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Pop Up Playground Pulls Out of PAX Australia Gaming Conference
0By: Zain Nabi | July 4th, 2013 | Games, News
An Australian gaming start-up Pop Up Playground has pulled out of the PAX Australia Gaming Conference that is scheduled after a couple of weeks. The decision has come on moral grounds with the start-up expressing concerns over mishandling of some serious issues by conference coordinator Penny Arcade. Penny Arcade triggered a controversy in 2010 over a comic that mentioned rape and rec...
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Canadians are Downloading Video Games Rather Than Purchasing Physical Copies – Research
By: Jeff Stewart | June 14th, 2013 | Games, News, O Canada
The trend of downloading video games digitally is increasing in Canada, as more and more gamers are shying away from purchasing physical copies of the games. Canada-based Video Game Acquisition was the first to highlight this trend and the latest research conducted by worldwide information firm The NPD Group...
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Sony Finally Rolls Out the Pictures of New PlayStation 4 Along with the Specs, Launch and Pricing Details
By: Jeff Stewart | June 11th, 2013 | Games, News
After Microsoft's reveval of its video game, Sony is next in line to finally reveal its much anticipated next-gen video game console, PlayStation 4, on Monday, June 10th. To launch the PlayStation 4 Sony has organised a special event at the E3 conference, where the Japanese manufacturer once again provided details of its latest co...
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Rovio Entertainment Hires Veteran Nokia Executive Teemu Suila as New COO
By: Jeff Stewart | June 11th, 2013 | Business, Games, News
The developer behind the popular Angry Birds game, Rovio Entertainment, made it known on Monday, June 10th that they had hired Teemu Suila as their new Chief Operating Officer. Suila is an old hand when it comes to decision-making, as prior to joining Rovio Entertainment he was working as a senior level executive in different d...
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Canadian Game Developer RatRod Studio Finds Success In Windows Store
By: Talha Bhatti | May 24th, 2013 | Business, Games, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
Gatineau based RatRod Studio is a gaming app startup that started work in 2009. The digital firm works on a number of different projects including the development and release of interactive web content, mobile games,computer games and console based games. In its roughly four years of existence the gaming studio has gotten 25 million downlo...
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Yahoo Buys Gaming Startup PlayerScale Days After Anouncing $1.1 Billion Deal with Tumblr
By: Jeff Stewart | May 24th, 2013 | Business, Games, News
The acquisition of Tumblr for $1.1 billion was not the only deal that Yahoo and its CEO Marissa Mayer had planned during this month and according to the latest update the popular website has bought another company just days after reaching a deal with the micro...
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New Zealand Based Rocket Jump Partners With Scopely To Get Mini Golf Matchup Success
By: Talha Bhatti | May 21st, 2013 | Business, Games, Mobile Apps, News
New Zealand based Rocket Jump has developed popular mobile games like Major Mayhem and has recently released another hit with Mini Golf Matchup. The Wellington firm partnered with American mobile gaming platform Scopely to launch the app that has gotten 10 million downloads by th...
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New Job Opening Indicates Sony is Looking to Add Voice Recognition to PlayStation Products
By: Jeff Stewart | May 17th, 2013 | Gadgets, Games, News
Sony has recently posted a new job opening over LinkedIn page, which gives the idea that the company is looking to hire an engineer who may possibly add voice recognition to the next generation of PlayStation products. The title of the job is “Speed Recogni...
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Sony Commences Manufacturing of PlayStation 3 in Brazil
By: Ali Raza | May 9th, 2013 | Business, Games, News
Due to its economic policy, Brazil charges heavy taxes on imported devices which can be troublesome for electronics manufacturers like Sony. To avoid the big expense, the Japanese electronics manufacturer Sony started making its PlayStation 3 gaming console within the country rather than exporting it from Japan. This move would no...
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OUYA Secures $15 Million, Adds New Board Member and Announces Console Availability from June 25th
By: Ali Raza | May 9th, 2013 | Android, Business, Games, News
Android powered gaming console OUYA received its initial funding through Kickstarter campaign and declared on Thursday, May 9th that it has now successfully received $15 million in new funding from a round guided by The Mayfield Fund, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Shasta Ventures, Occam Partners and NVIDIA. The gaming conso...
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