News tagged with games market
Music, media firms pin hopes on new Facebook ties
Music and media companies are pinning fresh hopes for reviving their businesses on a small ribbon that Facebook has begun putting on user profiles called the "ticker."
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Late 'Madden' saps August video game sales
(AP) -- U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 21 percent in August to $649 million, according to market researcher NPD Group, partly because the popular "Madden NFL 12" released later in ...
Sep 09, 2011 |
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Sony to release tablet computer this month
Sony's first tablet computer will hit the Japanese market on September 17 as the company looks to take on Apple's popular iPad, the electronics giant said Thursday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Google in talks to buy Hulu: report
Google is in preliminary talks to acquire the online video site Hulu, the Los Angeles Times reported on its website Friday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the discussions.
Jul 01, 2011 |
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'FarmVille' creator Zynga to go public
(AP) -- Zynga, the online game maker behind "FarmVille" and other popular Facebook pastimes, is going public, the latest in a crop of high-valued Internet IPOs expected after LinkedIn Corp. showed that the ...
Jul 01, 2011 |
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Social gaming a big winner in smartphone boom
More virtual livestock looks set to be traded and petulant fowl hurled at targets as social gaming takes hold in the booming mobile phone market, industry experts say.
Jun 26, 2011 |
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Hulu mulls putting itself up for sale
(AP) -- Online video service Hulu is exploring putting itself up for sale after receiving an unsolicited takeover offer, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Nintendo to launch 3-D console in Japan
Japanese entertainment giant Nintendo will on Saturday launch in its domestic market the world's first video game console with a 3-D screen that works without special glasses.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 25, 2011 |
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China's Tencent buys US Riot Games majority stake
Chinese Internet firm Tencent has taken a majority stake in US online game developer Riot Games less than two weeks after announcing plans to launch a $760 million fund to invest in such companies.
Feb 06, 2011 |
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Shanda Games IPO gets tepid reception
(AP) -- Shanda Games Ltd., a Chinese video game company, raised $1 billion Friday in the largest initial public offering of the year.
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Marketing guru predicts the Next Big Thing in video games
Nintendo calls it the Wii Remote. You call it the Wiimote. Al Ries calls it a motion-detecting wand.
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Nintendo builds on winning formula at E3
Nintendo laid out videogame offerings that build on the winning momentum of its popular Wii consoles and DS handheld devices.
Jun 03, 2009 |
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April video game sales decline 17 percent
(AP) -- Lacking the big hits that made the year-ago period a standout, U.S. video game sales dropped sharply in April for the second month in a row as customers continued to watch their wallets.
May 15, 2009 |
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Review: Looking for gems in iPhone's game library
Nintendo has owned the portable video-game market - first with the Game Boy, now with the DS - for so long that most of us gave up hope of ever seeing a viable competitor. But it's become impossible to ignore ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Qualcomm backs game console for 'next billion'
(AP) -- A startup called Zeebo Inc. is betting that people in emerging markets want to play good video games just as much as people in the U.S., Western Europe and Japan do.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 23, 2009 |
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