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.....

Sony Acquires Gaikai

JULY 2, 2012 • A month removed from the Electronic Entertainment Expo one of the bigger rumors from the show has come to pass: Sony Computer Entertainment has acquired cloud streaming service Gaikai for $380 million. With plenty of electronic devices that can benefit from Gakai’s network, the acquisition is clear win for Sony at a modest cost investment. Sony fully intends to utilize Gaikai as the foundation of its own cloud delivery service. What Sony wil.....

Nexon Acquires inBlue

JUNE 28, 2012 • Looking to bolster its social mobile game development holdings, Nexon Co., Ltd. acquired all outstanding shares of inBlue,inc, which creates content for the GREE and Mobage platforms in Japan. The acquisition comes after the recent purchase of Moyasoft Co., Ltd., a Korean social game deve.....

Ayzenberg Interview Economics & Social Games

JUNE 26, 2012 • DFC Intelligence recently published the report The Market for Browser and Social Network Games.  This report looks closely at not only growth prospects for the segment but also key business model issues such as development costs, customer acquisition issues and marketing and distribution challenges. Getting a grounding in the business of social network games can be equally daunting for companies with retail ga.....

DirecTV Trims 3D

JUNE 22, 2012 • With little fanfare, satellite television provider DirecTV has made its dedicated n3D channel part-time on June 1. The channel was launched in July 2010 in partnership with Panasonic as the first 3D line-up to operate 24 hours a day. But a dearth of 3D content forced DirecTV to run much of t.....

Nintendo Preps Larger 3DS XL

JUNE 22, 2012 • Despite having very little to say about its 3DS products at the recent Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Nintendo Co. Ltd. was holding back on a major announcement.  On July 28 the gamemaker will launch a new version of the handheld, the 3DS XL in Japan and Europe. The new unit is .....

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