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Can Dead Or Alive’s Studio Drop Kick Social Games Like FarmVille?

Tecmo Koei is going to damn well try. The company’s Singapore arm is making Jollywood, reports The Straight Times. Screenshots are visible here.


April 9, 2011
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Now You Can Shop GameStop On Facebook For Some Reason

Why bother going to GameStop.com and having the whole of the video game retailers’ inventory at your fingertips when you can visit a severely limited GameStop Facebook store instead? It’s got ‘Like’ buttons!


August 3, 2010
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Xfire Sold Off, Development Team Leaving

Two communications today from Xfire, the social networking tool for PC gamers, indicate that the service has been sold off and most of its development team will be leaving as a result. Details other than that are sparse.


July 29, 2010
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APB Developer Rebuilds The World In Our Image

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“What would it look like if Nintendo built Google Earth?” That’s the question used to describe Crackdown and APB developer Realtime World’s new project, a mix of social gaming, social networking and traditional gaming known as MyWorld.


June 29, 2010
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Six Flags Facebook Game Is Fun Until Someone Loses An Arm

With countless folk horror tales of theme park rides decapitating or removing the limbs of riders, you’d think Six Flags would have shied away from promoting over-the-top, blood-spurting violence in their new Facebook game, Six Flags Mascot Park.


March 23, 2010
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The First Console Game With Facebook Publishing

Closet Buzz!: Quiz World fans will be outing themselves all over Facebook this week, as a patch makes the PlayStation 3 trivia game the first console title with true in-game Facebook publishing.


March 17, 2010
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Sam Fisher Tweets His Quest For Vengeance

With the NSA’s Third Echelon taking the hunt for Sam Fisher to Facebook, the protagonist of Splinter Cell: Conviction turns to the only people he can trust – millions of Twitter users.


March 10, 2010
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Twitter Zombies To Death On Your iPhone

Experience the thrill of social networking and casual gaming convergence with Tweet Defense, an iPhone zombie tower defence title that boosts your units’ power based on your Twitter activity.


December 10, 2009
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Facebook On XBL Available For Minors — Outside Of U.S.

Xbox Live users under 18 outside of North America may now use the social networking tools Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm on Xbox Live. Minors in the U.S. get access Dec. 15.


November 14, 2009
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Ubisoft: All Our Games Will Do This UPlay Thing

Ubisoft’s freebie-dispensing UPlay community will launch alongside Assassin’s Creed II, and ultimately will incorporate all games under the Ubisoft banner, the publisher’s CEO said on Thursday.