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Video Blips: The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Saints Row: The Third, and more

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 11, 2011
1 min

Even a hardened hero with the soul of dragons feels the urge for some chicanery every so often. Hilarity ensues. Video Blips: • The...

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Evony gets a real lady in a toga for its online game ads. Is this progress?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 11, 2011
2 min

Evony, the maker of an online-only fantasy strategy game, spammed the entire internet with ads that featured a large-breasted animated game character named Lady...

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Valve Steam service experiences security breach

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 10, 2011
2 min

Digital game distribution leader Valve just announced there has been a security breach within its Steam database. In a message sent to Steam users,...

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Nvidia says PC gaming in midst of revival

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 10, 2011
1 min

PC gaming is experiencing the beginning of a multi-year growth cycle as gamers migrate to the PC, Nvidia chief executive Jen-Hsun Huang said today...

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Nvidia beats earnings estimates as mobile graphics takes off

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 10, 2011
2 min

Nvidia‘s third quarter earnings beat analysts expectations, the company reported in an earnings call today. Nvidia is the world’s biggest independent maker of graphics chips...

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Microsoft shifts online veteran to run Xbox marketing

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 10, 2011
1 min

Microsoft online business veteran Yusuf Mehdi will become head of marketing for the Interactive Entertainment Division that includes the Xbox game division, the company...

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Gaming population doubles in three years thanks to smartphones, tablets

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 10, 2011
2 min

Two reports released this week show the continuing growth and potential market dominance of digital and mobile gaming. The number of Americans who play...

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Kontagent raises $12M to expand social analytics into mobile

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 10, 2011
1 min

Kontagent said today it has raised $12 million in a second round of funding to expand its social analytics business into mobile markets. Kontagent is...