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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...

Microsoft to Raise Price of Xbox Live Subscriptions

Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) has announced plans to raise the subscription fees for the "Gold" level of membership to its Xbox Live online game service...

Nintendo Slashes Prices of DSi Handheld Game Line

Redmond, Wash. - Nintendo announced on Monday that it will cut the prices on its DSi line of handheld gaming systems, with the basic DSi to...

Google Acquires Social Mobile Games Firm SocialDeck

Waterloo, Ontario - Google (NASD: GOOG) has acquired SocialDeck, a developer of social games for mobile devices, according to a note on the company's website. "We're super excited...

Mobile Game Publisher Glu Raises $13.5 Million

San Mateo, Calif. - Mobile games publisher Glu Mobile announced on Monday that it has completed a previously announced private placement of its shares with existing...

Report: China's Lenovo Developing Video Game Console

Beijing - Chinese PC maker Lenovo is planning to launch its own video game console, The Wall Street Journal reported. Developed by Lenovo spin-off Beijing Eedoo...

PR Firm Reverb Settles With FTC Over 'Fake' iTunes Reviews

Washington - Reverb Communications, a public relations firm that serves video game companies, has settled charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it posted phony...

Best Buy Launches Pre-Owned Video Game Sales

Minneapolis - Electronics and media retail store chain Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) said on Thursday that it has launched pre-owned video game sales in nearly 600 of...