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Kutaragi Launches Cyber AI
November 11, 2009
[caption id="attachment_12348" align="alignleft" width="193"] Former SCE boss Ken Kutaragi.[/caption] NOV. 11, 2009 • Former SCE boss Ken Kutaragi has started a new firm, Cyber AI Entertainment Inc., according to The...
Zynga Pioneers Social Games
November 10, 2009
[caption id="attachment_1120" align="alignleft" width="390"] Zynga CEO Mark Pincus.[/caption] NOV. 10, 2009 • Zynga has become the fastest growing company in the game industry and has pioneered a successful business model...
THQ Signs With Digital River
November 4, 2009
NOV. 4, 2009 • THQ has signed with Digital River for the latter to manage a digital download store for the publisher's PC games. Titles available will include Warhammer 40,000:...
Blizzard Tries Micro-Transactions
November 4, 2009
[caption id="attachment_8997" align="alignleft" width="350"] Blizzard is now selling virtual items like this Pandaren Monk companion.[/caption] NOV. 4, 2009 • Blizzard has finally jumped into micro-transactions tied to its market leading...
Disney Buys Junction Point
October 29, 2009
[caption id="attachment_8993" align="alignleft" width="390"] Concept art for Epic Mickey.[/caption] OCT. 29, 2009 • Warren Spector's Junction Point Studios was purchased by Disney Interactive in 2007, and the AAA gamemaker's first...
Chinese Publishers Go Global
October 28, 2009
OCT. 28, 2009 • Chinese online game companies flush with cash after successful IPOs have ambitions of bringing their products to the West in much the same way as Korean...
Netflix Arrives on PS3
October 26, 2009
[caption id="attachment_8984" align="alignleft" width="375"] Netflix is branching out from Xbox Live to the PlayStation Network.[/caption] OCT. 26, 2009 • Based on reports earlier this year that Netflix was working on...
Larger Screen for DS
October 26, 2009
[caption id="attachment_8980" align="alignleft" width="390"] The larger DS LL is on the left.[/caption] OCT. 26, 2009 • The Nikkei business daily reports that Nintendo will release a new version of the...