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Social Games Publisher Playdom Acquires Hive7
Mountain View, Calif. - Social games publisher Playdom announced this
week that it has acquired Hive7.com, a gaming start-up based in Palo Alto, Calif.
Financial terms...
Zynga Launches "FarmVille" Social Game on iPhone
San Francisco
- Social games publisher Zynga on Thursday announced the launch of its popular
"FarmVille" game for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. The game counts
more...
Microsoft Debuts Entertainment Vertical on Bing Search Engine
Los Angeles
- Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) has launched a new Entertainment vertical for its Bing search
engine, featuring music, gaming, movies and TV sub-categories. The music
section features...
Mobile Gaming Network PapayaMobile Lands $4 Million
Beijing
- PapayaMobile, a mobile social networking and gaming platform that counts 3.5
million users, has raised $4 million in venture capital funding from DCM.
Founded
in 2008,...
Report: U.S. 2010 Mobile Virtual Goods Market is $168 Million
Burlingame,
Calif. - Americans spent an
estimated $168 million on mobile virtual goods in the last year, according to a
report from market research firm Frank N....
Microsoft Online Store Prices Kinect Game System at $150
Redmond,
Wash. - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) has listed its
recently-unveiled Kinect motion-sensing game controller system -- formerly
codenamed Project Natal -- with a $150 price tag on its...
Social Games Publisher Playdom Nabs $33 Million
Mountain View, Calif. - Social games
publisher Playdom announced on Tuesday that it has raised $33 million in new
venture capital financing.
New investors Bessemer Venture Partners,...
Sweepstakes Site Jackpot Rewards Raises $14.1 Million
Newton, Mass. - Jackpot Rewards, the operator of an online
sweepstakes service, has raised $14.1 million in venture debt, according to a
new filing by the...
Report: Used, Digital Game Sales Near $4.75B in 2009
Port Washington, N.Y. - In addition to the $10.5 billion U.S. consumers
spent on new physical video game software in 2009, used game rentals,
subscriptions, full...
Social Gaming Network Gets $2 Million for Mobile Games
Palo Alto,
Calif. - Social Gaming Network, a
publisher of multiplayer mobile games for the iPhone and other platforms, has
raised $2 million as part of the...
