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This Week In The Business: ‘The Reputation Activision Has Acquired Is Unfair’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week …


May 20, 2012
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‘Do Consumers Still Care About Kinect?’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week …


May 14, 2012
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How Chinese Browsers Are Aiming For The Big Leagues

Unity Technologies and Qihoo 360 Technology announced an agreement last month that will allow over 400 million Chinese internet users to access Unity3D-powered 3D games through 360 browsers.


May 13, 2012
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Michael Pachter Estimates Whiners Outnumber Complainers 100 To 1

I like Michael Pachter. I really do. I get Castleville requests from him all the time. Seriously, though, I do go to Pachter for comment occasionally in my sports columns, mostly because the deals cut in that genre are complex and often rely on a publisher partnering up with older businesses, and he understands those relationships much better than I do.


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‘Microsoft Could Launch A New Xbox Live Tier’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week …


May 6, 2012
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‘Games Like Call Of Duty Need New Console Hardware’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week …


April 29, 2012
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‘Nintendo Has To Let Mario Games On Non-Nintendo Devices’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week…


April 28, 2012
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Zynga Posts $85 Million Loss

Love-to-hate-em social game developer Zynga has posted a loss of $US85.4 million during the period of January-March 2012.


April 27, 2012
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Electronic Arts To Be Bought By South Korean Company?

Interesting. According to a report on Bloomberg, originating from the South Korean media, MMO publisher Nexon is interested in a takeover of Electronic Arts.


April 24, 2012
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Judge Thinks Xbox 360 Infringes On Multiple Patents

A story that’s been brewing since 2010 just took an interesting turn: a judge from the US International Trade Commission agrees that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 infringes upon five patents held by Motorola, mostly related to video codecs. Note this is just a preliminary ruling and it’ll take more decisive court action before anything drastic happens. [ITC]