Video Game Sales: Infographic from Statistica
/Extracted 21JUN2012 from http://mashable.com/2012/06/21/video-game-industry/?utm_source=feedburner&...
Read MoreBeyond Web 2.0: Implications of Mobile
/Extracted 01MAY2012 from http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/04/30/heres-why-google-and-faceb... In the tech world, we’ve really had 3 generations: Web 1.0 (companies founded from 1994 – 2001, including Netscape, Yahoo! (YHOO), AOL (AOL),...
Read MoreMob Science raises $1M in funding
/Extracted 27MAR2012 from http://tinyurl.com/bom3rh2 Social games company Mob Science has raised $1 million in a new round of funding, as a means of accelerating the growth of its social games portfolio. The company has released over a dozen games ...
Read MoreConsole vs Mobile Games
/Extracted 27MAR2012 from http://www.thetechblock.com/articles/2012/console-mobile-gaming-war/ Console sales are down and *gasp* mobile gaming is up!... Fact is, this generation’s console roster has had a much longer shelf life than any generation ...
Read MoreGrowth of Digital Games
/Extracted 27MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/22/digital-game-sales-reach-3-3b-in-u-s-and-eu... Digital game sales reached a total of $3.33 billion in the fourth quarter in the U.S. and Europe, according to the NPD Group. The U.S. number...
Read MoreSocial Impact of Social Games
/Extracted 23MAR2012 from http://www.onlineuniversity.net/online-gamers-get-girls/ The Internet dating industry has blossomed in recent years, and people all over the world are turning to popular relationship sites in search of love. But when it co...
Read MoreThe Rise of Social Network Games
/Extracted 21MAR2012 from http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/166479/how_triplea_games_went_social_an... This isn't just about creating mini-game crossovers that can be used to promote an upcoming blockbuster console release. Instead, it's about ...
Read MoreWargaming.net
/Extracted 21MAR2012 from http://tinyurl.com/83lltwo Developer and publisher Wargaming.net has revealed that World of Tanks, its client-based, free-to-play game, makes somewhere in the low end of "double-digit" millions in profits every month. The ...
Read MoreChristian Allen on Kickstarter
/Extracted 19MAR2012 from http://tinyurl.com/7vlmy9n Allen wants to make a shooter. An old-school tactical shooter (first person or third) like he used to develop at Red Storm. A game like the old Rainbow Six or Ghost Recon... This is what it would...
Read MoreLeadership Style Behind Pinterest
/Extracted 19MAR2012 from http://mashable.com/2012/03/11/pinterest-first-investor/ “I was Pinterest’s first investor.” That’s a sentence I bet you wish you could say. Here at SXSW, I find myself sitting opposite angel investor Brian Cohen who happi...
Read MorePinterest Getting Attention
/Extracted 19MAR2012 from http://mashable.com/2012/03/18/pinterest-brand-attention/ If your brand isn’t on Pinterest, you could be missing out on a growing stream of potential customers. While shaping your brand’s image on Pinterest, remember to ta...
Read MoreSCREW*D: Blended Reality Community
/Extracted 15MAR2012 from http://www.craftsmanscrewd.com/ This summer, Craftsman is going to take one tool-clueless person, and through a series of intense, even high-risk tool and survival challenges, put them through the ringer. The goal: Turn th...
Read MoreSXSWi Awards to Pinterest, Storify
/Extracted 15MAR2012 from http://tinyurl.com/7teb6mp South by Southwest Interactive officially drew to a close Tuesday with the 15th Annual Interactive Awards. The awards honored not only well-known sites and services from the past year such as Pin...
Read MoreKatie Salen on Gaming and Education
/Extracted 13MAR2012 from http://sxsw.com/node/10853 Katie Salen, Executive Director of the Institute of Play, helps administer two schools based on gaming and education, but she likes to keep up-to-date with professional game designers as well... ...
Read MoreKabam's Hardcore Games for Social Networks
/Extracted 07MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2011/05/26/kaboom-kabam-raises-85m-for-hardcore-social... Kabam has raised $85 million in a fourth round of funding to fuel its business making hardcore games for social networks such as Facebook. Th...
Read MoreTop-Selling Games in U.S. (Week of 25FEB2012)
/Extracted 05MAR2012 from http://www.vgchartz.com/charts/weekly.php Pos Game Weekly Total Week # 1 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360)Activision, Shooter 73,541 7,679,545 16 2 Uncharted: Golden Abyss (PSV)Sony Computer Entertainment, Action 68,15...
Read MoreTop-Selling Games at Retail (Week of 25FEB2012)
/Extracted 05MAR2012 from http://www.vgchartz.com/charts/weekly.php Global Sales Pos Game Weekly Total Week # 1 Uncharted: Golden Abyss (PSV)Sony Computer Entertainment, Action 200,664 328,981 11 2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3)Activision, Sh...
Read MoreGames with a Purpose
/Extracted 05MAR2012 from http://phylo.cs.mcgill.ca/eng/about.html [Games with a purpose are a hot topic at the Game Developers Conference this week] What's Phylo all about? Though it may appear to be just a game, Phylo is actually a framework for ...
Read MoreGamify Real Life
/Extracted 05MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/01/demo-asia-3-startups-that-gamify-life/ This week’s DEMO Asia saw several startups pitch new ways to gamify real life. Keith Ng at GameMaki challenged the audience to put away their mobile ...
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