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InstantAction Brings Games to Your PC Instantly

11. March 2010

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InstantAction Brings Games to Your PC Instantly

Instant gaming is a concept that appears to only be expanding as we move into more of a cloud future. InstantAction is the latest player in this new cloud gaming space. Right off the bat, InstantAction is making a splash by announcing a partnership with LucasArts as you will be able to play Secret of [...]

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Simutronics’ HeroEngine Licensed for Use in Spanish Education Virtual World

11. March 2010

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Simutronics’ HeroEngine Licensed for Use in Spanish Education Virtual World

On Tuesday, Triplepoint client Simutronics announces that enne entertainment has licensed HeroEngine for Habituales (working title), which is set to offer Spanish education through a virtual world.
The world will provide missions based on real-world scenarios like traveling, making friends, shopping and so on, all in an effort to teach the Spanish language and culture to [...]

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Frosmo Brings In-Game Tournament System to Asian Market

11. March 2010

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Frosmo Brings In-Game Tournament System to Asian Market

Frosmo may not be a name that’s familiar to most of you, but the Helsinki-based company has spread its influence, in the form of a tournament game system, all across Europe, and is now expanding its reach into Asia.
As reported by GamesBeat, Asians sites like 51.com, China.com, Ren Ren and Mixi will now allow individuals [...]

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The Latest Cross-Platform Gaming Company: SiXiTS

10. March 2010

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SiXiTS is a brand new video gaming company startup with a focus on cross-platform gaming. The company is founded by individuals with 16 years of experience in the industry. The games developed by the team will be most likely released on Facebook, iPhone and iPad. Sounds like a nice combination if you ask me.
They haven’t [...]

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Social Gold Partners with GamerSafe to Offer New In-Game Purchasing Solution

9. March 2010

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Social Gold Partners with GamerSafe to Offer New In-Game Purchasing Solution

TriplePoint client Social Gold gives developers a way to implement a real-world currency system into their virtual games. The system is already employed by thousands of online games and virtual worlds, but Social Gold’s reach expanded even further yesterday, with the company’s announcement of a partnership with GamerSafe.
GamerSafe is a fairly new service [...]

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Mochi Media Wants to Help Fund and Broadcast Games

8. March 2010

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Mochi Media has announced plans to not only fund game development but has also launched a new social gaming platform to help broadcast those games. The effort hopes to spark creativity in some of those small, independent developers across the world and bring their ideas to light.
Their new social platform is simply titled Mochi Social [...]

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Cofounder Andrew Trader Leaves Zynga

8. March 2010

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Cofounder Andrew Trader Leaves Zynga

Trader has left the FarmVille, ladies and gentlemen. Cofounder of Zynga Andrew Trader has left the company to pursue other ventures and to spend more time with family. According to TechCrunch, this does not effect any of the other existing cofounders currently with Zynga.
Zynga only had good things to say about Trader, stating, “Andrew Trader [...]

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Valve Confirms Steam and Source for Mac

8. March 2010

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Valve Confirms Steam and Source for Mac

Gordon Freeman makes his most bold move yet, to the Apple Macintosh. Last week, many hints were dropped about a possible maneuver of Steam and Source to the Mac OS X operating system. In a press release this morning, Valve has confirmed the speculation that both Steam and Source are headed to the Mac platform [...]

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Microsoft Showcases Cross-Platform Gaming

8. March 2010

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Microsoft Showcases Cross-Platform Gaming

A demonstration shown at TechEd Middle East shows just how the cross platform integration is expected to work with the newly announced Windows Phone 7 Series along with Xbox and Windows. The announcement that this type of integration was coming dates back to 2006 so it is nice to see it come to fruition.
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SPIN Makes a Treasure Hunt out of SXSW

8. March 2010

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SPIN Makes a Treasure Hunt out of SXSW

SPIN magazine seems to be having some fun with attendees of SXSW this week. The magazine is handing out custom foursquare badges that allow people to link them up with certain venues around downtown Austin, TX. At each venue with the custom badges, the players will each have their own unique presence to the event.
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