World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria Release Set

JULY 25, 2012 • Blizzard Ent. has set Sept. 25 as the release date for the new Mists of Pandaria expansion to World of Warcraft. The base package will be available at retail and digitally for $39.95. A $79.95 Collector’s Edition will also be available at retail. What is somewhat novel is that Blizzard is marketing a $59.95 Digital Deluxe version for $59.95 that includes all of the in-game virtual items from the more expensive retail edition. The most popul.....

Electronic Arts Antitrust Football Suit Settled

JULY 20, 2012 • Electronic Arts has reached a proposed settlement in a case where its EA Sports division was accused of violating antitrust and consumer protection laws in the overcharging of consumers for Madden NFL, NCAA and Arena Football League games. In each case EA had secured exclusive licenses to produce and market “official” third-party titles for the two professional leagues, and college football teams. The claim against EA Sports was that .....

Bigpoint Drops Mobile Development

JULY 19, 2012 • Bigpoint GmbH has made the economic decision that contracting with outside mobile development teams is preferable to maintaining in-house staff to create content for smartphones. The decision comes at the same time that executives Philip (chief games officer) and Tobias Reisberger (chief revenue officer) have stepped down to create their own mobile studio, AppFlag. While the departure of the brothers is said to be on good terms, it is reported th.....

Serious Play Conference

JULY 13, 2012 • DFC Intelligence is a proud sponsor for the 2nd Annual Serious Play Conference. The top consultants, analysts and developers specializing in learning and training content will come together to discuss the current status and future market trends for non-entertainment games and simulations. The 2nd Annual Serious Play Conference runs from Tuesday to Thursday, August 21-23, 2012 at the at DigiPen Institut.....

Amazon Launches GameCircle

JULY 11, 2012 • Moving to make its Kindle Fire tablet platform a more accessible and friendly destination for game playing, Amazon.com launched a new service called GameCircle. Kindle owners now have access to new features such as achievements, leaderboards, and cloud-based sync between Kindle devices that saves gameplay progress that can be made available to separate Kindles. More social features are to be added later. Also released were a series of APIs to hel.....

New Ouya Android Console In Works

JULY 10, 2012 • Very similar to the concept that launched the mobile phone hardware-based Zeebo console a few years back is a new Android console system called Ouya. The main differences are that the Ouya is being directed far beyond emerging markets, and instead of relying on cell towers for connectivity, the console works in concert with Internet-connected TVs. Published specifications include a Tegra3 quad-core processor, running Android 4.0, 1GB of RAM, and .....

Casual Connect Seattle

JULY 9, 2012 • Focusing on online, mobile and social games Casual Connect will take place July 24-26, 2012, in Seattle, Washington. Not only is this the 7th annual show organized by Casual Games Association, the show has since expanded to include Casual Connect Kyiv; Casual Connect Europe in Hamburg, Germany; and Casual Connect Asia in Singapore. The 2012 event in Seattle will focus on emerging trends for the casual games indu.....

Call of Duty Online Set For China

JULY 3, 2012 • Activision Blizzard, Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. confirmed their partnership to release Call of Duty Online in China. The title has been in development for the last two years, and has been built upon the multiplayer experience of existing Call of Duty titles. Tencent says Call of Duty Online will introduce a new gaming model designed specifically for the Chinese market that gives players greater options to better personalize their weapons, ch.....

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