Archive for February, 2008

Opinion: Piracy & Casual Games - The Follow-Up - Gamasutra

Opinion: Piracy & Casual Games - The Follow-UpGamasutra, CA -13 hours agoClearly, if you removed the pirates (who, according to the Ricochet Infinity numbers, may account for 67% of ALL downloads in the casual space) the …Ricochet(R) Infinity Breaks Out of Mold, Breaks Into RetailEarthtimesall 6 news articles

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Shame on EA, Publishers, and In-Game Advertisers - ClickZ News

Shame on EA, Publishers, and In-Game AdvertisersClickZ News, NY -47 minutes agoOne of GameSpot.com's "Best Games of 2007 Dubious Honors" awards is the "Most Despicable Use of In-Game Advertising." An honor executives from Microsoft's …Crush | Justin Timberlake BreakdownsSU The Daily Orange (subscription)all 2 news articles

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Jagex Launches FunOrb Games - Gamespy.com

Jagex Launches FunOrb GamesGamespy.com, CA -51 minutes agoThe proprietary technology means that the games can be played using any internet browser, without the need for long downloads or access to a high speed …

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A third of mobile game downloads don't work - Pocket Gamer

A third of mobile game downloads don't workPocket Gamer, UK -19 minutes agoby Stuart Dredge That image above is how we look when we download a mobile game only to find it doesn't work on our handset – despite us paying good money …

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Future ‘RockStar’ games to be exclusively on PS3? - CrunchGear

Future ‘RockStar’ games to be exclusively on PS3?CrunchGear, NY -Feb 25, 2008“The game is both PS3 and 360, but Rockstar has suggested that all further game development is going to be PS3 exclusive.” Nerdly consensus around the web …Crush | Justin Timberlake BreakdownsSU The Daily Orange (subscription)all 2 news articles

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Rumor Bin: University Gives Freshmen iPhone or iPod Touch for “free” - iPhone World

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Rumor Bin: University Gives Freshmen iPhone or iPod Touch for “free”iPhone World, Canada -31 minutes agoiPhone games section offers latest iPhone gaming news. It features news on iPhone web games, third party iPhone games downloads, iPhone games emulators, …

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Casual Games Get Serious - Entrepreneur

Casual Games Get SeriousEntrepreneur -5 hours agoThe ways to make money in the casual games industry are as varied as the games themselves. Most of Walls' Funkitron sales come from computer downloads; …

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A week in tech, February 20-26 - FinanceAsia

A week in tech, February 20-26FinanceAsia, Hong Kong -10 minutes agoBy FinanceAsia & IRG | 27 February 2008 Domestic sales of digital music downloads jumped 41% on the year to ¥75.5 billion ($699.5 million) in 2007, …

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Report: Downloads Will Surpass CD Sales in 2012 - Film Music

Report: Downloads Will Surpass CD Sales in 2012Film Music -17 minutes agoIn a market where musicians are happy to sell a million copies of a CD, a video game market where titles can sell five million copies is enough to motivate …

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DS Downloads Redux: Kindling It - N-Sider.com

DS Downloads Redux: Kindling ItN-Sider.com, CA -51 minutes agoFlash storage is also a must, whether it lives on a new DS game card (as I posited in the Two Sides article) or, again, is part of a new DS model. …

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