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Wikia is raising $11 million to support its growing network of pop culture wikis.
Nintendo just announced the Wii Mini, a budget console that offers fewer features than the original Wii but costs less.
Xfire, a social network for gamers, has raised $3 million in funding.
The company connects gamers together to share videos, screenshots, and gaming prowess. Gamers can post about the games they’re playing and the achievements they’ve received. Members can also …
The rumors are true. Microsoft confirmed today that it will offer a $99 Xbox 360 console and Kinect bundle (with a $15 monthly subscription fee) in its retail stores.
The deal will be available via the above online coupon, which …
Major tech and game companies will join the fight to purge convicted sex offenders from online video games in Operation: Game Over, according to a report in Forbes. Eric Schneidermann, the New York state attorney general, is leading the charge …
Niko Partners, a firm dedicated to gathering marketing intelligence in Southeast Asia, released a new study highlighting changing trends among 180 million Chinese gamers. Like much of the world, players are shifting toward more “occasional” or convenient mobile and social …
What happens when you combine the Wiki model of open, collaborative editing with just a pinch of old-school oversight? In the case of Wikia, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales for-profit company, you get the largest network of gaming sites in the …
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Many newer-generation video games equate religion with violence, finds a new study from the University of Missouri.
Greg Perreault, a doctoral student in the university’s School of Journalism, recently examined five titles that incorporate spiritual themes in their storylines — …
Video game sales crashed 34 percent in January, with total industry sales falling 34 percent to $750.6 million from $1.14 billion a year ago, according to market researcher NPD Group.
The lousy performance of video game sales in physical retail …
Unity Technologies and electronics manufacturing giant LG are teaming up to bring video games to Smart TVs in 2012.
The deal is similar to one LG recently made with cloud gaming service Gaikai and is all part of the company’s …
Seamus Blackley, the co-creator of the Xbox, passionately believes that gameplay will triumph in the game business. That is why he and his new startup are relying on a team of famous designers from Atari to make a series of …
A slumping TV business and a surging yen combined to send Sony into the red. The company reported a net loss of $2.09 billion for the final quarter of 2011, a far cry from the nearly billion in profit it …
Image Metrics said it has sold off the Faceware professional facial animation software to a new spin-off company Faceware Technologies.
Santa Monica-based Image Metrics developed the Faceware technology to create realistic human faces for movies, animations and video games. The …
I’m delighted to confirm that VentureBeat has acquired Bitmob, the respected gaming news site known for its passionate community of users. Bitmob will be integrated with our GamesBeat channel.
The best part of the deal: Bitmob co-founder Dan “Shoe” Hsu, …
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Game fundings destroyed the record book for fundings this year as 145 companies raised more than $1.540 billion in 2011, not counting initial public offerings.
In 2011, games took center stage. Game investment changed fundamentally during the year, as investors …
It’s been a good year for video games, from a favorable U.S. Supreme Court ruling on video game violence, to new recognition as an art form. This according to Michael Gallagher, president and chief executive of the Entertainment Software Association, …
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been named the most addictive console title by gamers in a new study by video game price comparison and marketplace website Playr2.
About 1,231 British gamers took part in the study designed to …
Jimi Hendrix can be found at the top of Rolling Stone Magazine’s recent 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time feature, and now seven more of his most iconic hits are making their way to the Rock Band video game Music …
As the gaming culture matures, a handful of impressive fan films paying homage to popular titles have continued to emerge. First, the “Escape from City 17” Half-Life shorts from two years ago set a new standard with their Hollywood-lite production …
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