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GameTree TV launches interactive TV gaming in France

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 26, 2011
2 min

It’s been a long time coming, but TransGaming is finally announcing today that a French set-top box maker is deploying TransGaming’s GameTree TV games-on-demand...

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Bob-omb on a wall: Exploring counterculture through game-themed graffiti

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 26, 2011
3 min

On a sidewalk outside my apartment, there is a piece of graffiti on a breaker box that takes inspiration from the classic Mario character...

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Tapjoy limits certain promotions to ease Apple’s concerns on gaming the top ranks

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 26, 2011
3 min

Mobile app distribution is kind of in a state of limbo on Apple’s App Store, thanks to a recent change in policy on running...

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Investors buy majority stake in online game maker Bigpoint for $350M

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 26, 2011
2 min

German online game publisher Bigpoint announced today that two major private equity firms have bought a majority stake in the company for $350 million....

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Did Sony shut down PSN to prevent “extreme” piracy?

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 25, 2011
2 min

Sony shut down its Playstation Network after a new custom firmware version for the console let users download games and content with a fake...

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Creation and Destruction in Minecraft

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 25, 2011
3 min

In Minecraft's randomly generated worlds, you are all alone. But you are free to create anything and to sculpt your environment to how you...

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Five days and counting: Sony’s PlayStation Network outage continues

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 25, 2011
2 min

Apologize early and often. Sony has learned that much as it communicates with 70 million registered users about why their beloved PlayStation Network isn’t...