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Spike TV Is 'Entertainment TV Partner' for 2012 CES
Spike TV and the Consumer Electronics Association announced a partnership that makes Spike the “official entertainment television partner” of 2012 International CES. The network will use the relationship to telecast live coverage from the trade show and to create more than 12 hours of multi-platform coverage under the brand, "CES All Access Live."
Xbox 360 Announces Kinect Interactive TV Slate [with video]
Microsoft unveiled a slate of projects from its major initiative to encourage children and families to learn by engaging with interactive television and games in an entirely new way, enabled by Xbox 360 and its motion-sensing camera peripheral Kinect and voice recognition technology. Among the partners in these “playful learning” experiences are Disney/Pixar, National Geographic, Sesame Workshop’s Sesame Street and Double Fine.
Crowdpark Raises $6M for "Social Betting" Games
Crowdpark, a startup developer focused on social betting games, today announced investments totaling about $6 million from Target Partners and existing investor Earlybird Venture Capital. This brings the Berlin-based company’s total amount of funding to approximately $8 million.
PBS Kids Leverage Favorite Shows into Educational Games
PBS Kids has utilized its intellectual property to create more than 40 new games designed to help children build math skills, each of which spans multiple platforms to engage kids from 2 to 8 regardless of how they access the programming.
Outfit7 Names Narry Singh as Exec Chairman
Palo Alto, Calif. - Outfit7, the Palo Alto-based mobile entertainment firm behind the Talking Friends apps, on Thursday named Narry Singh as its executive chairman. Singh most recently served as chairman and managing partner at The Intellidex Group, a business advisory and venture development firm.
Twisted Pixel Bought by Microsoft, 'Splodes with Excitement
Microsoft has acquired Twisted Pixel, the game developer behind "Splosion Man," in order to incubate new game and entertainment experiences for Microsoft Studios. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Non-Facebook Social Games Worth $5.6 Billion by 2014 [with infographic]
A new study looked at social games and found that while Asia is the largest social games market, non-Facebook platforms in Western markets will be responsible for nearly one-quarter of worldwide social gaming revenue within the next three years.
Rent-to-Own WildTangent Games
WildTangent and T-Mobile USA are offering T-Mobile’s Android customers a choice of how they want to pay for games. Players can buy them outright, rent them, or opt for a free version that includes pre-roll advertising.
'Leisure Suit Larry' Lives Again
Replay Games is making the world safe for cheap jokes and even cheaper polyester double-knits. The Austin, Texas-based company has acquired the rights to the 1987 franchise "Leisure Suit Larry" and is working with the franchise’s original creator Al Lowe to bring the lovable loser to all platforms.
EMI and Live Gamer Open an 'Inconvenience Store'
In support of "Inconvenience Store," his release scheduled for Oct. 31, EMI Music/Virgin Records rapper Professor Green is introducing virtual currency and other social game mechanics to his Facebook artist page, following a partnership between EMI Music and Live Gamer.
