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Dutch virtual world start-up raises $4 million

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 16, 2009
1 min

Dutch virtual world startup Virtual Fairground has raised $4 million and signed a license to publish a game based on the hit animated soccer...

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GMG Entertainment cleans up with game currency cards in stores

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 16, 2009
3 min

Online games and brick-and-mortar stores that carry games have been fighting a tough war. But digital currency cards are making peace between them. Online...

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Sony closing its Metreon PlayStation store — a stab in the heart for gamers

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 14, 2009
2 min

Sony is closing down its one-and-only U.S. PlayStation store at the Metreon mall in San Francisco. The recession is clearly to blame. Sony will...

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GamesBeat 09 preview: an interview with Facebook’s top gaming dude

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 13, 2009
10 min

Our GamesBeat 2009 games conference on March 24 will explore the frontiers of gaming such as emerging gaming platforms. Facebook certainly qualifies as one...

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A dark day for the weakest video game publishers

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 13, 2009
2 min

It was a dark day on Thursday for the weakest video game publishers. A trio of publishers may not be long for the world:...

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Tzero Technologies shuts down; that’s the end of ultrawideband

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 13, 2009
2 min

Goodbye to another ultra-wideband company. Tzero Technologies has shut down its business of making wireless chips for transferring high-speed video from one consumer electronics...