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Glu Mobile acquires PlayFirst
"PlayFirst brings to Glu one of the largest casual gaming brands of all time"
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Rovio sees just 2.5% YoY revenue growth in 2013
"2013 was a foundation-building year," says CFO
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Microsoft: 1.2m Xbox One units sold in Q3, $20.40b in revenue
"Xbox One has sold in over 5 million units since launch"
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Zynga upgrades exec team as Pincus steps down from operational role
Zynga lost $61 million in the first quarter but the company did exceed Wall Street's expectations
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Sony sells all Square Enix stock
UPDATE: The stock sale was worth almost $150 million, Sony will record a gain of $48 million in its fiscal report
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CCP drops into red, losing $21m in FY 2013
R&D expense spike thought to be written-off costs of World of Darkness
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EU approves UK games tax relief, signalling £188m windfall
TIGA and UKIE both celebrate landmark decision
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King IPO stumbles out of the gate
Candy Crush Saga maker's stock down 15.6% after first day of trading
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Paypal clarifies crowdfunding terms
"There is a distinction between crowdfunding and preselling"
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ChangYou investing $600 million in mobile games
The Chinese online gaming firm is about to get very serious in the mobile space
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King targets $7.6 billion valuation
Candy Crush maker's $21 to $24 per share IPO target would put total value above Zynga
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Kotick nets $7.85 million bonus
Activision chief executive sees 2013 cash compensation raised for "transformational" year
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Next Games lands $6 million in seed funding
Finnish developer of new Walking Dead mobile game attracts support of IDG Ventures, AMC Networks, more
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Star Citizen reaches $40 million in funding
"The full impact of each additional dollar is actually felt across the board"
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Machinima raises $18m in Warner Bros funding round
MK Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and Google Capital all took part
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ProSiebenSat.1 acquires Aeria Games Europe
"Allows us full access to new markets and target groups, making us one of the top three publishers in Europe"
Opinion
King's IPO is no Royal Flush
Investors beware - the Candy Crush Saga publisher is just Zynga 2.0
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Netease posts FY2013 profit of $734.1m
Online games and advertising drive 22% upswing YoY as Hearthstone beta shines
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Supercell reports GAAP revenues of $689m
"It's no secret that some players spend substantial amounts of money on these games"
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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag ships 10m as Ubi's Q3 sales dip 35%
Yves Guillemot notes that the company did hit its holiday sales target "despite the transition currently affecting the market"
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Activision sales slip in "transformational" year
Call of Duty publisher beats outlook, but sees revenues and profits trimmed year-over-year
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Konami game revenues drop by 11%, operating income by 62%
Development costs chew into publisher bottom line
Opinion
TIGA's Open Letter to the Chancellor, George Osborne
Delay in tax relief will cost jobs unless rectified soon, says Richard Wilson