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Electronic Arts beats quarterly estimates but announces weak outlook; stock tumbles after-hours

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 7, 2012
5 min

Electronic Arts reported its earnings for the fourth fiscal quarter ended March 31 beat estimates. However, its guidance going forward is weak and the...

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EA’s Star Wars: The Old Republic snares 1.3M subscribers

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 7, 2012
2 min

Electronic Arts said today that its critical online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, had 1.3 million active subscribers in the fourth-fiscal quarter ended...

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Company of Heroes 2 explores WWII’s Eastern front

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 7, 2012
1 min

Company of Heroes 2 shifts focus from the American and British troops of its predecessor (and accompanying expansion pack, Opposing Fronts) and lets players take control of Russian forces.

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Angry Birds creator Rovio says merchandising is 30 percent of revenue

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 7, 2012
1 min

Angry Birds creator Rovio Entertainment reported today that merchandising and licensing revenues accounted for about 30 percent of its sales in 2011.

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Journey designer: PlayStation Network players “more likely to be interested in artistic games” than 360 or Wii

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 7, 2012
2 min

Journey lead designer Jenova Chen told GamesBeat why he prefers working with Sony. It has everything to do with the audience that he wishes to reach with his work.

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Awesome! Raptr will give you targeted rewards just for playing games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 7, 2012
4 min

Raptr, the gamer social network with 12 million hardcore users, is unveiling a novel rewards program today that gives targeted bonuses to gamers just...

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Scalify raises $2M to build networking for better online game worlds

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 6, 2012
3 min

Australian start-up Scalify has raised $2 million in venture funding so that it can create networking technology that enables the fast and efficient creation...

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Califonia Extreme Pinball and Arcade Show

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Didn’t get your PAX Prime tickets? Here are five alternative conventions

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 6, 2012
3 min

PAX Prime is sold out, huh? While that is very sad for a lot of us, we have some alternative conventions that may fill that social void in your schedule.

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GamesBeat Weekly Roundup

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 4, 2012
3 min

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

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Museum presses save button on gaming history (interview)

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 4, 2012
9 min

At a time when the largest industry in entertainment is focused on the next big thing, it's easy to forget the past of video games. Who is helping ensure that our gaming heritage is preserved for future generations to enjoy, study, and learn from?

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