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Eight virtual goods companies, including Facebook, raised $237 M in second quarter

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 14, 2009
1 min

Eight virtual goods companies raised $237 million from investors in the second quarter, Engage Digital announced today. Game companies are adopting virtual goods models...

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Mobcast Episode 011

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 14, 2009
1 min

It's an EGM-heavy podcast this week, as four ex-EGMers talk a lot of memories. But we also bring in the visiting Derek Lavigne, who...

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Warner Bros. greenlights Green Lantern superhero game

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 13, 2009
2 min

Warner Bros. and game developer Double Helix have partnered to create an action-based video game slated around the comic book hero Green Lantern, VentureBeat...

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Listen to MobileBeat2009 on Stitcher

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 13, 2009
1 min

Stitcher, a service that lets you listen to audio programs on your mobile phone, is set to cover the main session speakers and breakouts...

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VentureBeat is looking for awesome developer

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July 13, 2009
1 min

As VentureBeat expands, we’re looking to hire a full-time Web developer to help build out some of the coolest projects for an online news...

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King.com joins the migration to iPhone and Facebook games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 13, 2009
1 min

Like numerous other established game companies, King.com is expanding its turf from just web-based casual games to iPhone and Facebook games. The London-based company’s...

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Disciple role-playing game debuts Facebook version

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 13, 2009
1 min

Disciple, a fantasy role-playing Web game, now has a Facebook version where players can communicate and fight with players in the original web version...