British Petroleum Stocks Nintendo 3DS

MARCH 28, 2011 • Novel for non-traditional game retailer at the launch of a new console, British Petroleum is stocking the £229.99 Nintendo 3DS, and a selection of games for the system, at more than 100 of its service stations in the United Kingdom. Impact: Retail expansion of video games has been slowly occurring on a global basis.  Games bring consumers in the door and they can be used as .....

Interview Joymax Set For A Breakout

MARCH 26, 2011 • Ask gamers in Turkey about South Korean publisher Joymax and there’s a very good chance they will recognize the company thanks to the popular free MMO Silkroad Online. The same would not be true in North America where Joymax is not very well known. However, that situation is changing. Joymax is making a big push to raise its market share worldwide. Last year Joymax merged with another Korean gamemaker, WeMad.....

Yobongo Raises 1.35 Million

MARCH 24, 2011 • Yobongo Inc. is a new studio based in San Francisco that just released an iPhone app by the same name. The app enables users to chat randomly with others in the same geographic area that have Yobongo installed. Following the launch, Yobongo raised $1.35 million from True.....

Interview Bigpoint & 3D Browser Games

MARCH 24, 2011 • Bigpoint GmbH is one of the major online game success stories, not only in its home territory of Europe, but progressively worldwide. Since the company was founded in 2002, it has attained lofty milestones along the way, including the world’s largest browser game provider servicing more than 170 million registered users. As an online game company to watch, attracting 250,000 new users a day in 25 languages, .....

THQ Announces Homefront Sales

MARCH 17, 2011 • In an earlier era, selling 375,000 units in 24 hours would have been major news for a new PC action franchise. Post Call of Duty, THQ found itself hard-pressed to garner laurels for its new Homefront game. The tally did not include Europe, where the game’s release was sl.....

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