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Study: Video Game Industry Contributes Over
$18 Billion to U.S. Economy
o 10
Million Xbox 360s to Ship Before New Consoles from Sony, Nintendo
o Video-Sharing Site YouTube
Launches Mobile Uploads Feature
o Sony to Support Apple Digital
Music Format
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Brightcove to Distribute Web-based Video to TiVo Boxes
o THQ Acquires "Stuntman"
Developer Paradigm from Atari
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Activision to Acquire "Guitar Hero" Game Developer Red Octane
o Atari
Discounts All Existing Console, PC Titles to $19.99
o Memory Card Maker SanDisk
Prices $1 Billion Notes Offering
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Briefly Noted
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Yahoo, NBC Universal,
Telemundo Create Yahoo Telemundo Portal
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Best Buy to Sell Custom-Built Gaming PCs Online
o
GestureTek to Provide Gesture-based Controls for Xbox Camera
Accessory
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Sirius Satellite Radio to
Launch The Catholic Channel This Fall
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Honda Sells One-Millionth Vehicle with XM Satellite Radio
o The Orchard Signs
Licensing Deal with Harry Fox Agency
o WiderThan Licenses All
Media Guide Content for Mobile Distribution
o Activision to Open
Development Studio on DreamWorks Animation Campus
o
Broadcom to Power Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Features on Nintendo Wii
o
2K Games Announces Line-up of E3 Titles
o BioWare/Pandeic
Studios to Show Four New Games at E3
o Rockstar Games to
Publish "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories" for PSP
o In-Game Ad Network
Double Fusion Names Jonathan Epstein CEO
o WildTangent to Bundle
Casual Games on Toshiba Laptops
o Greystripe Launches
In-Game Ad Network for Mobile Games
o Electronic Arts to
Publish Mobile Version of "Madden NFL 07"
o Nokia to Show New
Mobile Game Titles for its Devices at E3
o Amp'd Adds
"PhoneTag," "Homeland Security: Kim Jong Il Edition" Mobile Games
o Glu Mobile to Develop
Mobile Version of Sony's "ATV Offroad Fury"
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Sr Analog and Digital Audio
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Director/VP,
Interactive Product Management
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Live Nation
– Beverly Hills, CA
Manager, New Media - Warner
Bros. Entertainment Group - Burbank, CA
Acquisition Marketing Manager -
DirectTV -
New York, NY
Manager, Corporate Development
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Culver City, CA
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Amazon.com - Seattle, WA
Program Manager -
TiVO - San Jose, CA
Manager, Finance
- Sony Pictures Digital – Culver City, CA
Senior
Director of B2B Sales
- Helio - Westwood, CA
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Bravo - Burbank, CA
Director, Digital Media
- ABC - Burbank, CA
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o Study: Video Game Industry
Contributes Over $18 Billion to U.S. Economy
Washington - The video game industry contributed $18
billion to the nation's economy in 2004, both directly through $8
billion in game sales and indirectly through 144,000 full-time
industry jobs, according to a study authored by Dr. Robert Crandall
of the Brookings Institution and Prof. J. Gregory Sidak of the
Georgetown University Law Center, and funded by the Entertainment
Software Association (ESA). Sales of games for consoles, the PC,
mobile and online platforms were $8.2 million in 2004 and are
expected to reach $15 billion in 2010, while full-time industry jobs
are projected to increase from 144,000 in 2004 to over 250,000 by
2009. In addition to providing entertainment, the study noted that
the video game industry has accelerated technological innovations in
areas like central processing units for consoles, which are also
used by defense and medical companies; games are also being used by
companies for training, education and productivity. "Clearly, the
entertainment software industry is not just about 'fun and games.'
It is a serious business that improves training, efficiency, and
productivity in a variety of industries and has led to innovation in
other high-technology industries. Video games play an important role
in maintaining U.S. leadership in information technology, which is
critical to the future success of the U.S. economy," the study
concludes.
http://www.theesa.com/archives/2006/05/video_games_ser.php
http://tinyurl.com/hjebt (PDF
of study)
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o 10 Million Xbox 360s
to Ship Before New Consoles from Sony, Nintendo
Los Angeles - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced at
the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles that the company
plans to have shipped 10 million of its Xbox 360 video game consoles
to market by the time Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii are
launched. A total of 160 game titles will by then be available for
Xbox 360, including the forthcoming "Halo 3," "Fable 2," "Gears of
War," "Forza Motorsport 2" "Alan Wake," "Crackdown" and "Tom
Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent". The company also signed deals
with game publishers Konami, Namco Bandai, Midway Games and Sega to
bring classic and new titles to its Xbox Live Arcade, where games
can be purchased and downloaded for play on the Xbox 360. The deals
include games like "Pac-Man," "Dig Dug," "Frogger," "Paperboy" and
"Sonic the Hedgehog: High Speed." Gates also announced a new
initiative called "Live Anywhere," which will expand the company's
Xbox Live online gaming service to include PC and mobile games;
Gates expects the number of gamers on Xbox Live to double to 6
million by this time next year. Finally, Microsoft plans to
introduce an Xbox 360 HD DVD drive accessory in the fall, which will
play movies on the next-generation DVD format from Toshiba. Sony
plans to include a Blu-ray Disc drive in the PlayStation 3.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060509/sftu114a.html?.v=1
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060509/sftu115.html?.v=49
http://www.xbox.com
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Video-Sharing Site YouTube Launches Mobile Uploads Feature
San Mateo, Calif. - YouTube, a video-sharing site that
claims 12 million unique visitors and 1.2 billion viewings each
month, on Wednesday announced the launch of a new feature that lets
users upload videos directly from their cell phones and PDAs to the
site. The service allows YouTube members with mobile devices that
can take video and send MMS messages, and who subscribe to Cingular,
Sprint, T-Mobile or Verizon, to create a mobile profile and e-mail
videos directly from their devices to YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/t/pr_060510_mobile
http://www.youtube.com/mobile
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o Sony to
Support Apple Digital Music Format
San Francisco - In response to Apple's dominance of the
digital music market, Sony this week made its own data compression
technology that shrinks music and video files compatible with
Apple's AAC format, CNET News.com reported. The change will enable
the exchange of songs between iPod and Sony Walkman players via a
PC, but will still not allow songs purchased from Apple's iTunes
Store to play on Sony devices. Sony also included support for AAC in
a software update for the Japanese version of its PSP handheld game
device.
http://tinyurl.com/el38c
(CNET)
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Brightcove to Distribute Web-based Video to TiVo Boxes
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo announced on Wednesday an agreement
with Internet TV distributor Brightcove, that will see broadband
video content that providers have published through Brightcove
distributed directly to TiVo set-top boxes. Under the deal, the
companies will offer Brightcove users the ability to distribute
their Web-based video content to TiVo users through ad-supported,
subscription or pay-per-view plans. Initially, all Brightcove
content will be free to TiVo owners, but may carry advertising. TiVo
and Brightcove said they will collaborate to add additional video
content providers.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060510/sfw021a.html?.v=1
http://www.tivo.com
http://www.brightcove.com
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o THQ
Acquires "Stuntman" Developer Paradigm from Atari
Agoura Hills, Calif. - Video game publisher THQ announced
on Wednesday that it has acquired the "Stuntman" game franchise from
fellow publisher Atari, and also exercised an option to acquire the
game's developer, Paradigm Entertainment. Financial details of the
transactions were not disclosed, although Atari said it raised $13
million through the sales of "Stuntman" and another franchise, "Timeshift,"
to Vivendi Games. Created in 2002, games in the "Stuntman" franchise
have to date shipped over 1.6 million units; Paradigm is currently
at work on a version for next-generation consoles. Other titles
developed at Dallas-based Paradigm include "Pilot Wings 64," "Spy
Hunter," "Mission: Impossible: Operation Surma" and "Terminator 3:
The Redemption".
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060510/sfw072.html?.v=58
http://www.thq.com
http://www.pe-i.com
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Activision to Acquire "Guitar Hero" Game Developer Red Octane
Santa Monica, Calif. - Video game publisher Activision has
announced plans to acquire Sunnyvale, Calif.-based game developer
Red Octane, creators of the "Guitar Hero" game franchise. Financial
terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Activision believes the
acquisition will give it the lead in the fast-growing genre of
music-based gaming. "Guitar Hero" features a guitar-shaped
controller and challenges gamers to play along with licensed tracks
from artists including David Bowie, Ozzy Osbourne and the Red Hot
Chili Peppers.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060509/latu073.html?.v=58
http://www.activision.com
http://www.redoctane.com
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o Atari
Discounts All Existing Console, PC Titles to $19.99
New York - Atari on Wednesday introduced an aggressive
game pricing initiative that will discount all of the publisher's
existing titles for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance
and the PC to $19.99. The "GamersFirst" program will be launched at
retail on June 1. The program includes titles such as "Marc Ecko's
Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure," "Driver: Parallel Lines" and
"Indigo Prophecy," but excludes Atari's PC title "Dungeons & Dragons
Online". In addition to the discount, all other Atari PC titles are
now also available for download from online services operated by
both Valve and Direct2Drive.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060510/nyw099.html?.v=53
http://us.atari.com/gamersfirst
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o Memory
Card Maker SanDisk Prices $1 Billion Notes Offering
Sunnyvale, Calif. - SanDisk, a maker of flash memory data
storage products, said on Wednesday that it has priced its $1
billion notes offering, which the company first announced earlier
this week. The senior notes, due in 2013, will be convertible at a
rate of about 12.1 shares for every $1,000 principal amount. The
company said that it will use a portion of the proceeds for capital
expenditures, including new and existing manufacturing facilities,
as well as the development of new technologies. Sunnyvale,
Calif.-based SanDisk makes memory cards used in portable media
players, and also manufactures its own line of MP3 players.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060510/20060509006426.html?.v=1
http://www.sandisk.com
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DMW Announcements
3rd
Annual Digital Media Conference
- June 23, 2006

www.digitalmediaconference.com
An Executive Briefing on Emerging Business, Policy,
and Technology Issues & Opportunities
June 23,
2006
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8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
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McLean,
Virginia
Mark your
calendars! The 3rd Annual Digital Media Conference
is set for Friday, June 23, 2006 at The Ritz-Carlton
in Tysons Corner, McLean, Virginia. This is a
must-attend event for media, entertainment and technology
businesses, educational institutions and government agencies
involved in the digital distribution of media, including
information, education & entertainment products.
The
Washington Post calls the
event: "a
confab of powerful communicators and content providers in the
region."
Panels include:
- The
State of Digital Media: Research Perspectives & Insights
- The
Battle for the Digital Consumer: Who’s winning, who’s losing,
and for how long?
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Industry Roundtable: Perspectives from Leading Associations &
Interest Groups
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Music Matters: Reflections & Predictions from the Old New
Guard on the Industry’s Digital Future
- FCC
Outlook: Insights, Predictions & Analysis of the Hot Button
Issues
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Television: The Future is Now - Programming Anytime, Anywhere,
On Any Device
- The
Other Gaming Industry - Is the Legalization of Online Gambling
Inevitable?
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Mobility is the Message: Opportunities for Media on the Go and
on the Handset
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Digital Dilemmas: Issues Shaping the Future of the Internet &
Digital Media
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Marketing to the Millennials:
The Life & Times of a Digital Generation
- The
State of Online Advertising: Where the Money is Flowing and
Why
Confirmed speakers for the event include:
KEYNOTES
Dawn L. McCall,
President,
Discovery Networks International (DCI)
Hugh Panero,
President & CEO,
XM Satellite Radio
FEATURED ANALYSTS
Joe Laszlo,
Research Director,
JupiterKagan
Kurt Scherf,
Vice President & Principal Analyst,
Parks Associates
Adam Toll,
Co-Founder & COO,
BigChampagne
PANELISTS & MODERATORS
Daniel Blackman,
Strategic Partner Development,
Google
Video
Dave
Ulmer,
Senior Director, Marketing, Digital Media Services,
Motorola
Paul
Condolora,
SVP and GM,
Cartoon
Network New Media
Joshua
Freeman,
VP, Strategy & Business Development,
AOL Video
Gary Cohen,
President,
AOL Music
Now
Todd
Alberstone,
Chief Privacy Officer/Assoc. General Counsel,
RealNetworks
Fritz
Attaway,
EVP & General Counsel,
MPAA
Matt Baker,
Founder & SVP,
Kajeet
Aydin S.
Caginalp,
Partner,
Alston &
Bird LLP
Peter Rojas,
Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief,
Engaget
Rick
Chessen,
Partner,
Sheppard
Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Ted
Cohen,
SVP, Digital Distribution & Development,
EMI Music
Colin Dixon, Director of IP Media Practice, Senior Consultant, TDG
Jim Griffin,
CEO,
Cherry Lane
Digital
John
Harrobin,
VP, Marketing Communications,
Verizon
Wireless
Gary Arlen,
President,
Arlen
Communications
Ray Hopkins,
Chief Operating Officer,
Yes Network
Tony Kern,
Deputy National Managing Partner, TMT,
Deloitte &
Touche LLP
Hoseok Kim,
EVP & Chief Financial Officer,
Wider Than
Lee Knife,
General Counsel,
Digital
Media Association
Jeff Lee,
President,
Proteus
Lydia
Loizides,
Principal & Analyst,
Paphion
Steven
Marks,
General Counsel,
RIAA
Stevan
Mitchell,
VP, Intellectual Property Policy,
Entertainment Software Association
Carol
Mattey,
Director, Reg. Consulting,
Deloitte &
Touche LLP
Vince
Messina,
Entertainment Category Development Officer,
Yahoo!
David D.
Oxenford,
Partner,
Davis
Wright Tremaine LLP
Gigi Sohn,
President & Co-Founder,
Public
Knowledge
David
Pakman,
President & CEO,
eMusic
Michael
Petricone,
CP, Technology Policy,
CEA
Steven
Shepard,
President,
Shepard
Communications Group
Ned Sherman,
CEO & Publisher,
Digital Media
Wire
Paul
Sherman,
Editor-in-Chief,
Tech Wire
Publications
Mike
Vorhaus,
Managing Director, Frank N.
Magid Associates, Inc.
Mark Walsh, Managing Partner, Ruxton Associates, LLC
Robert Corn-Revere, Partner,
David
Wright Tremaine LLP
Mark J. Palchick,
Senior Counsel,
Womble
Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
more to come…
Registration Rates:
$399
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Pre-Registration rate until June 16th
$499
- Registration after June 16th
To Register online
Click here
Phone: (310) 855-0033
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P2P Media
Summit – Discount for Digital Media Conference Attendees
The
P2P MEDIA SUMMIT
is scheduled for June 22, the day before Digital Media Conference.
The event, which features 3 keynotes, 8 panels, luncheon and
networking cocktail reception with live entertainment, focuses
totally on the rapidly emerging high-growth P2P industry. The
conference is produced by the DCIA and is being held at the
Intercontinental Holiday Inn at Tysons Corner.
Digital Media Conference attendees are entitled to a fifty-percent
(50%) discount when registering for the P2P MEDIA SUMMIT.
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Briefly Noted
o Yahoo, NBC
Universal, Telemundo Create Yahoo Telemundo Portal
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo announced on Wednesday that it
has partnered with NBC Universal Television Group and Telemundo, to
combine their U.S. Hispanic Internet properties to create a
co-branded Internet business. Yahoo Telemundo will integrate Yahoo
services with Telemundo content, and replace the existing Yahoo en
espanol and Telemundo websites. Under the deal, Yahoo and Telemundo
will merge staff and share advertising revenue.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060510/20060510005366.html?.v=1
http://telemundo.yahoo.com
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o Best Buy to
Sell Custom-Built Gaming PCs Online
Los Angeles - Electronics and media retailer Best Buy announced
on Wednesday the launch of sales of custom gaming PCs from its
BestBuy.com website. The site will allow customers to design and
configure their own computer system from Velocity Micro, a maker of
high-performance PCs for gaming and digital media enthusiasts.
http://tinyurl.com/ma5ot
http://www.velocitymicro.com
http://www.bestbuy.com
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o GestureTek to
Provide Gesture-based Controls for Xbox Camera Accessory
Toronto - GestureTek announced on Wednesday that it will provide
the gesture-based control technology used in the Xbox Live Vision
camera, a new accessory for Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console.
Similar to the EyeToy USB camera accessory for Sony's PlayStation 2,
the Xbox Live Vision camera will allow players to insert their own
images into gameplay and control the action via movements of their
arms, legs and bodies captured by the camera.
http://tinyurl.com/pwtpb
http://www.gesturetek.com
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o Sirius
Satellite Radio to Launch The Catholic Channel This Fall
New York - Sirius Satellite Radio announced on Wednesday
that it partnered with the Archdiocese of New York to create The
Catholic Channel, which will feature talk, music programming and
live daily masses from St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The
channel will also include content from the Vatican, including
programming from Vatican Radio when it launches in the fall.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060510/nyw063a.html?.v=1
http://www.siriusradio.com
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o Honda Sells
One-Millionth Vehicle with XM Satellite Radio
Washington - XM Satellite Radio announced on Wednesday
that American Honda Motor Co. recently sold its one-millionth
vehicle with a factory-installed XM Satellite Radio. Honda, which
started installing XM radios in its vehicles in 2003, also said it
expects to equip more than 550,000 of its 2006 model year vehicles
with XM radios.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060510/dcw025.html?.v=53
http://www.xmradio.com
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o The Orchard
Signs Licensing Deal with Harry Fox Agency
New York - The Orchard, a digital distributor of
independent label music, announced on Wednesday that it has entered
into a licensing arrangement for full, permanent digital downloads
with The Harry Fox Agency, which represents 1.5 million songs from
over 28,000 music publishers for mechanical licensing within the
U.S. "This licensing arrangement allows us to provide an important
service to non-U.S. record labels for the mechanical licensing of
U.S. digital music services," said Orchard CEO Greg Scholl.
"Orchard-distributed labels can now relax knowing that their
recordings are properly licensed, and that publishing royalties are
accounted for and paid."
http://www.harryfox.com
http://www.theorchard.com
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o WiderThan
Licenses All Media Guide Content for Mobile Distribution
Seoul, Korea - Wider Than, a provider of mobile
entertainment services for wireless carriers, announced on Wednesday
that it has licensed All Media Guide's database of album art, artist
biographies and album reviews for distribution over its wireless
platform. All Media Guide's database, which includes information on
over 800,000 artists and 6.9 million tracks, will be available to
WiderThan customers like Korea's SK Telecom, Cingular, Sprint
Nextel, T-Mobile and Verizon.
http://tinyurl.com/qt5ff
http://www.widerthan.com
http://www.allmusic.com
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o Activision to
Open Development Studio on DreamWorks Animation Campus
Santa Monica, Calif. - Video game publisher Activision
announced on Wednesday that it will open a game development studio
on the DreamWorks Animation campus. The new studio follows a
multi-year strategic alliance between the publisher and the film
studio, and will facilitate simultaneous co-development of animated
feature films and Activision games based on those films. Activision
is currently working on games for DreamWorks Animation's "Bee
Movie," "Kung Fu Panda," "Rex Havoc," "How to Train Your Dragon" and
"Shrek the Third".
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060510/law034.html?.v=49
http://www.dreamworksanimation.com
http://www.activision.com
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o Broadcom to
Power Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Features on Nintendo Wii
Irvine, Calif. - Chipmaker Broadcom announced on
Wednesday that Nintendo's next-generation Wii video game console
will feature Broadcom Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technologies. The
Bluetooth technology eliminates cables between the console and game
controllers and other accessories, while Broadcom's Wi-Fi chip will
allow the Wii to go online for multiplayer gaming and to download
extra content. Nintendo's Wii console is scheduled to ship in the
fourth quarter.
http://tinyurl.com/qd9nj
http://www.broadcom.com
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o 2K Games
Announces Line-up of E3 Titles
New York - 2K Games, a unit of video game publisher
Take-Two Interactive, announced on Wednesday the games it will
showcase at the Electronic Entertainment Expo this week in Los
Angeles, which include titles based on "The Da Vinci Code," Fox TV's
"Family Guy" and the comic book franchises "The Darkness" and "Ghost
Rider". The full 2K Games E3 line-up includes "BioShock"; "CivCity:
Rome"; "Dungeon Siege II: Broken World"; "Dungeon Siege: Throne of
Agony"; "Prey"; "Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords"; "Sid
Meier's Railroads!"; and "Stronghold Legends". Titles from the
unit's 2K Sports label will include "NHL 2K7," "NBA 2K7" and
"College Hoops 2K7".
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060510/20060510005411.html?.v=1
http://www.2kgames.com
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o BioWare/Pandeic
Studios to Show Four New Games at E3
Los Angeles - Newly merged video game publisher BioWare/Pandemic
Studios on Wednesday announced the slate of upcoming titles it will
display at this week's Electronic Entertainment Expo. New games from
BioWare/Pandemic include "Mercenaries 2: World In Flames"; "Mass
Effect"; "Jade Empire"; and "Destroy All Humans! 2".
http://tinyurl.com/fp666
http://bioware.pandemicstudios.com
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o Rockstar
Games to Publish "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories" for PSP
New York - Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two
Interactive, announced on Wednesday that it plans to publish "Grand
Theft Auto: Vice City Stories" for Sony PSP in North America on Oct.
17, and in Europe on Oct. 20. The title is being developed at
Rockstar Leeds in conjunction with Edinburgh-based Rockstar North,
which created the "Grand Theft Auto" franchise.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060510/20060510005316.html?.v=1
http://www.rockstargames.com
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o In-Game Ad
Network Double Fusion Names Jonathan Epstein CEO
San Francisco - Double Fusion, a developer of in-game
advertising technology, on Wednesday named Jonathan Epstein as its
CEO. Previously, Epstein was an executive at IDG and CEO of
GameSpot.com, and also co-headed the digital media practice at
United Talent Agency. San Francisco-based Double Fusion's technology
allows publishers to integrate brands and product advertisements
within connected PC and video games.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060510/20060510005379.html?.v=1
http://www.doublefusion.com
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o WildTangent
to Bundle Casual Games on Toshiba Laptops
Los Angeles - Online games publisher WildTangent said on
Wednesday that it signed a deal with Toshiba to bundle its virtual
gaming console application and five casual games on select Toshiba
Satellite notebook computers. The Toshiba Games virtual console
connects to a website that offers 250 casual and family game titles.
WildTangent said its branded consoles are now bundled on over 60% of
all new PCs in North America.
http://tinyurl.com/hrqf5
http://www.wildtangent.com
http://toshiba.wildgames.com
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o Greystripe
Launches In-Game Ad Network for Mobile Games
Los Angeles - Greystripe on Wednesday introduced its
mobile in-game advertising network, announcing that it has signed
initial advertisers Zagat Survey, Modtones and GPShopper. San
Francisco-based Greystripe's AdWRAP network lets advertisers embed
ads into games designed for mobile phones. The company said it has
so far signed nine game publishers to use AdWRAP, including Cellufun,
Bogee Interactive, Omikron, Chakra Interactive and Big Blue Bubble.
It has also signed an agreement with media agency Engage In-Game
Advertising, which is launching an AdWRAP campaign for its client
SpeeDee Oil Change & Tune-Up.
http://tinyurl.com/erlhb
http://www.greystripe.com
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o Electronic
Arts to Publish Mobile Version of "Madden NFL 07"
Los Angeles - Electronic Arts said on Wednesday that it
will publish a version of its popular "Madden NFL 07" for mobile
phones, which will launch alongside the console versions on Aug. 22.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060510/20060510005377.html?.v=1
http://www.easports.com/madden07
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o Nokia to
Show New Mobile Game Titles for its Devices at E3
Los Angeles - Cell phone maker Nokia on Wednesday
introduced a number of mobile games that will be offered for its
Nseries and Nokia S60 devices. Upcoming titles include "Creatures of
the Deep"; "ONE"; "Pocket Aces: Texas Hold'em"; "Pro Series Golf";
"Space Impact"; and "System Rush: Evolution".
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060509/uktu032.html?.v=3
http://www.n-gage.com/e3
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o Amp'd Adds "PhoneTag,"
"Homeland Security: Kim Jong Il Edition" Mobile Games
Los Angeles - Amp'd Mobile, a mobile virtual network
operator targeting the youth and young professional markets, on
Wednesday introduced two new mobile game titles it will offer its
subscribers. "PhoneTag," developed with LivePlanet, is a massively
multiplayer mobile game that utilizes location-based services, while
"Homeland Security: Kim Jong Il Edition" is a first-person title
developed internally at Amp'd.
http://www.ampd.com
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o Glu Mobile
to Develop Mobile Version of Sony's "ATV Offroad Fury"
Los Angeles - Mobile entertainment publisher Glu Mobile
said on Wednesday that it signed an agreement with Sony Computer
Entertainment America to develop and publish a mobile version of the
PlayStation 2 title "ATV Offroad Fury". The mobile game will launch
alongside "ATV Offroad Fury 4" for PlayStation 2 in the fall.
http://www.glu.com
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