Virtual Goods Wrap-Up For The Week Of September 25, 2010

By On September 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Virtual Goods News Wrap-Up for the week of September 25, 2010. The Wrap-Up is where VGN spotlights stories that we didn't get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the virtual goods industry. Earn Badges On Foursquare, No Checkins Required: Foursquare has partnered with fitness tracking firm RunKeeper to [...]

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Digital Chocolate Receives Multi-Million Credit Line

By On June 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Social games developer Digital Chocolate has received a "multi-million" revolving line of credit from Bridge Capital Holding, which is a subsidiary of Silicon Valley business bank Bridge Bank. The credit line will be used for "general corporate purposes."  "Digital Chocolate is emerging as one of the new leaders in mobile and social games," said Trip [...]

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Trip Hawkins: Virtual Goods Will Be Worth $100B In This Decade

By On April 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

This week Digital Chocolate CEO Trip Hawkins stated in a blog post that he believed the global market for virtual goods would exceed $100 billion by the end of this decade. Hawkins believes that once the Western market for virtual goods fully matures in this decade, it will be worth roughly $60 billion. He believes that [...]

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Engage! Expo Leads with Jeremy Liew, Trip Hawkins Keynotes

By On September 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

SAN JOSE, CA — Venture capitalist Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners kicked off this year's Engage! Expo with a keynote talk that held at least one zinger for big game publishers like Activision Blizzard, publishers of the dominant MMO, World of Warcraft. Liew identified "non-hardcore gamers" as a sizable untapped market for the types [...]

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Engage! Expo Leads with Jeremy Liew, Trip Hawkins Keynotes

By On September 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

SAN JOSE, CA — Venture capitalist Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners kicked off this year's Engage! Expo with a keynote talk that held at least one zinger for big game publishers like Activision Blizzard, publishers of the dominant MMO, World of Warcraft. Liew identified "non-hardcore gamers" as a sizable untapped market for the types [...]

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Engage! Expo Leads with Jeremy Liew, Trip Hawkins Keynotes

By On September 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

SAN JOSE, CA — Venture capitalist Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners kicked off this year's Engage! Expo with a keynote talk that held at least one zinger for big game publishers like Activision Blizzard, publishers of the dominant MMO, World of Warcraft. Liew identified "non-hardcore gamers" as a sizable untapped market for the types [...]

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Virtual Goods Wrap-Up For The Week Of May 8

By On May 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Virtual Goods News Wrap-Up for the week of May 8, 2009. The Wrap-Up is where VGN spotlights stories that we didn't get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the virtual goods industry. Tweet

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