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Hi-Rez Announces Freemium Arena Game, Smite

By On April 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Hi-Rez Studios has announced its own freemium arena-style online combat game, SMITE. Players in the game control one of a pantheon of ancient gods in team-based battles against other players and their computer-controlled minions. It’s another game seeking to compete with Riot Games’ successful League of Legends, which successfully transitioned DoTA (Defense of the Ancients) [...]

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Aeria Games Raises $25K For Japan Tsunami Victims

By On April 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Aeria Games has announced that its charity virtual goods drive has raised over $25,000 to benefit victims of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Aeria Games sold a package of in-game charity virtual goods in each of its many MMOs, with the company matching amounts players spent on charity virtual items. The fundraising event [...]

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Online Games In China Worth $5B In 2010

By On April 12, 2011 · 4 Comments

China’s online game industry grew 25% to $5 billion in 2010, according to the latest Online Games in China report from Pearl Research. The report forecasts that China’s online game market will exceed $8 billion by 2014. Top Chinese game operators in China by revenue in 2010 were Tencent with $1.4 billion, Netease with $749 [...]

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Global Agenda Goes Free-To-Play

By On April 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Hi-Rez Studios has announced that its sci-fi themed MMO shooter Global Agenda will go free to play this month, when the Free Agent update launches. Global Agenda removed its subscription fees in June of last year, but still required users to purchase the game. Once the game goes freemium, users will be able to play [...]

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SOE Lays Off 205, Cancels The Agency

By On March 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that it will lay off nearly 205 employees, close down three of its internal development studios, and cancel its long-delayed MMO project The Agency. The SOE internal studios targeted for closure are the SOE Seattle, SOE Tucson, and SOE Denver. Tweet

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Rise Of The Immortals Enters Closed Beta On April 5

By On March 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Petroglyph‘s latest freemium online game, Rise of the Immortals, will enter closed beta on April 5. The closed beta plans to support over 10,000 players, who will be rewarded for their participation with a custom skin for one of the game’s playable characters. Rise of the Imm0rtals is what Petroglyph calls a “multiplayer online battle [...]

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Pleasants Says Disney Interactive To Be Profitable By 2013

By On February 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

New Disney Interactive games division co-President John Pleasants says that he expects the division to turn a profit by 2013, according to statements reported by the LA Times. The division laid off a significant number of employees in January and expects to take measures to reduce another 25% of the division’s “operational overhead” in the [...]

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OpenFeint Launches OpenFeint Connect Cross-Platform APIs

By On February 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Mobile social gaming network OpenFeint has announced a new set of cross-platform APIs for its service called OpenFeint Connect. OpenFeint says that OpenFeint Connect will “unify social gaming” across platforms including iOS, Android, Bada, PC, and Mac. OpenFeint Connect is intended to make it easy for developers to create multi-platform ports where users can move [...]

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London Venture Partners Invests In Supercell

By On February 16, 2011 · 1 Comment

London Venture Parters has invested an undisclosed sum in Supercell, developer of isometric 3D freemium browser-based RPG Gunshine.net, according to Arctic Startup. The game went into beta earlier today. Supercell is a relatively young Finnish start-up that employs 14 people. It was co-founded by Mikko Kodisoja, who also co-founded the Digital Chocolate-acquired studio Sumea. Supercell says [...]

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