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Updated: NPD numbers show video game sales slowed in September (or did they?)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 17, 2008
3 min

The U.S. video game industy has been a haven of sorts for the whole year, posting 30 percent sales growth at a time when...

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Proximo Games targets GameStop’s soft underbelly: Latin America

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 16, 2008
2 min

GameStop, the world’s largest video game retailer, with more than 5,500 GameStop and Electronic Boutique stores in 16 countries, is about to get some...

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Kleiner-backed startup Ngmoco to launch three new iPhone games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 16, 2008
3 min

Ngmoco is unveiling its first three games for the iPhone and iPod Touch today. The San Francisco-based startup is on a tear. Neil Young,...

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Nvidia launches new chip sets in broadside at Intel

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 15, 2008
2 min

Nvidia is launching a chip set for low-end computers in a shot at Intel. In a familiar battle, Nvidia argues that low-end computers will...

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SouthPeak Games buys the goofballs of gaming, Gamecock Media Group

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 14, 2008
2 min

SouthPeak Games has agreed to buy the Gamecock Media Group. Hopefully, they know what they’re getting. The Gamecock founders are the unabashed goofballs of...

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Kongregate teaches gamers how to make their own games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 14, 2008
2 min

Jim Greer, the chief executive of Kongregate, is greedy for games. His web site already has more than 8,000 games created by users and...

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Twofish raises $4.5M to create economies for virtual worlds

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 10, 2008
2 min

Twofish has raised $4.5 million in a second round of funding for its business of creating the economic infrastructure behind virtual worlds. The deal...