UK developers turning to online/download games as retail struggles
UK game industry trade body TIGA says 67 percent of local developers are working either exclusively or in part on downloadable games, while the majority of recently established studios are focused on only downloadable and/or online games. The figures come as game retailers in the UK face shrinking revenues and increasing challenges in staying open -- Game Group recently said it suffered "an ...
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CryptoLogic Signs Licensing Deal With the Societe du jeu virtuel du Quebec, a Division of Loto-Quebec
DUBLIN, IRELAND-- - CryptoLogic Limited , a developer of branded online betting games and Internet casino software, announces that it has signed a multi-year licensing agreement to provide a portfolio ...
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Preloaded have designed a suite of retro- and science-inspired games for the Science Museum's website
Preloaded , the creative studio specialising in interactivity , has created a suite of educational online games for the Science Museum . Each of the games in the Futurecade is based on learning about science and technology, but the key thing is that they're easy to get into and fun to play.
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Science Museum launches online games about the future of technology
Futurecade features games that ask questions about robotics, space, geo-engineering and synthetic biology The Science Museum has launched a suite of online games designed to raise questions about the future of medicine, robotics and technology. Developed as part of the Talk Science programme, which was initiated to encourage discussion of science in schools, the 'Futurecade' features four titles ...
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Online fun and games or exploitation?
For the past few weeks, Kenneth Brown has reigned over Samsung Nation, an online loyalty program that offers virtual rewards to consumers who talk up Samsung, the electronics giant.
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Half of entire online community plays games
Online gaming statistics reveal that 350 games are played every second.
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Another ratings group and 470,000 game addicts, this week in Korean news
[Gamasutra rounds up the week's biggest reports on South Korea's booming online games market from This Is Game, the leading English-language site about the country's game industry.] In our latest round-up of news from South Korea's online games space, we look at a new game ratings group set up by the government, plans to review online gaming regulations, and WeMade Entertainment purchasing ...
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Hundreds of gamers flock to Brazil tech fest
Hundreds of geeks and gamers braved Sao Paulo's torrid heat Tuesday to play online video games at the fifth edition of Brazil's Campus Party, an annual, week-long technology fest.
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Gamesys: Online Slots Player Scoops the lot on Jackpotjoy's Wonderland Slots!
LONDON, February 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Thanks to Jackpotjoy the start of 2012 is looking very rosy indeed for one online slots player, a Mrs. Zoe D, who scooped a massive £5,307 on online slots favourite ...
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Zynga Set to Ride on Facebook's Coattails: Analyst
The creator of online games "Farmville" and "Words With Friends" will benefit from Facebook's IPO, says analyst Daniel Ernst of Hudson Square Research.
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