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Native Linux CryEngine
March 13, 2014
MARCH 13, 2014 • At this month's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco Crytek GmbH will be demonstrating the most recent generation of its CryEngine (the developer ceased numbering its engine...
Bitcoin Hooks Big Fish Games
March 11, 2014
MARCH 11, 2015 • Big Fish Games is now accepting the Bitcoin Internet currency for online game payments and in-app purchases for both its browser and downloadable PC titles. To...
Kabam Acquires Phoenix Age
March 10, 2014
[caption id="attachment_11544" align="alignleft" width="310"] Underworld Empire is one of the mobile titles Phoenix Age is known for, along with Castle Age.[/caption] MARCH 10, 2014 • Kabam, Inc. is bringing another...
OnLive Resurfaces
March 6, 2014
[caption id="attachment_11535" align="alignleft" width="400"] The OnLive streaming service has reorganized as a cloud game provider.[/caption] MARCH 6, 2014 • Last August Onlive Inc. entered into a process similar to bankruptcy...
Sony’s Sweet & Sour 2014: 6 Million PlayStation 4 Units Sold
March 4, 2014
[caption id="attachment_12215" align="alignleft" width="400"] Sony Corp. CEO and president Kazuo Hirai has now presided over two major lay-offs.[/caption] MARCH 4, 2015 • Sony Computer Ent. has announced another PlayStation 4...
Aeria Sells PC Games Distribution Business
March 4, 2014
MARCH. 4, 2014 • Aeria Games & Entertainment, Inc. is selling its PC games distribution business to ProSiebenSat.1 Games GmbH (PSG) for an undisclosed amount. Included in the deal is...
Guild Wars 2 Business Model Goes to China
March 3, 2014
MARCH 3, 2014 • KongZhong Corp. is bringing ArenaNet's Guild Wars 2 to China with the same buy-once-play-forever model as employed by NCsoft in North America and Europe. The game...
Retailer Target Releases Mobile Games
February 28, 2014
[caption id="attachment_11492" align="alignleft" width="313"] Pop It! was Target's second promotional mobile game.[/caption] FEB. 28, 2014 • Through the end of this year Target Corp. plans on releasing six free-to-play mobile...