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Game industry’s annual report: Games penetrating cultural, legal, and political barriers

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 6, 2012
2 min

The $67 billion worldwide video game industry is breaking through barriers on the cultural, legal and political fronts, according to the annual report of the Entertainment Software Association, the U.S. industry's trade group.

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New institute gets $10M to gamify education for kids

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 28, 2012
3 min

The game industry and nonprofits are teaming up to create a video game design lab that will do research on engaging students and measuring...

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Would it be a mistake for E3 to move out of LA?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 8, 2012
2 min

For years, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) has been associated with the city of Los Angeles and its sprawling downtown convention center. But the...

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Game industry will hide its pain, celebrate innovation at E3

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 3, 2012
2 min

An estimated 45,000 people are going to attend the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown L.A.

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Mojang talks Minecraft subscriptions, boycotting E3

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 8, 2012
2 min

Mojang, the Swedish developer of Minecraft, is considering introducing a subscription model to its block-centric building game and will bow out of next month's Electronic Entertainment Expo.

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Why video games are good for you — the cheat sheet

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 10, 2012
2 min

Relax, parents. Video games are good for you and your kids. So argues Scott Steinberg, author of The Modern Parent’s Guide series for high-tech...

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Kids and video games: Why children should play more

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 13, 2012
4 min

Parents, politicians, and educators often criticize video games as a waste of time that distract kids from healthier activities such as school, outdoor play, sports, and community service. Just one problem: Research is quickly proving the theory wrong and illustrating that gaming can be a beneficial and well-rounded part of a healthy, balanced media diet. Moreover, due to their interactivity, at odds with passive mediums such as television, kids’ video games can actually be one of today’s most powerful tools for sparking learning and creativity.

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SOPA controversy creates rival to game industry group ESA; LFG aims to be “the NRA for gamers”

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 18, 2012
3 min

Frustrated by the Entertainment Software Association‘s (ESA) support of the proposed anti-piracy SOPA and PIPA legislation, Red 5 Studios CEO Mark Kern has founded...