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Amazon Gets PopCap Exclusive
May 17, 2011
MAY 17, 2011 • Amazon.com's Android app store has made a deal with PopCap for the latter's first two Android titles – Chuzzle and Plants vs. Zombies – to be...
People’s Liberation Army in China has Mission of Honor
May 12, 2011
[caption id="attachment_10170" align="alignleft" width="390"] Mission of Honor was designed as a training tool.[/caption] MAY 12, 2011 • The U.S. Army has it own promotion and training tool in America's Army,...
NCsoft Closes U.S. Lineage Servers
May 11, 2011
MAY 11, 2011 • NCsoft announced that it would be closing all original Lineage servers on June 29. The decision was made because North American operations are no longer profitable....
100 Million Android Devices Worldwide
May 11, 2011
[caption id="attachment_10160" align="alignleft" width="390"] More than 100 million strong.[/caption] MAY 11, 2011 • Google reported that there were now more than 100 million Android devices operating worldwide. What's more, 400,000...
GameFly Buys Direct2Drive
May 4, 2011
MAY 4, 2011 • Digital distributor Direct2Drive launched a fully localized portal in Germany. On May 26, Direct2Drive itself was acquired from IGN by video game rental service GameFly. Terms...
UGO Entertainment Acquired by News Corp.
May 1, 2011
[caption id="attachment_10151" align="alignleft" width="260"] Now part of IGN.[/caption] MAY 1, 2011 • UGO Entertainment was acquired by News Corp. from Hearst Corp. The purchase is viewed as an opportunity to...
Netflix Top Online Subscription Video Provider
April 28, 2011
[caption id="attachment_10140" align="alignleft" width="390"] Netflix's streaming video service is attracting a wide audience.[/caption] APRIL 28, 2011 • Netflix is now the largest provider of online subscription video content in the...
Interview: Nival Returns to the U.S.
April 28, 2011
[caption id="attachment_4066" align="alignleft" width="251"] Nival general manager U.S., David Christensen[/caption] APRIL 28, 2011 • Five years ago Nival Interactive became the first Eastern European game company to set up shop...