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Live-action Halo 4 web series to debut this fall

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 30, 2012
2 min

With Halo 4 coming in November, Microsoft is going all-out with the transmedia opportunity. The company announced today that it will release a web-based live-action animated series, Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.

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Angry Birds Space hits 50M downloads in 35 days

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 30, 2012
1 min

Angry Birds Space has been downloaded more than 50 million times in its first 35 days on the market, according to publisher Rovio. That...

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Free Realms turns three years old with more than 20 million players (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 30, 2012
2 min

Free Realms, the free-to-play family-friendly online world created by Sony Online Entertainment, has turned three years old. To celebrate, Sony is inviting the game’s...

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Google Cube: Because you’re dying to play a game about Google Maps

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 28, 2012
2 min

Ever wanted to lead a ball through a maze and learn about Google Maps at the same time? Me too. Google has released its...

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Google Zerg rush attacks your search results with this fun Starcraft-inspired easter egg

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 27, 2012
2 min

Quick, get your trigger finger ready. Head over to Google.com and type “zerg rush” (without the quotes) into the search field. Clicking on the...

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Two Angry Birds leaders leave the nest to start Boomlagoon (exclusive)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 27, 2012
2 min

Antti Stén, the lead server architect for the original Angry Birds, and Tuomas Erikoinen, lead artist, have left Rovio to create a new game studio called Boomlagoon.

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Zynga beats Q1 earnings estimates

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 26, 2012
3 min

Zynga reported first quarter earnings of 6 cents a share, beating analyst estimates for the social game company’s second-ever earnings announcement. The publisher of...

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Zynga earnings preview: what the analysts think

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 26, 2012
2 min

Zynga’s stock price has been falling in recent days in advance of the company’s first quarter earnings report today. The shares are trading at...

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Nintendo posts fiscal year loss and expects to return to profitability

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 26, 2012
1 min

Nintendo reported today that it had a loss in the fourth fiscal quarter ending March 31. This was its first annual operating loss in...

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Report: Amazon pulling ahead of iTunes in average revenue per user

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 24, 2012
2 min

TinyCo's report on how well its game Tiny Village is doing across multiple mobile platforms reveals that fragmentation might be to blame in the loss of revenue from Google Play releases.

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