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Short Name. Big Booth. Mystery To Westerners.

This booth was one of the biggest booths at the Tokyo Game Show. It took up one-tenth of the entire show floor. It wasn’t Sony’s. It wasn’t Square Enix’s. It wasn’t Capcom’s. The booth belonged to Gree. So what the hell is Gree?


May 14, 2011
Mobile

Programmer Behind OpenFeint Gaming Network Just Made $US106m

Jason Citron, 26, one of the guys behind OpenFeint – the other social gaming backend for Apple iOS devices – just sold his company for $US106 million American megaducats. Business Insider has an astoundingly gloat-free interview. [Business Insider]


December 5, 2009

The IPhone’s Online Identity Crisis

Initially conceived as a multimedia device, the iPhone overcame a number of hurdles to become a popular gaming portable. But one surprising problem still haunts the device’s gaming capabilities.