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Playnomics figures out how game players rate when it comes to potential purchases (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 1, 2012
2 min

Playnomics, a startup that helps predict which gamers will be valuable to game developers, is announcing today a free player-scoring system for online game...

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Bigpoint shows off online Game of Thrones, based on HBO series (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 29, 2012
2 min

Online gaming powerhouse Bigpoint is showing off scenes today from its upcoming online role-playing game based on HBO’s hit television show Game of Thrones....

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2 min

Goplay launches portal for social games on the web (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 28, 2012
3 min

Goplay is launching a web portal for social games in the hopes of luring disaffected publishers away from Facebook. With Goplay, developers can make...

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3 min

Meteor Entertainment raises $10M to fund Hawken online mech game (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 27, 2012
5 min

Meteor Entertainment has raised $10 million in a bid to launch a downloadable online game called Hawken. Aimed at hardcore gamers who battle each other...

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5 min

After Disney, Bungie founder dives into mobile games with Industrial Toys (exclusive interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 25, 2012
3 min

Alex Seropian was in charge of huge video game business at Disney Interactive Studios, with more than 500 employees and $500 million revenues. But...

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3 min

The DeanBeat: Creating a pop icon that will never age (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 24, 2012
3 min

Pop icons like Britney Spears or Hannah Montana inevitably grow out of being role models for young girls, and then send jolts of alarm...

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3 min

Z2Live swallows Big Sandwich Games in acquisition deal (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 23, 2012
1 min

Z2Live, the creator of hit free-to-play social games on mobile devices, is announcing today it has acquired Big Sandwich Games in Vancouver, Canada. The...

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1 min

GamesBeat weekly roundup

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 17, 2012
2 min

Here are some of the stories that ran on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more articles exclusively in the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat, particularly...

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2 min

Small companies can do quick market research with Peanut Labs’ Crowdvibe (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 16, 2012
3 min

Peanut Labs is launching its Crowdvibe site today to allow anyone to create quick polls or market research surveys with large numbers of respondents...

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3 min

Kabam looks beyond Facebook for its growth in hardcore social games (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 16, 2012
4 min

Kabam made its mark in social games on Facebook, but the company is rapidly diversifying away from the social network as it pursues fans...

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4 min