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Mochi Media, Shanda Launch $10 Million Game Developer Fund
San Francisco - Mochi Media,
an online game publisher unit of China's Shanda Games (NASD: GAME), announced on
Monday the creation of a $10 million fund for...
Microsoft Reverses Policy, Allows Gay Gamertags on Xbox Live
Redmond,
Wash. - Responding to criticism,
Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) has changed a controversial policy on its Xbox Live online game
service that prevented users from signing up...
Activision Sued by Fired Studio Heads for $36 Million
Santa Monica,
Calif. - Video game publisher
Activision (NASD: ATVI) was sued this week by the heads of its Infinity Ward studio, who say
they were wrongfully fired...
Kwedit Lands $3.3 Million for Virtual Payment Platform
Mountain View,
Calif. - Kwedit, the developer of
a payment platform for virtual goods and social games, has raised $3.3 million
in a new round of funding...
MTV Games Launches Rock Band Network Music Store
New York
- Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV Games and developer Harmonix on Thursday launched the Rock Band
Network Music Store, an online store featuring user-created tracks that...
WSJ: Sony to Target Apple With New Series of Portable Devices
Tokyo - Japanese electronics giant Sony (NYSE: SNE) is planning a
series of portable devices aimed at capturing a slice of the growing market
from Apple (NASD: AAPL),...
Former MySpace CEO DeWolfe, Austin Ventures Buy MindJolt
San Francisco
- Former MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe, along with fellow MySpace co-founders Colin
Digiaro and Aber Whitcomb, on Thursday announced that they have teamed with
venture...
Social Games Publisher Playdom Acquires Offbeat Creations
Mountain View, Calif. - Social games
publisher Playdom announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Offbeat
Creations, a developer of games for Facebook.
Financial terms of...
Exponential Entertainment Lands $700K for Social Games
Seattle
- Exponential Entertainment, a developer of movie-focused online social games,
has raised $700,000 in new funding from angel investors including Band of
Angeles, VentureBeat reported.
The company...
EA to Integrate Major League Gaming Tourneys With Sports Titles
Redwood City,
Calif. - Video game developer and
publisher Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS) announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Major
League Gaming, a professional video game...
