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Electronic Arts Origin Platform Signs Publishers
October 28, 2011
OCT. 28, 2011 • Electronic Arts announced that it had signed agreements with Capcom Ent., THQ, and Warner Bros. Interactive Ent. to distribute their game content on the Electronic Arts...
Nintendo 3DS Sales Reach 6.68M
October 27, 2011
[caption id="attachment_10743" align="alignleft" width="390"] More than 6.68 million Nintendo 3DS units have been sold since February.[/caption] OCT. 27, 2011 • Nintendo 3DS sales reached 6.68 million units since the system's...
Sony Buys Out Sony Ericsson
October 27, 2011
OCT. 27, 2011 • Sony Corp. is buying out its Swedish partner for €1.05 billion ($1.45 billion) to assume full control of the Sony Ericsson mobile phone joint venture. The...
Ubisoft Opens Mid East Studio in Abu Dhabi
October 25, 2011
[caption id="attachment_10735" align="alignleft" width="390"] Ubisoft's partner in Abu Dhabi is twofour54.[/caption] OCT. 25, 2011 • Abu Dhabi was chosen as the location for the latest of Ubisoft's development studios, set...
KMM Brisbane Shuttered
October 17, 2011
[caption id="attachment_10730" align="alignleft" width="320"] Many Australian game studios are closing.[/caption] OCT. 17, 2011 • KMM Brisbane became the latest game studio to shut down in Australia. The branch of KMM...
Microsoft AcquiresTwisted Pixel
October 12, 2011
OCT. 12, 2011 • Microsoft Studios acquired Twisted Pixel Games LLC based in Austin, Texas. The studio is best known for its Xbox Live Arcade titles such as Splosion Man...
Interview: Atypically Social, Kabam
October 5, 2011
OCT. 5, 2011 • One game company that has successfully avoided the me-too, casual game approach on Facebook is Kabam. Against all of the conventional wisdom of what sells on...
Analysis: Can Games Capture Big Advertising Bucks?
October 5, 2011
[caption id="attachment_4328" align="alignleft" width="375"] A character from Caracol TV's (Columbia) PC advergame, el Cartel.[/caption] OCT. 5, 2011 • DFC Intelligence recently released its first in a series of reports: on...