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hi5 rides Facebook’s coattails, letting developers publish on both platforms

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 2, 2010
2 min

Social network hi5 continued its mad rush to create an attractive social gaming platform by making its own network compatible with games made for...

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Announcing the finalists of the GamesBeat@GDC Who’s Got Game best game startup contest

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 2, 2010
2 min

Our expert judges have reviewed applications from the 37 video game startups that entered our Who’s Got Game contest, taking place at our GamesBeat@GDC...

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March Gamers Challenge

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 2, 2010
1 min

The month of March is starting out with a resounding bang! Bad Company 2 hits stores tomorrow, Final Fantasy 13 comes out in a...

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Bunchball unveils analytics program to measure engagement with web sites

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 2, 2010
2 min

Bunchball is announcing a new analytics service today — one that measures how well a web site incentivizes and rewards consumers. The San Jose,...

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Discovering the Intrinsic Fun of Simple Games

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 2, 2010
2 min

Editor's note: Chris absolutely nails why I named New Super Mario Bros. Wii my game of the year last year: It provides simple, unadulterated...

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Sony fixes a nasty leap year bug for the PlayStation Network

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 2, 2010
1 min

Those deprived PlayStation 3 gamers can now rejoice. After a crippling bug hit the game console over the weekend, service has been restored on...

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Sony confirms PlayStation Network problems for older PS 3s; says don’t use older PS 3 until bug is fixed

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 1, 2010
1 min

Sony confirmed today that it has had an outage for its PlayStation Network that affects gamers with older PlayStation 3 consoles. The Japanese company...