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Three ideas for my next indie gaming masterpiece

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 12, 2011
3 min

I have finally finished working on All the Bad Parts, my very own Xbox Live indie game. Soon, I'll get to release my personal...

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July retail video game sales drop 26 percent, worst month since 2006

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 11, 2011
2 min

The U.S. retail game industry continues to suffer from a low rate of new game releases. Now we know just how much, thanks to...

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Kabam launches Edgeworld real-time combat game on Facebook and Google+

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 11, 2011
5 min

Slowly but surely, Kabam is turning social networks into platforms for hardcore games. The high-flying company has now launched its fifth major game on...

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Take that, Facebook: Google+ commission on game transactions is 5 percent, not 30 percent

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 11, 2011
3 min

For the launch of its Google+ social games platform, Google has found one way to differentiate itself from Facebook. For in-game transactions, Google is...

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Google adds games from Zynga, PopCap and others to Google+

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 11, 2011
1 min

Google has finally added games to its Google+ social network, the company announced in a blog post today. The first set of games includes smash...

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Zynga revises its IPO filing with the SEC — a signal that it still plans to go public

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 11, 2011
1 min

Zynga filed an amended S1 document for its initial public offering today, slightly revising its previous filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Zynga’s...

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Twitch.tv hits 8M viewers, partners with Blizzard’s largest Starcraft 2 tournament

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 11, 2011
3 min

Online game broadcasting network Twitch.tv has passed 8 million unique visitors and 1 billion of minutes viewed in July. It has also partnered with the...

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Why Nintendo should start making games for iPhone and Android

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 11, 2011
3 min

Nintendo investors are extremely unhappy with the company’s nearly 30-year old strategy of making games only for its own consoles and have started demanding...