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News Corp. Likes Making Fun
February 26, 2011
FEB. 26, 2011 • After many starts and stops over the years, Rupert Murdoch is returning to the video game business. His News Corp.'s Digital Media Division purchased Making Fun,...
Age of Empires Online Development Goes to Gas Powered
February 25, 2011
FEB. 25, 2011 • Robot Ent. is handing development of Age of Empires Online over to Gas Powered Games. The latter studio was hired on in 2010 to provide support...
Ubisoft Turns Off Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood DRM
February 25, 2011
FEB. 25, 2011 • Ubisoft Ent. has decided to sideline its intrusive DRM systems for the spring PC release of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. Recent computer games from Ubisoft have required...
DFC Intelligence Methodology
February 21, 2011
FEBRUARY 21, 2011 • DFC Intelligence was founded in 1994 with a stated goal to provide strategic research that would enable companies to understand the growing video game industry and...
FTC Reviews App Stores
February 21, 2011
FEB. 21, 2011 • The Federal Trade Commission will review the marketing and delivery of mobile applications that charge users for products and services through App Stores like Apple's There...
Will Wright’s Launches Bar Karma
February 21, 2011
[caption id="attachment_9955" align="alignleft" width="267"] Game designer Will Wright.[/caption] FEB. 21, 2011 • SIM City luminary Will Wright launched a television program on cable channel Current TV. Bar Karma is "light-hearted...
Minecraft iOS
February 20, 2011
FEB. 20, 2011 • The hugely successful sandbox computer game Minecraft is being adapted to the iOS platform by its developer, Mojang. This new version will be touchscreen. Minecraft iOS...
Xperia Play Unveiled
February 13, 2011
FEB. 13, 2011 • Sony Ericsson unveiled the Xperia Play, a new smartphone that can play video games. Similar in format to the PSP Go, the Xperia Play runs on...
