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Game Publisher SouthPeak Secures $10 Million Credit Line
Midlothian, Va. - Video game publisher SouthPeak Interactive
has secured a new $10 million line of credit with financial services firm
Rosenthal & Rosenthal.
The line, which...
GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Backs Voice Chat Firm Vivox
New York - Vivox, a provider of voice chat services used in
online games and virtual worlds, on Tuesday said it has received a $2...
Playdom Acquires Social Games Studio Metaplace
Mountain View, Calif. - Social games publisher Playdom has
acquired Metaplace, a virtual world game engine development studio.
Financial
terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Founded...
MTV Networks Acquires Game Developer Social Express
New York - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV Networks has acquired Social
Express, a developer of social games, for an undisclosed sum, VentureBeat
reported.
The San Francisco-based studio was...
China's The9 Invests in Mobile Games Firm Aurora Feint
Shanghai - Chinese online game operator The9 Limited (NASD: NCTY)
announced on Thursday that it has made a minority equity investment in Aurora
Feint, a mobile game...
Report: Xbox Live Media Sales Topping Subscription Sales
New York - Based on comments from Xbox chief operating
officer Dennis Durkin, BusinessWeek estimates that Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) likely passed $1
billion in sales from its...
Mobile Games Publisher Glu Raises $13.5 Million
San Mateo, Calif. - Mobile games publisher Glu Mobile
announced on Wednesday that it has raised $13.5 million through a private
placement of its shares with...
Google to Help Web Browsers Determine Device Orientation
San Francisco - Google is working to add the ability for Web
browsers to determine at which orientation a computing device is being held,
for use...
Report: U.S. Game Sales Down 5% in May to $823.5 Million
Port Washington, N.Y. - Although the industry recorded its
third best-selling month of May on record, revenue was down 5% to $823.5
million, from the $865.7...
Disney Acquires "Tap Tap Revenge" iPhone Game Developer
Palo Alto, Calif. - Disney (NYSE: DIS) has acquired iPhone mobile game
developer Tapulous, creators of the "Tap Tap Revenge" music game,
TechCrunch reported.
Financial details of the...
