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Kabam secures massive $120 million investment from China's Alibaba
Free-to-play studio Kabam has secured a massive investment from Chinese internet giant Alibaba -- $120 million, which gives Alibaba rights to publish its games in China on its mobile platforms.
July 31, 2014
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Startup puts YouTubers at its center, and that changes everything
3BlackDot was co-founded by ex-Machinima staffers and two very popular YouTubers, Syndicate and SeaNanners. But with promotion at its heart, what's authentic and what's not?
July 31, 2014
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Crunching the numbers behind an indie game studio
"In three years, I personally went from having $20,000 in savings to $35,000 in debt." - Guillaume Boucher-Vidal, founder of independent studio Nine Dots
July 31, 2014
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Gearbox steps up to defend itself in Aliens: Colonial Marines case
Developer responds to class action suit brought on behalf of consumers who argued that the game substantially differed from the version promoted by its publisher, Sega, by saying "why are we involved?"
July 31, 2014
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Your Amazon Appstore games are now available in Southeast Asia
Android game makers, take note: Amazon has expanded its Appstore to support 41 more countries and territories, including parts of Southeast Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
July 31, 2014
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Rayman creator helps launch new studio -- while still at Ubisoft
Rayman and Beyond Good & Evil creator Michel Ancel is helping to launch Wild Sheep, a new French indie studio.
July 31, 2014
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RockYou nets $10M in funding to continue buying up moribund games
The social game publisher cum advertising network plans to use the money to acquire more social and mobile games it can integrate into its network of ad-supported titles.
July 31, 2014
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Get a job: Volition is hiring a Visual Effects Artist
Handy with 3ds Max or Maya? Deep Silver Volition, known for the Saints Row franchise, is looking to hire a visual effects artist to join them in their Champaign, Illinois offices.
July 31, 2014
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Xbox One gets its first free-to-play MMO
Perfect World is planning to launch Cryptic Studios' F2P Neverwinter PC MMORPG on Xbox One later this year in China, then roll it out to consoles in North America and Europe in 2015.
July 30, 2014
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Crytek sells Homefront IP to Koch Media, development to continue
Under the terms of the deal, Homefront: The Revolution development will be picked up by Koch Media's newly-formed Deep Silver Dambuster Studios.
July 30, 2014
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Glu revenues up, and thanks to Kardashian, it's raising guidance
Still, the company makes a loss for the quarter -- though it expects "record" performance for next quarter. It's also picked up Racing Rivals dev Cie Games.
July 30, 2014
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Puzzle & Dragons' GungHo has great first half: $523 million in profit
The top-ranked Japanese smartphone publisher reveals strong numbers for the first half of 2014, though its second quarter saw a slight year-on-year dip in profit.
July 30, 2014