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New Orleans snares a Gameloft game studio with tax incentives

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 14, 2011
2 min

Video games used to be political cannon fodder on the state level, with politicians creating laws to stop the sale of violent video games...

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Hands-on with Edgeworld and other Google+ games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 13, 2011
4 min

Since the battle of the social game giants has begun, I decided to try out some of the games available on Google+ to see...

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The Valve Model — Good for the Industry?

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 13, 2011
5 min

How could you not? Its brought us some of the greatest games ever made, created the standard platform for PC digital distribution and community and is one of the few large development houses exploring the intricacies of the video game medium and business.

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5 silly applications of the Wii U controller

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 13, 2011
2 min

1) X-ray vision screen For years, gamers have drooled over the ladies of Dead or Alive or the men of the Final Fantasy franchise....

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Facebook game leaders: We’re not worried about Google+ games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 13, 2011
7 min

For now, Facebook’s gaming managers aren’t worried about the competition from Google+. If they keep doing a good job growing the engagement and monetization...

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Roku grabs $8M, weeks after releasing Roku 2

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 12, 2011
2 min

Roku, a device that streams web content to televisions, has collected $8 million in funding, according to a form D filed with the SEC...

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Why I’m not down with digitally distributed games (for now)

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 12, 2011
3 min

I see something special about rushing home to crack open a newly purchased video game. Before removing my jacket or throwing down my backpack,...

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Frontierville hits the Pioneer Trail (and you won’t die of Dysentery)

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 12, 2011
3 min

Social games maker Zynga is launching an Oregon Trail-style adventure within its Frontierville Facebook game today. The add-on to Frontierville, a spinoff of the...