Meet Guerillapps’ Trash Tycoon, a social game to bring out your green side

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 6, 2011
2 min

Social games maker Guerillapps today launched Trash Tycoon, a social game about recycling that’s designed to encourage “upcycling” — the process of converting old...

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GameStop may soon start selling iPhones, iPads and iPods

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 6, 2011
1 min

Video game retailer GameStop may soon push mobile gaming in its stores. The company is apparently planning to start offering Apple’s entire suite of...