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RealNetworks Buys Canadian Social Games Studio Backstage
Seattle - RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) announced on Tuesday that it has
acquired Canadian social games developer Backstage Technologies.
Financial
terms of the transaction were not disclosed, although Real...
Nintendo Celebrates 25th Anniversary of "Super Mario Bros."
Redmond, Wash. - Nintendo on Monday celebrates the 25th
anniversary of the release of "Super Mario Bros.," the first game to
prominently feature now-flagship Nintendo character...
Report: U.S. Game Sales Down 10% in August to $818.9 Million
Port Washington, N.Y. - U.S. video game sales continued to
slump in August, down 10% from a year ago in the worst August the industry...
Microsoft Apologizes to Town, Gamer Over Xbox Live Suspension
Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) is apologizing to a town in West
Virginia, after a 26-year-old gamer from a town called Fort Gay was suspended
from...
Sony Updates PS3 Software to Block USB-based Jailbreak
Los Angeles - Sony Computer Entertainment has released a
mandatory software update for its PlayStation 3 game console, in response to a
new breed of USB-based...
Atlas Holdings Buys MWV's Media Packaging Business
Greenwich, Conn. - MeadWestvaco (MWV), a provider of
packaging to many major brands, said on Tuesday it will sell its media and
entertainment packaging business to...
Electronic Arts Debuts "Madden NFL Superstars" on Facebook
Redwood City, Calif. - Video game publisher Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS)
has partnered with casual games publisher Playfish to launch a new social game
version of its...
OpenFeint Debuts Cross-Platform Mobile Multiplayer Game Tools
Burlingame, Calif. - Mobile social gaming firm Aurora Feint
on Wednesday introduced OpenFeint PlayTime, a set of multiplayer technologies
that independent developers can use to enable...
Sony to Launch New iTunes Store Challenger
Berlin - Timing its announcement to coincide with Apple's (NASD: AAPL)
media event on Wednesday, Sony (NYSE: SNE) unveiled plans to expand availability of its
Qriocity...
Report: English-language, Free-to-Play Games to Hit $2B in 2015
San Diego - The market for English-language, free-to-play PC
games is expected to grow from $250 million in 2009 to $2 billion by 2015, according
to...
