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Extracted 08MAR2012 from http://luxuryreading.com/gluedtogames/ With video games growing in popularity and the strong opinions about their potential vs peril growing right along with them, Glued to Games brings some much needed insight to the tabl...
Read MoreExtracted 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 MoreExtracted 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 MoreExtracted 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 MoreExtracted 05MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/06/deanbeat-game-companies-raised-a-record-bre... data for these fundings from the internet at large, the Internet DealBook, Digi-Capital, and the National Venture Capital Association... This...
Read MoreExtracted 05MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/06/deanbeat-game-companies-raised-a-record-bre... Game fundings destroyed the record book for fundings this year as 145 companies raised more than $1.540 billion in 2011, not counting initial...
Read MoreExtracted 05MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/29/game-fundings-and-acquisitions-rise-130-per... Video game acquisitions and funding deals rose 130 percent to $1.89 billion in 2010, up from $819 million in 2009, according to market resear...
Read MoreExtracted 05MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/22/venturebeats-2010-funding-list-game-compani... 91 companies raised more than $1.05 billion in 2010. That number is up 58 percent from [2009], based on VentureBeat’s own research... Major V...
Read MoreExtracted 05MAR2012 from http://gamasutra.com/view/news/164420/GDC_2012_Die_Gute_Fabriks_Wilson_on_how... For the past three years, Die Gute Fabrik’s Doug Wilson has been researching and working on a PhD dissertation about folk games, even while d...
Read MoreExtracted 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 MoreExtracted 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 ...
Read MoreExtracte 05MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/02/pocket-gems-grows-fast-with-its-mobile-firs... Pocket Gems was one of the early “mobile first” game companies that did nothing but make games for mobile devices. The company was founded by ...
Read MoreExtracted 05MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/04/ps-vita-sales-vs-psp-3ds-ds/ In two of the three major video game markets (Japan and the U.S.), Nintendo has come out on top in first-week sales of handheld gaming systems with its DS and ...
Read MoreExtracted 05MAR2012 from http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/04/mass-effect-3-leaked-online/ Pirates have struck the Normandy again. Just two days before Mass Effect 3 is due to land in shops in the U.S., Electronic Arts’ game has leaked via a number o...
Read MoreExtracted 05MAR2012 from http://www.rockethub.com/ RocketHub is a launchpad and community for independent artists and entrepreneurs. We offer an innovative way to raise money (Crowdfunding) and tangible opportunities to take creative products and ...
Read MoreExtracted 05MAR2012 fromhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter Kickstarter (at www.kickstarter.com)... One of a new set of fundraising platforms dubbed "crowdfunding", Kickstarter facilitates gathering monetary resources from the general public,...
Read MoreExtracted 05MAR2012 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_funding Proponents of the crowd funding approach argue that it allows good ideas which do not fit the pattern required by conventional financiers to break through and attract cash through...
Read MoreExtracted 05MAR2012 from http://www.smallbusinesscrowd.com/news/finance-und-insurance/despite-populari... ...under current federal and state securities laws, crowd funding in exchange for an economic interest in the issuer is currently impermissib...
Read MoreExtracted 05MAR2012 from http://www.smallbusinesscrowd.com/news/finance-und-insurance/pros-and-cons-of... Pros:Crowd funding take advantage of the social nature of the crowd and not only allows you to get money from, but also as your crowd spreads...
Read MoreExtracted 05MAR2012 from http://smallbiztrends.com/2011/01/is-crowdfunding-next-big-financing-thing.html The Wall Street Journal recently took a look at the crowdfunding phenomenon, and talked to some experts who believe it’s about to take off. Us...
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