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Game designer Richard Garriott returns to earth after trip to International Space Station

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 24, 2008
2 min

Game designer Richard Garriott returned safely to earth today after a trip to the International Space Station aboard a privately-funded rocket launched by Space...

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Video games not just for nerds anymore, IGN reports

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 22, 2008
2 min

Video games have been moving beyond their nerdy stereotype roots for a long time now. A new research report from IGN Entertainment and Ipsos...

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Games2win to be entertainment powerhouse; firm outwits pirates, launches game search engine

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 22, 2008
3 min

If I told you that a game company you’ve never heard of will be a top ten entertainment company in 2009, you’d probably laugh....

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NeoEdge Networks introduces way to splice ads into the middle of the action

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 22, 2008
3 min

Most casual game ads are predictable. They run a 30-second video in between levels in a game, or roll the video after you’ve finished....

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Metaplace raises more funding to be the MySpace of virtual worlds

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 22, 2008
2 min

Metaplace, a company that will allow anybody to build their own virtual world and access it through through an ordinary web browser, has taken...

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IGA Worldwide delivering in-game ads to 30 million users

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 21, 2008
2 min

IGA Worldwide said its in-game advertising network now reaches 30 million gamers on four distinct gaming platforms: the PC, Mac, Flash, and the PlayStation...

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Video game industry revamps its ailing E3 trade show

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 21, 2008
2 min

By most accounts, the E3 trade show in July was a disaster for the video game industry. (I liked it, because the crowds were...

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Music video games overtake sports and game console growth

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 20, 2008
2 min

Music has overtaken sports as the No. 2 category for video games and has led to the highest adoption of video game consoles in...

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Live Gamer scores a virtual trading deal with Magma Studios

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 20, 2008
3 min

The way the stock market is going, I wouldn’t be surprised if virtual goods marketplaces will one day be bigger than real-world marketplaces. That’s...

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Reference to the Qur’an delays launch of Sony’s biggest game

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 17, 2008
1 min

Sony has been touting LittleBigPlanet as one of its biggest holiday release titles. But the company announced it would delay the worldwide launch, which...

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