Archive for January, 2008

Valve gives away game development tools for free - Custom PC

Valve gives away game development tools for freeCustom PC, UK -43 minutes agoApparently, you don't even need to put your game on Steam at the end of it, and the service is intended for both retail games and direct downloads, …

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Mobile Gaming Revenues in North America to Grow to $3B by 2012 - TMCnet

Mobile Gaming Revenues in North America to Grow to $3B by 2012TMCnet -51 minutes agoOther key findings included in Juniper’s report include: The proportion of ad-funded mobile game downloads in North America is predicted to grow to 30% by …US mobile game revenues to reach $3bn by 2012VNUNet.comStudy: Mobile Game Sales to Rise 275%Next Generationall 22 […]

Malware Scanner, Web-Use Aid, and a Garden Game - PC World

Malware Scanner, Web-Use Aid, and a Garden GamePC World -58 minutes agoIs your favorite file missing from PC World's Downloads library? E-mail your comments to Laura Blackwell. Messages containing attached files will be deleted …

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Piracy sinking PC games industry - Canada.com

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Piracy sinking PC games industryCanada.com, Canada -54 minutes agoUnreal Tournament III is being downloaded by 3060 pirates, which would equate to 31K to 46K downloads a month, easily beating the 34K that the game sold in …

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Micropayments: Tiny sums now changing hands - Financial Times

Micropayments: Tiny sums now changing handsFinancial Times, UK -1 hour agoSelling songs by digital download for 99 cents each is a radical re-packaging that consumers demanded but the music industry resisted. …

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PC OEMs might no longer be able to rely on games to sell high end … - ZDNet Blogs

PC OEMs might no longer be able to rely on games to sell high end …ZDNet Blogs -22 minutes agoSure, the NPD figures don’t account for digital downloads but I doubt that this would add more than a few percentage points to the total. …

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Free-games movement could free up gaming market - RCRNews.com

Free-games movement could free up gaming marketRCRNews.com, CO -16 minutes agoMobileRated, a Canadian subsidiary of Kalador Entertainment Inc., recently said it has seen downloads increase one-third over a three-month period, …

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Tomb Raider: Legend Mobile Wins Best Action Game at VGA - MCV

Tomb Raider: Legend Mobile Wins Best Action Game at VGAMCV, UK -57 minutes agoEidos New Media also distributes games through digital distribution via its own sites and partner channels as either individual consumer downloads or …

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News@2 - January 28, 2008 - Wireless Week

News@2 - January 28, 2008Wireless Week -12 hours agoJuniper estimates the mobile game market for 2007 in North America represents less than $800 million. Currently around 18 million Americans download or rent …

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GameSpot Names Ricardo Torres Editor-in-Chief - TechWhack (press release)

GameSpot Names Ricardo Torres Editor-in-ChiefTechWhack (press release), India -4 hours agoThe site’s award-winning coverage includes previews and reviews on the hottest titles, breaking news, live Web casts, online tournaments, game downloads, …

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